This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 2 Piano Syllabus for 2019 & 2020, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features inspiring recordings of all 18 pieces on the Grade 2 syllabus.
Contents:
- Lesson in C, Op. 125 No. 10 [Anton Diabelli]
- Musette in D, BWV Anh. II 126, from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 [Anon.]
- Gigue á l’Anglaise, from ‘Der getreue Music-Meister’ [Georg Philipp Telemann]
- Arabesque (No. 2 from 25 etudes faciles et progressives), Op. 100 [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
- Waltz (No. 13 from 24 Easy Pieces), Op. 39 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Lazy Bear [Vitalij Neugasimov]
- Dusty Blue [June Armstrong]
- Ja-Da [Bob Carleton]
- Petite Valse (from "Lazy Days") [Brian Chapple]
RECORDINGS
- Lesson in C, Op. 125 No. 10 [Anton Diabelli]
- Musette in D, BWV Anh. II 126, from The Anna Magdalena Bach Book of 1725 [Anon.]
- Gigue á l’Anglaise, from ‘Der getreue Music-Meister’ [Georg Philipp Telemann]
- Arietta in F (from An Introduction to the Art of Playing on the Pianoforte) [Muzio Clementi]
- Air (Hornpipe) in D minor, HWV 461, No.2 from Handel easy Piano Pieces and Dances [George Frideric Handel]
- Allegro (4th movement from Sonata in G), Hob. XVI:8 [Joseph Haydn]
- Arabesque (No. 2 from 25 etudes faciles et progressives), Op. 100 [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
- Waltz (No. 13 from 24 Easy Pieces), Op. 39 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
- Lazy Bear [Vitalij Neugasimov]
- Nel cor piu [Ludwig van Beethoven]
- Night Journey [Cornelius Gurlitt]
- Plaintive Waltz [Arthur Somervell]
- Dusty Blue [June Armstrong]
- Ja-Da [Bob Carleton]
- Petite Valse (from "Lazy Days") [Brian Chapple]
- A Memory of Paris [William Gillock]
- Royal March of the Lion: from The Carnival of the Animals [Camille Saint-Saëns]
- Lazy Days (No.7 from Up-Grade! Piano Grades 1-2) [Pam Wedgwood]