Richard Pennycuick wrote:

>Beethoven's music for either piano four hands or piano duet is mostly
>early and is rarely recorded ...  The three marches Op 45 are for piano
>four hands and represent Beethoven in unusually good humour.  The second
>especially is one of those pieces which stays in your memory all day and
>is quite delightful.  The only recording I have is taped from a broadcast
>recital and I don't know of a recent version of it.  Does anyone share my
>pleasure in these little pieces and does anyone know of a recording?

I have an LP from the Musical Heritage Society, MHS 1096 (sorry, no date),
titled The Complete Works for Piano, Four Hands which includes:

Six Variations in D on the song "Ich denke dein"
Sonata in D, Op. 6
Three Marches, Op. 45
Eight Variations in C on a theme by Count Waldstein
Grosse Fuge in B-flat, Op. 134 (Beethoven's own arrangement for Piano,
four hands)

The pianists are Hans Kann and Rosario Marciano with liner notes by Herr
Kann.

Richard, if you would like a tape, you may e-mail me privately.

Phil Bunker
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