ABRSM – A Keyboard Anthology, First Series, Book II (Grade 3 & 4)

A collection of pieces which have been set for ABRSM’s piano exams over the years. Available in three series, each containing five graded volumes and reflecting the wide variety of pieces on the syllabuses. The series concentrate on the baroque and romantic sections of the syllabus.

Content:

• Corrente seconda in A minor [Giralomo Frescobaldi]
• Sonata in A: 3rd movement, Allegretto [Baldassare Galuppi]
• Chanson Russe: No. 15 from ‘24 Pieces Caracteristiques pour la Jeunesse’, Op. 34 [Reyngol’d Moritsevich Glier]
• Sonata in Ab, Hob. XVI/43: 2nd movement, Menuetto [Joseph Haydn]
• Divertimento in D, Op. 25 No. 8: 1st movement, Pastorale [James Hook]
• The Fall of the Leafe, from ‘Fitzwilliam Virginal Book’ [Martin Peerson]
• L’Indifferente, from ‘Nouvelle Suites de Pieces’ [Jean-Philippe Rameau]
• Vivace in A: No. 26 from ‘Musikalischer Zeit-Vertreib auf dem Klavier’ [Valentin Rathgeber]
• Sonata in G, Kp. 391, L. 79 [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Prelude in C minor, BWV 999 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sonatina in F, WoO 50 (two movements) [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Chant de la Creuse (Song from the Creuse) (D minor) [César Franck]
• Watchman’s Song, Op. 12 No. 3 [Edvard Grieg]
• Sonatina in Bb, HWV 585 [George Frideric Handel]
• Study in Ab, Op. 47 No. 23 [Stephen Heller]
• Andantino in E flat, K. 236/588b [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Priere du matin (Morning prayer), Op. 39 No. 1 [Pyotr Il’yich Tchaikovsky]
• First Loss (Erster Verlust), Op. 68 No. 16 [Robert Schumann]