Short Romantic Pieces for Piano | Book 2 (Grades 3-5)

Contents:

• Rigaudon in D: No. 27 from ‘Esquisses’, Op. 63 (Alkan)
• Lesson in A, Op. 33 No. 7 (Bennett)
• Innocent Frankness: No. 1 from ‘Miniatures’, Op. 20 (Cui)
• Springtime and Youth (Fibich)
• March, Op. 36 No. 29 (Gedike)
• Aquarelle: No. 17 from ‘24 Pieces Caracteristiques pour la Jeunesse’, Op. 34 (Glière)
• Mazurka in C (Glinka)
• Serious Moment, A: No. 27 from ‘Der Erste Vortrag’ (First Pieces to Play), Op. 210 (Gurlitt)
• Study in Ab, Op. 47 No. 23 (Heller)
• Clowning: from 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27, No. 10 (Kabalevsky)
• Arabesque in B minor, Op. 6 No. 2 (Karganov)
• Miniature in F, Op. 62 No. 6 (Kirchner)
• Ball Game, Op. 107 No. 4 (Krug)
• Grandmama Tells a Ghost Story, Op. 81 No. 3 (Kullak)
• Study in G, Op. 37 No. 27 (Lemoine)
• Study in D, Op. 65 No. 18 (Loeschhorn)
• Allegretto scherzando in G (Lyapunov)
• A Passing Thought, Op. 4 No. 1 (Maikapar)
• Hasche mich! (Catch-me-if-you-can): No. 2 from ‘Aus der Jugendzeit’ (From youthful days), Op. 17 (Reger)
• Pastoral Sonatina, Op. 206 No. 21: 1st movement, The Echo (Reinecke)
• Allegretto in C: No. 1 from ‘Gefallige Clavierstucke’ (Agreeable Piano Pieces), Op. 80 (Rohde)
• A Tale: No. 3 from ‘Album fur die Jugend’, Op. 62 (Scharwenka)
• Grandmother’s Song, Op. 27 No. 10 (Volkmann)
• Innocence, No. 5 from 25 Easy and Progressive Studies, Op. 100 (Burgmüller)
• Study in D: No. 6 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 2 (Dunhill)
• Vieux Noel (Old Christmas Carol) (G minor) (Franck)
• Stolzer Reitersmann (Proud Horseman), Op. 47 No. 2 (Fuchs)
• Premier Chagrin (First Sorrow), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 6 (Godard)
• The Evening Bell, No. 4 from Bocetos (Granados)
• The Last Saturday Evening, Op. 17 No. 15 (Grieg)
• Scherzo: No. 7 from ‘Skizzen’ (Sketches), Op. 77 (Hofmann)
• Jumping Jack, Op. 11 No. 4 (Nielsen)
• Valse Miniature, Op. 10 No. 10 (Rebikov)
• Marche des soldats de bois (March of the wooden soldiers), Op. 39 No. 5 (Tchaikovsky)
• Folksong (Volksliedchen), Op. 68 No. 9 (Schumann)

ABRSM’s Short Romantic Pieces for Piano is a five-volume graded anthology. As well as featuring the great German composers from the period, this collection includes works by Rimsky-Korsakov, Moszkowski, Glazunov, Albéniz, Granados, Delius and many others.