Best of Piano Classics - 50 Famous Pieces - Solo Piano - (ED 9060)

• With this collection of the 50 most beautiful original piano compositions, Schott presents a selection of works to accompany each student for the first years of teaching.
• The band includes compositions from Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) to Alexander Gretchaninoff (1864-1956) and thus offers play material from the Baroque to the forthcoming 20th century. In addition to numerous unique pieces, light sonatas and sonatines by Haydn, Clementi, Mozart and Beethoven.
• Supplemented by finger sets, tempo suggestions and instructions on the execution of decorations, the collection is recommended in a modern and read-friendly print not only for teaching, but also for private home use.
• E. Grieg: Walzer, op. 12/3 -- E. Grieg: Norwegian, op. 12/6 -- C. Debussy: Le petit nègre -- C. Debussy: The girl with the flax hair (from: Prèludes I, No. 8) -- A. Gretchannoff: An old poem, op. 119/2 -- E. Satie: Gymnopédie No. 1
• Contents: J.S. Bach: Praeludium C major (BWV 924) -- J.S. Bach: Praeludium in F major (BWV 927) -- J.S. Bach: Praeludium C major (BWV 939) -- J.S. Bach: Praeludium C minor (BWV 999) -- S. Bach: Praeludium No. 1 C major (BWV 846) -- J.S. Bach: Invention No. 1 C major (BWV 772) -- J.S. Bach: Invention No. 4 D minor (BWV 775) -- J.S. Bach: Invention No. 8 F major (BWV 779) -- J.S. Bach: Invention No. 13 A minor (BWV 784) -- G.F. Hand: Sarabande in D minor (HWV 437) -- J. Haydn: Sonata in G major (Hob.XVI:8) -- M. Clementi: Sonatine C major, op. 36/1 -- W.A. Mozart: Menuett G major (KV 1e + f (Trio)) -- W.A. Mozart: Menuett in F major (KV 2) -- W.A. Mozart: Allegro B major (KV 3) -- W.A. Mozart: Rondeau D major (KV 15d) -- W.A. Mozart: Alla turca (from: Piano Sonata A major (KV 331), 3. sentence) -- W.A. Mozart: Sonate C major (KV 545) -- L.v. Beethoven: Sonatine G major -- L.v. Beethoven: Sonatine F major -- L.v. Beethoven: For Elise (WoO 59) -- L.v. Beethoven: Bagatelle G minor, op. 119/1 -- L.v. Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata Cis Minor, op. 27/2 -- F. Schubert: Walzer in H minor, op. 18/6 -- F. Schubert: Impromptu In A Major (D 935/2) -- F. Burgmüller: Arabesque, op. 100/2 -- F. Burgmüller: Ballade, op. 100/15 -- F. Burgmüller: Unruhe, op. 100/18 -- F. Mendelssohn: Venetian gondola, op. 19/6 -- F. Mendelssohn: Song without words E major, op. 30/3 -- R. Schumann: From foreign countries and people, op. 15/1 -- R. Schumann: Dreaming, op. 15/7 -- R. Schumann: Wilder Reiter, op. 68/8 -- R. Schumann: Fürchtenmachen op. 15/11 -- R. Schumann: Happy Landmann, op. 68/10 -- F. Chopin: Prélude e minor, op. 28/4 -- F. Chopin: Prélude H minor, op. 28/6 -- F. Chopin: Regentrophen-Prélude Des-Dur -- F. Chopin: La goutte d'eau Ré majeur, op. 28/15 -- F. Chopin: Mazurka A minor, op. 7/2 -- F. Chopin: Mazurka F major, op. 68/3 -- F. Chopin: Walzer a minor, op. posth. -- P.I. Tchaikovsky: Mazurka, op. 39/10 -- P.I. Tchaikovsky: Sweet dreaming, op. 29/21 -- P.I. Tchaikovsky: Chanson triste, op. 40/2

This collection of 50 of the most beautiful original compositions 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.