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 Anton Arensky (1861–1906) Twelve Pieces, Op. 66 (1903) Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949) 3-Day Mix (1991) Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782) Sonata for keyboard 4-hands, Op. 15 No. 6 (1778) Sonata for keyboard 4-hands, Op. 18 No. 5 (1781) Sonata for keyboard 4-hands, Op. 18 No. 6 (1781) Samuel Barber (1910–1981) Souvenirs, Op. 28 (1951) Ludwig van Beethoven (1770–1827) Sonata for Piano 4 hands in D major, Op. 6 (1797) 3 Marches, Op. 45 (1803) Fugue for Piano, four hands, Op. 134 (1826, arrangement of Große Fuge, Op. 133) Luciano Berio (1925–2003) Touch (1991) Canzonetta (1991) Georges Bizet (1838–1875) Jeux d'enfants, Op. 22 (1871) Johannes Brahms (1833–1897) Variations on a theme by Robert Schumann, Op. 23 (1861) Sixteen Waltzes, Op. 39 (1865) Ungarische Tänze, WoO 1 (1869–80) Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) Fuge über das Volkslied "O, du mein lieber Augustin", BV 226 (1888) Finnländische Volksweisen, BV 227 (1888) Charles Camilleri Paganiana: variations for piano four-hands (1968) Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–1894) Pas redoublé (Cortège burlesque) (1881) Prélude et marche française (1885) Souvenirs de Munich, Quadrille sur les thèmes favoris de Tristan et Isolde de Richard Wagner (1887) Muzio Clementi (1752–1832) 3 Duets, Op. 3, No. 1-3 (1779) Duet, Op. 6, No. 1 (1780) 3 Duets, Op. 14 (1785) Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Symphony in B minor, L. 10 (1880–81) Divertissement, L. 36 (1884) Petite Suite, L. 65a (1888–89) Marche ecossaise sur un theme populaire, L. 77 (1891) Six épigraphes antiques, L. 131 (1914, used music from Musique de scene pour Les Chansons de Bilitis) 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) Ze Šumavy, Op. 68 (1883) Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) Dolly Suite, Op. 56 (1894–97) Allegro symphonique, Op. 68 (1895) Morton Feldman (1926–1987) Piano Three Hands for piano three-hands (1957) Piano Four Hands (1958) Jean Françaix (1912–1997) Ronde Louis XV and Le Hameau from Si Versailles m'était conté (1953) Napoléon (1954) 15 Portraits of Children from Auguste Renoir (1971) Antón García Abril (1933–2021) Zapateado (1995) Homenaje a Copérnico (2009) Anthony Gilbert (1934-2023) Piano Sonata No. 2 (1966-67) Leopold Godowsky (1870–1938) 46 Miniatures (1918) Edvard Grieg (1843–1907) In Autumn, Op. 11 (1866) 2 Symphonic Pieces, Op. 14 (1863–64, arranged from Symphony No. 1) Norwegian Dances, Op. 35 (1881) Waltz-Caprices, Op. 37 (1883) Carlos Guastavino (1912–2000) Romance del Plata - Sonatina (1987) Josef Matthias Hauer (1883–1959) Zwölftonspiel (21 March 1952) Zwölftonspiel (April–May 1952) Zwölftonspiel (24 June 1952) Zwölftonspiel with poem of E. Lasker-Schüler (28 June 1952) Zwölftonspiel (10 July 1952) Zwölftonspiel (April 1955) Zwölftonspiel (May 1955) Zwölftonspiel (13 January 1956) Zwölftonspiel (April 1956) Zwölftonspiel (July 1956) Zwölftonspiel (October 1956) Zwölftonspiel (July 1957) Swan Hennessy (1866–1929) Petite suite irlandaise, d'après des airs anciens de la collection Petrie, Op. 29 (1909) Paul Hindemith (1895–1963) Eight Waltzes, Drei wunderschöne Mädchen im Schwarzwald, Op. 6 (1916) Sonata for piano four-hands (1938) Alan Hovhaness (1911–2000) Child in the Garden, Op. 168 (1958) Marie Jaëll (1846-1925) Valses pour piano á quatre mains, Op. 8 - piano four-hands Voix du Printemps - piano four-hands György Kurtág (born 1926) Suite (1950–51) Játékok, volumes IV and VIII (1979, 2010) Constant Lambert (1905-1951) Trois Pièces Nègres pour les Touches Blanches (1949) Edward Lambert (1951-) Aspects of Work (2016) György Ligeti (1923–2006) Induló (March) (1942) Polifón etüd (Polyphonic Étude) (1943) Allegro (1943) Három lakodalmi tánc (Three Wedding Dances) (1950) Sonatina (1950) Franz Liszt (1811–1886) Festpolonaise, S. 255 (renumbered as 619a) Variation über das Thema von Borodin, S. 256 (renumbered as 207a) Bohuslav Martinů (1890–1959) Avec un doigt for piano 3-hands, H 185 (1930) Felix Mendelssohn (1809–1847) Allegro brillant, Op. 92 (1841) Darius Milhaud (1892–1974) Enfantines, Suite after 3 poèmes de Jean Cocteau, Op. 59a (1920) Scaramouche, Suite in three movements after incidental music for Moliere's Le Médecin Volant and the opera, Bolivar, Op. 165 (1937) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) Sonata in C major, K. 19d (1765) Sonata in B flat major, K. 358/186c (1773–74) Sonata in D major, K. 381/123a (1773–74) Fugue in G minor, K. 401/375e (1773) Sonata in F major, K. 497 (1786) Andante and Variations in G major, K. 501 (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, 1939) Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943) Suite No. 1 (or Fantaisie-Tableaux for two pianos)(1893) Six Morceaux, Op. 11 (1894) Suite No. 2 (1901) Polka Italienne (1906) Maurice Ravel (1875–1937) Shéhérazade (1898) Ma mère l'oye (1910) Max Reger (1873–1916) Twelve Caprice Waltzes, Op. 9 (1892) Twenty German Dances, Op. 10 (1892) Six Waltzes, Op. 22 (1898) Cinq pièces pittoresques, Op. 34 (1899) Sechs Burlesken, Op. 58 (1901) Six Pieces, Op. 94 (1906) Introduction and Passacaglia for Organ in D Minor (1914) Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Mozart, Op. 132 (1914; arrangement by the composer) Wolfgang Rihm (1952-2024) Klavierstück Nr. 3 (1971/1999; op. 8c) Mehrere kurze Walzer (1979–88) Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Duettino, Op. 11 (1855) König Harald Harfagar, Op. 59 (1880) Feuillet d'album, Op. 81 (1887) Pas redoublé, Op. 86 (1887) Berceuse, Op. 105 (1896) Marche dédiée aux étudiants d'Alger, with chorus ad lib, Op. 163 (1921) Erik Satie (1866–1925) Trois morceaux en forme de poire (1903) Aperçus désagréables (1908, 1912) En habit de cheval (1911) Alfred Schnittke (1934-1998) Sonatina for piano four hands (1995) Franz Schubert (1797–1828) Four Polonaises, Op. 75, D 599 (1818) Trois Marches héroiques, Op. 27, D 602 (1818 or 1824) Notre amitié est invariable, Op. posth. 138, D 608 (1818) Sonata in B-flat major, Op.30, D 617 (1818) Eight Variations on a French Song, Op. 10, D 624 (1818) Overture in F major, Op. 34, D 675 (1819) Trois Marches militaires, Op. 51, D. 733 (1818) Overture to the Opera Alfonso und Estrella, Op. 69, D 773 (1823) Grand Duo, Op. posth. 140, D. 812 (1824) Eight Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 35, D 813 (1824) Divertissement à la hongroise, Op. 54, D 818 (1824) Six Grandes Marches, Op. 40, D 819 (1818 or 1824) Divertissement sur des motifs originaux français, Op. 63 and Op. 84 No. 1-2, D 823 (1826–27) Six Polonaises, Op. 61, D 824 (1826) Grande Marche funèbre, Op. 55, D 859 (1825) Grande Marche héroique, Op. 66, D 885 (1826) Eight Variations on a Theme from Hérold's Opera Marie, Op. 82 No. 1, D 908 (1827) Fantasy in F minor, Op. 103, D. 940 (1828) Lebensstürme, Op. posth. 144, D. 947 (1828) Grand Rondeau, Op. 107, D. 951 (1828) Fugue in E minor, Op. posth. 152, D 952 (1828) Introduction, Four Variations on an Original Theme and Finale, Op. posth. 82 No. 2, D 968A Deux Marches caractéristiques, Op. posth. 121, D 968B Robert Schumann (1810–1856) Bilder aus Osten, Op. 66 (1848) 12 Piano Pieces for Young and Older Children, Op. 85 (1849) Ball-Scenen, Op. 109 (1851) Kinderball, Op. 130 (1853) 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) Plena (2013/17) Vendetta (2017) Tea Stories (2017/21) Disuasión (2022) Gesichter des Menschlichen (2025) Karlheinz Stockhausen (1928–2007) Intervall, from Für kommende Zeiten, Nr. 33 (1968–70) Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971) Trois pièces faciles (1915) Rite of Spring (1913). Arr. by Igor Stravinsky Cinq pièces faciles (1917) Stella Sung (b. 1959) Epicycles (1992) Josef Tal (1910–2008) Pieces for piano four hands (1931) A Little Walk for piano four hands (1951) A Tale in Four Parts for piano 4-hands (1988) Carl Vine (1954) Sonata for piano four hands (2009) Bruno Vlahek (1986) Sonata, Op. 21 (2008) Variations on a Croatian folk theme, Op. 38 (2013) Peter Warlock Capriol Suite (1926) Charles Wuorinen (1938–2020) Making Ends Meet (1966) Juan Carlos Zorzi (1935–1999) Música para calesita (ca. 1980)
Two pianos John Adams (born 1947) Hallelujah Junction (1996)
Eleanor Alberga (b. 1949) Two-Piano Suite (1986) Anton Arensky (1861–1906) Suite No. 1, Op. 15 (1888) Suite No. 2, Silhouettes, Op. 23 (1892) Suite No. 3, Variations, Op. 33 (1894) Suite No. 4, Op. 62 (1903) Suite No. 5, Children's Suite, op. 65 Johann Christian Bach (1735–1782) Sonata in G Major for two harpsichords or two pianos, Op. 15, No. 5 (1778) Béla Bartók (1881–1945) Seven pieces from Mikrokosmos, Sz. 108 (1926–39) Arnold Bax (1883–1953) Fantasia (1900) Moy Mell (1916) Hardanger (1927) The Poisoned Fountain (1928) The Devil that tempted St Anthony (1928) Sonata for two pianos (1929) Red Autumn (1931) Luciano Berio (1925–2003) Wasserklavier (1965) Claude Bolling (1930–2020) Sonata for Two Pianists 1 and 2 (1989) Pierre Boulez (1925–2016) 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) Mia Brentano Mia Brentano's Hidden Sea: 20 Songs for 2 Pianos (2018)
Benjamin Britten (1913–1976) Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca, Op. 23 No. 1 (1940) Mazurka Elegiaca, Op. 23 No. 2 (1941) David Brubeck (1920–2012) Points on Jazz (1961) Ferruccio Busoni (1866–1924) Prelude and Fugue in C Minor, BV 99 (1878) Improvisation on the Bach Chorale "Wie wohl ist mir, o Freund der Seele", BV 271b (1916) Duettino concertante after Mozart, BV B 88 (1919) Fantasia contrappuntistica, BV 256b (1922) Sylvano Bussotti (1931-2021) Tableaux Vivantes (1964) John Cage (1912–1992) A Book of Music for two prepared pianos (1944) Experiences No. 1 (1945) Three Dances for two prepared pianos (1945) Furniture Music Etcetera (1980) Two2 (1989) Cornelius Cardew (1936-1981) Two Books of Study for Pianists (1958) Boolavogue (1981) 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?) Aaron Copland (1900-1990) Billy the Kid (1938) (Ballet suite, arr. Copland) Dance of the Adolescent (1933) (from Grogh, arr. Copland) Danza de Jalisco (1963) Danzón Cubano (1942) El Salón México (arr. Bernstein) (1943) Two Movements from Rodeo: Hoe Down and Saturday Night Waltz (arr. Gold and Fizdale) (1950)
Claude Debussy (1862–1918) Trois Nocturnes, (1892–1899). Arr. by Maurice Ravel (1910) Lindaraja, L. 97 (1901) En blanc et noir, L. 134 (1915) Henri Dutilleux (1916–2013) Figures de résonances (1970–76) George Enescu (1881–1955) Variations on an Original Theme in A major, Op. 5 (1898) Morton Feldman (1926–1987) Projection 3 (1951) Intermission 6 for one or two pianos (1953) Two Pieces for Two Pianos (1954) Two Pianos (1957) Work for Two Pianists (1958) Vertical Thoughts I (1963) Brian Ferneyhough (born 1943) Sonata for two pianos (1966) Michael Finnissy (born 1946)