List of compositions for piano duo

This article lists compositions written for piano duo. The list includes works for piano four-hands and works for two pianos. Catalogue number and date of composition are also included. Ordering is by composer surname.

A list of notable performers who played and recorded these works is at List of classical piano duos (performers).

Piano four hands

• Samuel Barber (1910–1981)

Souvenirs, Op. 28 (1951)

• Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827)

Sonata in D major for piano four hands, Op. 6 (1797)

• Georges Bizet (1838–1875)

Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22 (1871)

• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Hungarian Dances (1869–80)

Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 (1865)

Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23 (1861)

• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)

Pas redoublé (Cortège burlesque) (1881)

Joyeuse marche

Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille sur les thèmes favoris de Tristan et Isolde de Richard Wagner (1887)

• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire (1891)

Six épigraphes antiques (1914)

Petite Suite (1889)

• David Del Tredici (born 1937)

Carioca Boy – Tango (2009)

• Antonín Dvořák (1841–1904)

Legends, Op. 59 (1881)

Slavonic Dances, Opp. 46 and 72 (1878, 1886)

Silent Woods, Op. 68 (1883)

• Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924)

Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (1894–97)

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 (1881)

Waltz-Caprices, Op. 37

• Swan Hennessy (1866–1929)

Petite suite irlandaise, d'après des airs anciens de la collection Petrie, Op. 29 (1909)

• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)

Sonata for piano four-hands (1938)

• John Ireland (1879–1962)

Mai-Dun (arr. from the orchestral score by the composer)

• György Kurtág

Játékok (volumes 4 et 8)

• Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Nocturne in E major, after Sonnet No. 104 (1858)

Grand galop chromatique

Weihnachtsbaum

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Allegro brillant, Op. 92 (1841)

A Midsummer Night's Dream, Arrangement for 4 Hands

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Andante and variations in G major, K. 501 (1786)

Sonata in C major, K. 19d (1765)

Sonata in G major, K. 357 (1786)

Sonata in B flat major, K. 358 (1774)

Sonata in D major, K. 381 (1772)

Sonata in F major, K. 497 (1786)

Sonata in C major, K. 521 (1787)

• Lior Navok (1971)

At the Edge of a Spiral (2004)

• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Sonata for piano four hands, FP 8 (1918)

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Six Morceaux, Op. 11 (1894)

• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Ma mère l'oye (1910)

Rapsodie espagnole

• Erik Satie

La belle excentrique

En habit de cheval

• Franz Schubert (1797–1828)

Allegro in A minor, D. 947, "Lebensstürme" (1828)

Fantasy in F minor, D. 940, Op. 103 (1828)

Grand Duo, D. 812 (1824)

Sonata in B-flat major , D 617

Rondo in A major, D. 951 (1828)

Trois Marches Militaires, D. 733, Op. 51

• Robert Schumann (1810–1856)

Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66 (1848)

• Juan María Solare (born 1966)

FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) (2002)

Milonga Nunca Más (1994+2007)

Orangutango (2008)

Reencuentro (2008)

Quince bajo cero (tango para Juliana) (2010)

Conjeturas sistemáticas (2013)

Persecuta (2013)

They go (2014)

• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)

Intervall, from Für kommende Zeiten, Nr. 33 (1968–70)

• Igor Stravinsky

Five Easy Pieces

Three Easy Pieces

• Josef Tal (1910–2008)

Pieces for piano four hands (1931)

A Little Walk for piano four hands First Studies in Prima Vista Reading (1951)

A Tale in Four Parts for piano 4-hands (1988)

• Peter Warlock

Capriol Suite (1926)

• Charles Wuorinen

Making Ends Meet (1966)

• Juan Carlos Zorzi (1935–1999)

Música para calesita (ca. 1980)

Two pianos

• John Adams (born 1947)

Hallelujah Junction (1996)

• Anton Arensky (1861–1906)

Suites for two pianos, Op. 15, 23, 33, 62

• Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782)

Sonata in G Major for two harpsichords or two pianos, Op. 15, No. 5

• Béla Bartók (1881–1945)

Seven pieces from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 108 (1926–39)

• Arnold Bax (1883–1953)

Sonata for two pianos (1929)

• Luciano Berio (1925–2003)

Wasserklavier (1965)

• Pierre Boulez (1925)

Structures I and II (1952, 1961)

• Johannes Brahms (1833–1897)

Sonata in F minor, Op. 34b (1863)

Waltzes, Op. 39 (1865)

Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op. 56b (1873)

• Benjamin Britten (1913–1976)

Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, Op. 23 (1940)

Mazurka Elegiaca, Op. 23 (1941)

• Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924)

Improvisation on the Bach chorale "How good I feel, O friend of the soul" (1916)

Duettino concertante after Mozart (1919)

• Jacques Castérède (born 1926)

Crosses on Fire for 2 pianos (Feux croisés pour deux pianos) (1963)

• Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894)

Trois valses romantiques (1883)

• Frédéric Chopin (1810–1849)

Rondo in C major, Op. posth. 73 (1828)

• Muzio Clementi (1752–1832)

Duet (Sonata) in B flat major, Op. 1a No. 6 (1781)

Duet (Sonata) in B flat major, Op. 12 No. 5 (1784?)

• Claude Debussy (1862–1918)

Lindaraja (1901)

En blanc et noir (1915)

• Henri Dutilleux (1916)

Figures de résonances (1970–76)

• George Enescu (1881–1955)

Variations on an Original Theme in A♭ major, Op. 5 (1898)

• Morton Feldman (1926–1987)

Intermission 6 for one or two pianos (1953)

Two Pieces for Two Pianos (1954)

Two Pianos (1957)

Vertical Thoughts I (1963)

• Jean Françaix (1912–1997)

Huit danses exotiques (1957)

• Karel Goeyvaerts (1923–1993)

Sonata for Two Pianos (1950–51)

• Edvard Grieg (1843–1907)

Old Norwegian Melody with Variations (1890)

• Hans Werner Henze (1926–2012)

Divertimenti per due pianoforti (1964)

• Paul Hindemith (1895–1963)

Sonata for two pianos (1942)

• Arthur Honegger (1892–1955)

Suite (1922/30)

Partita (1939/40)

• György Ligeti (1923–2006)

Monument – Selbstporträt – Bewegung (1976)

• Franz Liszt (1811–1886)

Réminiscences de Don Juan (1877)

Concerto pathétique (1865)

• Witold Lutosławski (1913–1994)

Variations on a Theme by Paganini (1941)

• Peter Machajdik (1961)

Déjà-vu(2015)

• Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959)

La Fantaisie(1929)

Trois Danses Tchèques pour deux pianos (1949)

• Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847)

Duo concertant (1833)

• Olivier Messiaen (1908–1992)

Visions de l'Amen (1943)

• Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)

Scaramouche op. 165b

• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791)

Fugue in C minor, K. 426

Larghetto and Allegro in E-flat major (1781)

Sonata in D major, K. 448 (1781)

• Lior Navok (1971)

The Little Mermaid, for two pianos and chamber ensemble / orchestra (2006)

• Ástor Piazzolla (1921–1992)

Suite portena de ballet

• Francis Poulenc (1899–1963)

Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra, FP 61 (1932)

Sonata for Two Pianos, FP 156 (1953)

Elégie for Two Pianos, FP 175 (1959)

• Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)

Russian Rhapsody in E minor (1891)

Suite No. 1, Op. 5 (1893)

Suite No. 2, Op. 17 (1901)

Symphonic Dances, Op. 45 (1940)

• Maurice Ravel (1875–1937)

Sites auriculaires (1895–97)

Overture Shéhérazade (1898)

Introduction and Allegro (1906)

La Valse (1920)

Rapsodie espagnole (1907)

• Guy Ropartz (1864–1955)

Pièce en si mineur (1898)

• Camille Saint-Saëns (1835-1921)

Polonaise, Op. 77 (1885)

• Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915)

Fantasy in A minor, Op. posth. (1890)

• Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

Concertino, Op. 94 (1953)

Suite for Two Pianos, Op. 6 (1922)

• Juan María Solare (born 1966)

De capa caída (2000)

• Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007)

Mantra, Nr. 32, for two pianos with electronics (1970)

• Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971)

Concerto for Two Pianos (1935)

Scherzo à la russe (1944)

Sonata for Two Pianos (1943)

• Josef Tal (1910–2008)

Theme and Variations for 2 pianos & percussion (1940)

Double Concerto for 2 pianos & orchestra (1979)

• Joan Trimble (1915–2000)

The Humours of Carrick (1938)

The Bard of Lisgoole (1938)

Buttermilk Point (1938)

Sonatina (1940)

The Green Bough (1941)

Pastorale (Hommage à F. Poulenc) (1943)

The Gartan Mother's Lullaby (1949)

The Heather Glen (1949)

Puck Fair (1951)

• Pancho Vladigerov

Rhapsodie Vardar, Op. 16, a l'originale Rhapsodie Bulgare «Vardar» pour violon et piano (1922, tr. 1976)

Mar Dimitro lyo – danse Bulgare, Op. 23, No. 2, de Sept danses symphonique Bulgare (1931, tr. 1976)

Bilyana – danse Bulgare, Op. 23, No. 6, de Sept danses symphonique Bulgare (1931, tr. 1976)

Grande ronde – danse Bulgare, Op. 23, No. 7, de Sept danses symphonique Bulgare (1931, tr. 1976)

Suite Bulgare, Op. 21, a l'originale pour piano (1926, tr. 1977)

Valse fantastique, Op. 2, No. 4, de Quatre pieces pour piano op. 2, (1915, tr. 1977)

Danse Suedoise, Op. 13, No. 2, de la musique pour la piece «Le songe» de August Strindberg (1921, tr. 1977)

Danse Roumaine, Op. 38, No. 3, de Quatre danses symphonique Roumaine (1942, tr. 1977)

Dinicu-Vladigueroff – Hora staccato, sans opus, a l'originale pour orchestre symphonique (1942, tr. 1977)

La danseuse Orientale, Op. 10, No. 2, de Quatre pieces pour piano (1920, tr. 1977)

Chimmy de concert, sans opus, a l'originale «Chimmy orientalico» pour violon et piano (1924, tr. 1977)

Romance et Cakewalk, sans opus, de la musique pour la piece «Cesar et Cleopatre» de Bernard Shaw (1920, tr. 1977)

Foxtrot, sans opus, a l'originale pour piano (1925, tr. 1977)

• Charles Wuorinen (born 1938)

The Mission of Virgil (1993)

Fifty Fifty (2002) in honor of Oliver Knussen's 50th birthday

• Arnold Schoenberg

Variations for Orchestra, Op. 31, arr.^[1] (1996)

References

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• Works for two pianists or more