Editions Orphée presents the second and third volumes of Three Grand Duos for classical guitar duet, following up the earlier release of Volume I. Eighteenth century French classical guitarist and composer François de Fossa adapted numerous pieces by Haydn for two classical guitars, originally written for arrangements such as string quartet, keyboard, and symphony orchestra. De Fossa largely transposed each piece to be more guitar-friendly, but some also remain in difficult keys, such as A-flat....

The Royal Conservatory in Brussels has the only known copy of the Haydn arrangements for guitar duo by François de Fossa. The first of three volumes was published earlier and the other two are in the current edition.?There are nine duets in total and each duet has four or five movements. Most of the music is taken from Haydn’s early string quartets while a couple of movements are transcriptions from keyboard works or symphonies. While de Fossa calls his collection arrangements, the term transcri...