The Sleeping Beauty Waltz (Tchaikovsky) - Piano 4 Hands, Arr. Rachmaninoff

Rachmaninoff's arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Waltz from the Sleeping Beauty, arranged for four hands. Performed by the Aurora Duo.

In 1890, Alexander Siloti was approached to arrange the music for piano duet. He declined, but suggested his then 17-year-old cousin Sergei Rachmaninoff would be more than competent. This offer was accepted, although Siloti supervised the arrangement. Rachmaninoff himself arranged the entire score for piano solo.

This is one of those melodies we've all heard since we were children, timeless in its beauty. It was famously featured in Disney's "The Sleeping Beauty", where Aurora waltzes along with her Prince to the piece. Truly one of my favorites since I was a child. I recently had the chance to perform this with a friend, and it's an extremely fun piece to play. It's not very virtuosic either and falls under the fingers well, so grab a friend and try it!

I do not own the music or the audio. I am posting this video for educational purposes and gain no monetary benefits whatsoever.

[hyoseonl]

Check out the Rose Adagio, also on my channel.

[bilguunchinzorig]

if Rach arranged this, then you know he didn't intended for 4 hands

[caifas]

im playing this piece with my teacher as well as the Schubert fantasy in F minor, its so much fun to play pieces for 4 hands

[laiyinquan]

Can't decide which one I prefer: The Original or this one.

[matt]

Why did I idiotically initially try to find this piece by searching Beethoven waltz

[jorgefraile]

Ling Ling can do it all with his/her nose

[neulbomood]

디즈니 노래인 줄 알았는데 아니었군요! 좋은 정보와 악보 감사합니다!

[alloryzon]

Someone to play this piece with me ? I have no friend who play piano 😭😂

[jinyaotan]

What so this was the piece that appeared in Tom and Jerry? Lol

[slentilus]

I had NO idea 17 year old Rachmaninov arranged this!

[khanhphamngoc]

I hope one day we all can find a friend who play this with us.

[tqnxjwjoazppq]

Why on the Earth am I playing this two parts alone? (That's because don't have any friends who loves playing piano)

[sebastianboeddinghaus]

You know that when Rachmaninoff is the one arranging, there is too much talent in the room

[jeanphillippes]

The brilliance of Tchaikovsky. That doubling of the melody at the octave might well work in orchestration, but it gets just a bit tedious in a four-hand keyboard transcript.

[shuki]

Dammit I completly forgot... this was in your lie in april

[HowardTse]

Ling Ling can play this piece ALONE 😂😂😂

[violaisreallycool]

For a second I was like why are there four staffs? How could a single pianist play all four lines of this? Then I read the title...haha

[itcpuxr]

I dont have anyone to play this with..




Anyone knows where to buy an extra pair of hands?

[granolabean]

Brilliant, simply brilliant. Tchaikovsky composed a great piece and Rachmaninoff arranged it for the piano so well!

[nancyjohnstone]

rach arranged this at 17 and at 17 i’m just here watching it rip 😭