BEST OF PIANO CLASSICS 2

Songbook for piano

This collection of 40 arrangements of the famous classical Masterpieces for piano, presented by Schott, contains a selection of works that is suitable for pupils in their first years of piano lessons. The volume contains compositions ranging from Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) to Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956), providing playing material from the baroque period to the early 20th century. As well as many individual pieces, this volume also includes easy sonatas and sonatinas by Haydn, Clementi, Mozart and Beethoven. Complete with fingerings, tempo suggestions in the form of metronome marks and notes on the execution of ornaments, this collection with its modern, readable typeface is ideal not only for lessons, but also for private music-making.

Songlist :

1. J. S. Bach: Air D major BWV 1068
2. J. S. Bach: Badinerie B minor BWV 1067
3. J. S. Bach: Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring from Cantate No 147
4. J. Clarke: Trumpet Voluntary
5. G. F. Handel: Ombra mai fù, from "Xerxes" HWV 40
6. G. F. Handel: Alla Hornpipe, from "Water Music", Suite No 2, HWV 349
7. M-A. Charpentier: Prélude from Te Deum H 146
8. A. Vivaldi: Spring from "The Four Seasons" op. 8/1
9. J. Pachelbel: Canon
10. J. Haydn: Sérénade op. 3/5
11. J. Haydn: Symphony "Surprise", 2nd movement
12. W. A. Mozart: A Little Night Music, 2nd movement
13. W. A. Mozart: Clarinet Concerto KV 622, 2nd movement
14. W. A. Mozart: Symphony No 40 KV 550, 1st movement
15. W. A. Mozart: Piano Concerto No 21 KV 467, 2nd movement
16. L. van Beethoven: Symphony No 5 op. 67 / 1st movement
17. L. van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No 5 op. 73 / 2nd movement
18. L. van Beethoven: Song of Joy op. 125
19. L. Boccherini: Minuet from String Quintet op. 13 / 5
20. F. Schubert: Serenade - F. Schubert: Ave Maria op. 52 / 6, D 839
21. G. Verdi: Va pensiero, from "Nabucco"
22. G. Verdi: Triumphal March from "Aida"
23. C. Gounod: Ave Maria
24. R. Wagner: Song to the Evening Star from "Tannhäuser"
25. I. Ivanovici: Waves of Danube
26. J. Offenbach: Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (Barcarole)
27. E. Humperdinck: Abends, will ich schlafen gehen, from "Hansel and Gretel"
28. C. Saint-Saëns: The Swan from "Le Carneval des animaux"
29. R. Schumann: Piano Concerto A Minor op. 54 / 1st movement
30. P. I. Tschaikowsky: Waltz of the Flowers from "The Nutcracker"
31. P. I. Tschaikowsky: Piano Concerto No 1 op. 23 / 1st movement
32. A. Dvorák: "Symphony from the New World" No. 95, op. 95, 2nd movement
33. E. Grieg: Piano Concerto op. 16, 1st movement
34. E. Grieg: Solvejg's Song from Peer-Gynt Suite No 2 op. 55
35. E. Elgar: Land of Hope and Glory, from "Pomp and Circumstance" op. 39 / 1 (Trio)
36. E. Elgar: Salut d'amour op. 12
37. G. Mahler: Adagietto from Symphony No. 5 C# minor, 4th movement
38. C.Orff: O fortuna from "Carmina Burana" - G. Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue