A superb selection of the most famous masterpieces by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky and an essential addition to your piano library. Also includes a CD with full performances of every piece.
The Essential Collection series includes favourite pieces of each composer, simplified or shortened slightly where necessary to make them accessible to the intermediate pianist. As well as pieces written specifically for piano, transcriptions of the composer’s best known orchestral compositions or songs are often included as well.
Contents:
- 1812 Overture
- Dance of the Cygnets (Swan Lake)
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker Suite)
- Danse Des Mirlitons (The Nutcracker)
- First Movement (Symphony No. 6 in B minor 'Pathetique')
- June (Barcarolle)
- March (The Nutcracker)
- Marche Des Soldats de Bois, Op. 39 No. 5
- None But the Weary Heart
- Piano Concerto No. 1 in Bb minor (Opening)
- Polonaise (Eugene Onegin)
- Prince Gremin's Aria (Eugene Onegin)
- Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
- Scene from Swan Lake
- Sentimental Waltz
- Slavonic March
- Sleeping Beauty Waltz
- Song without Words (Chant Sans Paroles) (Douze Morceaux De Difficulte Moyenne)
- Sweet Reverie (Douce Reverie) (Album for the Young)
- The New Doll (La Nouvelle Poupee) (Album for the Young)
- Waltz from Serenade for Strings In C
- Waltz from Swan Lake
- Waltz in Eb (Album for the Young)
- Waltz in F# minor (Douze Morceaux De Difficulte Moyenne)
- Waltz of the Flowers (The Nutcracker)
- Winter Morning (Le Matin en Hiver) (Album for the Young)