Multiple-hand Piano Pieces from the Classical and Romantic Periods
JOHANN CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH BACH (1732-1795): Sonata for Four Hands in A, WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791): Sonatas for Four Hands in D, K 381 and in B Flat, K 358, CARL CZERNY (1791-1857): Variations brillantes on a Theme from Bellini's "I Capuleti e I Montecchi" for Six Hands, FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828): Fantasia for Four Hands in F Minor, D.940, Fugue for Organ Four Hands in E Minor, D.952, FRANZ LACHNER (1803-1890): Fugue for Organ Four Hands in D Minor, BEDRICH SMETANA (1824-1884): Sonata in E Minor and Rondo in C for 2 Pianos Eight Hands, MILY BALAKIREV (1836-1910): 30 Russian Folk Songs for Four Hands.
Catalogue Number: 12O047
Label: Melodiya
Reference: MEL CD 10 01997
Format: CD
Price: $35.98
Description: We offer this primarily for the eight-hand Smetana pieces but, except for the Schubert and the Mozart, this is all pretty rare stuff even if Toccata Classics did do the Balakirev Folk Songs a bit over five years ago (08J054) and the husband-and-wife team of pianists has never received the publicity they deserved in the West. 2 CDs. Viktoria Postnikova, Gennady Rozhdestvensky (piano[s]), Alexander Bakhchiev and Elena Sorokina (more hands - Smetana).