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 [log in to unmask]