Description

39 popular works for piano featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond.

Preface by Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett.

Songs / Content

• 1. Two Interludes - II. Moderato [Arthur Bliss]
• 2. Romanian Folk Dances - VI. Fast Dance [Béla Bartók]
• 3. Prélude en forme de Scherzo [Bohuslav Martinu]
• 4. Bagatelles Diverses - VI. Spanish Dance [Brian Chapple]
• 5. Sonata No. 2 - II. Léger [Darius Milhaud]
• 6. Suite For Piano - I. Moderate [Dello Joio]
• 7. Puck from Lyric Pieces, Op. 71, No. 3 [Edvard Grieg]
• 8. Sonatina - II. Allegro [Edward Elgar]
• 9. An Album For My Friends - II. Adam's Allemande [Edward Gregson]
• 10. Pajaro Triste [Frederic Mompou]
• 11. Nocturne No. 8 [Francis Poulenc]
• 12. Novelette No. 1 in C Major [Francis Poulenc]
• 13. Romance (from Sylvia) [Gabriel Yared]
• 14. Jig (1932) [Gustav Holst]
• 15. Sonatina 1947 - II. Andantino [Hans Werner Henze]
• 16. Trois Préludes - I. D'Ombre et de silence [Henri Dutilleux]
• 17. Three Piano Pieces, Op. 5 - III. Calmo [Hugh Wood]
• 18. A Soldier's Tale (L'Histoire du Soldat) - III. Marche royale [Igor Stravinsky]
• 19. Le Cortège de Balkis (No. 10 from Histoires) [Jacques Ibert]
• 20. Consolation (No. 5 from 13 Morceaux, Op. 76) [Jean Sibelius]
• 21. Ecce Ancilla Domini [Jehan Alain]
• 22. 6/11/98 [Joby Talbot]
• 23. China Gates [John Adams]
• 24. Snowfall In Winter (Study No. 9 'Hommage à Debussy') [John McCabe]
• 25. I've Turned The Page... [Judith Weir]
• 26. Prelude [Kaija Saariaho]
• 27. Prelude No. 5 (from Six Preludes, Op. 23) [Lennox Berkeley]
• 28. Sarabande [Malcolm Arnold]
• 29. Danse du meunier (from The Three-Cornered Hat) [Manuel de Falla]
• 30. A Hudson Cycle [Nico Muhly]
• 31. Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux - II. Le Merle noir [Olivier Messiaen]
• 32. Sub Tuam Protectionem (from Two Piano Pieces) [Peter Maxwell Davies]
• 33. Etude No. 14 [Philip Glass]
• 34. Notturno alla Italiana (No. 1 from Pièces d'amour) [Reynaldo Hahn]
• 35. Excursions - I. Vivo [Richard Rodney Bennett]
• 36. Two Turtle Doves (No. 2 from Partridge Pie) [Richard Rodney Bennett]
• 37. Essay III for Piano [Samuel Barber]
• 38. Staccato Beans (No. 2 from Eight Memories in Watercolor) [Tan Dun]
• 39. Venus in 94 (No. 2 from The Heaven Ladder Book 7) [Terry Riley]