• imaginative selection from the Romantic piano repertoire
• each volume balances works by leading Romantic composers, such as Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, with unfamiliar pieces by lesser-known figures
• volumes are carefully graded and offer a variety of keys, time signatures, textures and tempi
• variety of moods and styles presented to develop interpretative skills
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Contents:
- Lesson in F, Op. 487 No. 38 [Adolf Brunner]
- Lesson in D, Op. 487 No. 41 [Adolf Brunner]
- Study in D, Op. 187 No. 49 [Carl Czerny]
- Study in F, Op. 176 No. 17 [Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy]
- The Industrious Student, Op. 31 No. 3 [Hermann Bischoff]
- Cuckoo, Op. 46 No. 21 [Emil Breslauer]
- Water Music, Op. 46 No. 10 [Emil Breslauer]
- Waltz, Op. 46 No. 25 [Emil Breslauer]
- Roundelay, Op. 39 No. 2 [Josef Bohuslav Förster]
- The Echo [Carlo Albanesi]
- Melody (Arabian Air), No. 28 from ‘ABC du piano’ [Felix le Couppey]
- Dedication, Op. 138 No. 1 [Stephen Heller]
- Study in C, Op. 65 No. 3 [Albert Loeschhorn]
- Study in G, Op. 65 No. 9 [Albert Loeschhorn / Adrian Taylor]
- Study in C, Op. 50 No. 3 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- Serenade, No. 18 from Album for the Young, Op. 140 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- On the Playground, Op. 210 No. 5 [Louis Köhler]
- Piano Piece for the Young, No. 13 [Heinrich Henkel]
- New Scene from Childhood, Op. 55 No. 4 [Theodor Kirchner]
- Scherzino, No. 112 from ‘Kinder-Klavierschule’ [Václav Emanuel Horák]
- A Jolly Moment [Nikolay Ladukhin]
- On Reflection, Op. 36 No. 12 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
- Lullaby, Op. 36 No. 15 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
- A Sad Tale, Op. 39 No. 16 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Country Dance, Op. 39 No. 17 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Galloping, Op. 39 No. 15 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Study in C, Op. 340 No. 1 [Charles Mayer]
- Simplicity, Op. 254 No. 10 [Carl Reinecke]
- To begin with, Op. 81 No. 1 [Nicolay von Wilm]
- Go to sleep [Gustave Sandré]
- Study in D, Op. 34 Part II No. 4 [Moritz Vogel]
- Who is there? Op. 783 No. 9 [Antonio Sartorio]
- Two Frogs, Op. 783 No. 12 [Antonio Sartorio]
- On Tip-toe, Op. 783 No. 8 [Antonio Sartorio]
- Catch Ball, Op. 35 Book I No. 3 [Tobias Matthay]
- Wandering, Op. 109 No. 1 [Hermann Zilcher]
- Chinese Statuette, No. 13 from ‘Christmas Gifts’ [Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov]
- Piano Piece for Young and Old, Op. 53 No. 1 [Carl Nielsen]
- Plaintive Waltz [Arthur Somervell]
- A Quiet Morning [Samuil Moiseyevich Maikapar]
- Pastorale, Op. 100 No. 3 [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
- Lesson in C, Op. 125 No. 7 [Anton Diabelli]
- Study in G: No. 6 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 1 [Thomas Dunhill]
- Melody: No. 5 from ‘12 Easy Pieces’ [George Dyson]
- Banges Herzelein (Sad at Heart), Op. 47 No. 5 [Robert Fuchs]
- Farewell, Op. 98 No. 4 [Alexander Grechaninov]
- Child’s Song, Op. 48 No. 1 [Alexandre Guilmant]
- Profiter de ce qu’il a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau: No. 3 from ‘Peccadilles Importunes’ Tiresome Prank No. 3 [Eric Satie]
- Sailor’s Song: No. 11 from ‘Work and Play’ [Felix Swinstead]
- The Wild Horseman (Wilder Reiter), Op. 68 No. 8 [Robert Schumann]