Two great concertos in a single edition: the Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat Minor, Op. 23, and the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor, Op. 18.

Expertly arranged Piano Duet by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky from the Kalmus Edition series. This Advanced Piano Duet (2 Pianos, 4 Hands) is from the Romantic era. 2 copies are required for performance. A Federation Festivals 2020-2024 selection.

The Piano Concerto in E-flat Major, WoO 4, is Beethoven¿s earliest concerto and probably his first work to use any sort of an orchestra. Probably composed in 1785, the work is a substantial one, with three fully-developed movements spread fairly evenly over its thirty-five minute length. A manuscript copy of the solo piano part (no full score has been found) contains all tutti sections as well as instrumental cues indicating an orchestra of two flutes, two horns, and strings. In 1943 a workable version for piano and orchestra assembled by Swiss musicologist Willi Hess was published, but it was a product of its time, and some liberties were taken (for instance, the endings of the second and third movements were changed). The present edition retains Beethoven¿s scoring and also features parts for bassoons, which would normally have played along on the bass line. The original endings of the Larghetto and Rondo have been restored, original dynamics are closely adhered to, thematic material is introduced at logical places, and interplay between the soloist and various instruments is featured at a number of locations. Beethoven tightened up this concerto by crossing out measures in all three movements, and these have been included in appendices.

A Piano Duet for 2 pianos, 4 hands, composed by Ludwig van Beethoven.

Composed in 1875, and premiered by Hans von Bülow as solo pianist in Boston, USA, Tchaikovsky's First Piano Concerto has maintained its place at the top of the most popular piano concertos ever since. This classic Edition Peters print, edited by Robert Teichmüller, is the practical performer's choice - beautifully bound and printed on cream paper with weight, opacity and grain direction optimal for music publications. Contains a secondo piano reduction of the orchestral accompaniment (two copies required for performance).