Mozart – Sonata for Piano 4 Hands – Argerich; Kissin
Mozart has written only six – or even five, the authenticity of some work has been disputed – sonata for piano four hands.
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Lutoslawski/Paganini – Variations for 2 Pianos – Argerich, Kissin
Lutosławski left Warsaw in July 1944 with his mother, merely a few days before the Warsaw Uprising, salvaging only a few scores and sketches—the rest of his music was lost during the complete destruction of the city by Germans after the fall of uprising.
Bach – Concerto For 4 Keyboards – Argerich, Levine, Kissin, Pletnev
Bach arranged Vivaldi’s Op 3 No 10 (RV 580) to a concerto for 4 keyboards and strings (BWV 1065). Johann Sebastian Bach made a number of transcriptions of Antonio Vivaldi’s concertos, especially from his Op. 3 set, entitled L’estro armonico.
Rachmaninov – Polka Italienne for 2 Pianos – Kissin, Trifonov
The Polka Italienne (Italian Polka) is an original composition for two pianos by Sergei Rachmaninov. It was composed in 1906 and published in his Suite No. 2.
Rimsky-Korsakov (Rachmaninov) – Flight of the Bumblebee – Kissin, Piano
Flight of the Bumblebee is an orchestral interlude written by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov for his opera The Tale of Tsar Saltan, composed in 1899–1900. Its composition is intended to musically evoke …
Rachmaninov – Prelude in C-Sharp Minor – Kissin, Piano
Sergei Rachmaninov’s Prelude in C-Sharp Minor Op. 3, No. 2, is one of the composer’s most famous compositions. Part of a set of five piano pieces entitled Morceaux de fantaisie, …