This book contains twelve pieces from ABRSM's Grade 8 Piano Syllabus for 2019 & 2020, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A and B and six pieces from List C. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.
Contents:
- Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
- Sonata in D, Kp. 214 [Domenico Scarlatti]
- Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
- Un poco allegro (1st movement from Sonata in Ab), H.31 [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]
- Presto all tedesca (1st movement from Sonata in G), Op. 79 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
- Allegro Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in E), D. 459 [Franz Schubert]
- Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 [Fryderyk Chopin]
- Voiles (No.2 from Preludes, Book 1) [Claude Debussy]
- Sonatina, Op. 100 [Nikolai Kapustin]
- Prelude en forme de danse (from "Preludes pour piano") [Bohuslav Martinu]
- Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 (from "Jeux de Fantasie") [Sergei Rachmaninov]
- Lullaby [Raymond Yiu]