Description

This collection features pieces that have been included in ABRSM's piano exam syllabi over the years. The collection is divided into three series, each containing five graded volumes that reflect the wide variety of compositions covered in the ABRSM syllabuses, with a focus on the baroque and romantic periods.

Songs / Content

• 1. A Toy, from 'Fitzwilliam Virginal Book' [Anon.]
• 2. Study in A minor, Op. 137, No. 8 [Henri Bertini]
• 3. A Trumpet Minuet [Jeremiah Clarke]
• 4. Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No.1: 1st movement, Allegro [Muzio Clementi]
• 5. Study in B minor, Op. 139 No. 98 [Czerny]
• 6. Lesson in d, Op. 125 No. 10 [Anton Diabelli]
• 7. Minuet in C [Duncombe]
• 8. Les Plaintes d'une Poupee (The Doll's Lament) [Cesar Franck]
• 9. Gavotte in G [Graupner]
• 10. German Dance in G, Hob. IX/22 No. 3 [Joseph Haydn]
• 11. Minuet in C [Richard Jones]
• 12. Menuetto in C: Lesson No. 17 from 'Methode pour le piano forte' [Pleyel]
• 13. Suite No. 1 in G, Z. 660: 1st movement, Prelude [H. Purcell]
• 14. Allegro in G: No. 15 from 'Musikalischer Zeit-Vertreib auf dem Klavier' [Rathgeber]
• 15. Sonatina in G, Op. 127a No. 2: 1st movement, Allegro moderato [Carl Reinecke]
• 16. Sonata in C minor, Kp. 73, L. 217: 2nd movement, Minuetto in C [Domenico Scarlatti]
• 17. Partita in G minor: 2nd movement, Air Italien [Stolzel]
• 18. Air in F, BWV Anh. 131 [J. S. Bach]
• 19. Impertinence, HWV 494 [George Frideric Handel]
• 20. Chanson russe (Russia