Best Piano Duet
Franz Schubert's Fantasia in F minor, D. 940 is a major work for piano four hands, composed in 1828 and dedicated to Caroline Esterházy. Played without breaks between its connected sections, it is built around a recurring tragic theme and includes passages of lyricism, turbulence, and fugue. The fou...
The "Dolly Suite," Op. 56, is a collection of six short pieces for piano four hands composed by Gabriel Fauré between 1893 and 1896. Fauré wrote the pieces for Hélène Bardac, the young daughter of his future wife, and they depict various childhood events and toys. The suite is notable for its gentle...
The Waltz in G-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 3 is a short piano piece by Johannes Brahms, originally composed in 1865 for piano four hands. It is part of his 16 Waltzes, Op. 39, a collection dedicated to the Austrian music critic Eduard Hanslick. The waltz is characterized by its melancholic G-sharp minor...
The Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 16 is the final piece in Johannes Brahms's set of Sixteen Waltzes for piano, composed in 1865 and published two years later. The waltz is written in 3/8 meter and lasts under two minutes in performance, distinguished by its minor-mode lyricism and descending ba...
The Waltz in C-sharp minor, Op. 39, No. 7, is a short piano piece composed by Johannes Brahms in 1865. It is the seventh work in a collection of sixteen waltzes originally written for piano four hands and dedicated to the Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick. This specific waltz is recognized for i...
The Waltz in B major, Op. 39, No. 1, is a piano piece composed by Johannes Brahms in 1865. It serves as the opening number of a collection of sixteen short waltzes originally written for piano four hands. Brahms dedicated the entire set to the influential Viennese music critic Eduard Hanslick. The c...
The Waltz in G-sharp minor, Op. 39 No. 14 is a brief, introspective piano piece composed by Johannes Brahms. It serves as the penultimate work in his Op. 39 set of sixteen waltzes, which he originally scored for piano four hands in 1865 and later arranged for solo piano. This particular waltz is not...
The Waltz in B-flat major, Op. 39, No. 8, is part of a set of 16 short waltzes for piano composed by Johannes Brahms in 1865. The collection was originally written for four hands and later arranged for solo piano to accommodate amateur musicians. This particular piece stands out within the set for i...
The Waltz in E major, Op. 39 No. 2 is the second of Johannes Brahms's sixteen Waltzes for piano four hands, composed in 1865. The set was inspired by Schubert's Ländler and the Viennese waltz tradition. Brahms later arranged the Op. 39 collection for solo piano, making the works accessible to a wide...
The Waltz in C-sharp major, Op. 39, No. 6, is a short piano piece composed by Johannes Brahms in 1865. It is part of a collection of 16 waltzes originally written for piano four hands. The composition is notable for its uncommon key signature and its lyrical, intimate musical character. Brahms later...
