• imaginative selection from the Romantic piano repertoire
• each volume balances works by leading Romantic composers, such as Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky, with unfamiliar pieces by lesser-known figures
• volumes are carefully graded and offer a variety of keys, time signatures, textures and tempi
• variety of moods and styles presented to develop interpretative skills
Lesson in F, Op. 487 No. 38 [Brunner]
Lesson in D, Op. 487 No. 41 [Brunner]
Study in D, Op. 187 No. 49 [Czerny]
Study in F, Op. 176 No. 17 [J. B. Duvernoy]
The Industrious Student, Op. 31 No. 3 [Bischoff]
Cuckoo, Op. 46 No. 21 [Breslauer]
Water Music, Op. 46 No. 10 [Breslauer]
Waltz, Op. 46 No. 25 [Breslauer]
Roundelay, Op. 39 No. 2 [Förster]
The Echo [Carlo Albanesi]
Melody (Arabian Air), No. 28 from ‘ABC du piano’ [Le Couppey]
Dedication, Op. 138 No. 1 [Stephen Heller]
Study in C, Op. 65 No. 3 [Loeschhorn]
Study in G, Op. 65 No. 9 [Loeschhorn]
Study in C, Op. 50 No. 3 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
Serenade, No. 18 from Album for the Young, Op. 140 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
On the Playground, Op. 210 No. 5 [L. Köhler]
Piano Piece for the Young, No. 13 [Henkel]
New Scene from Childhood, Op. 55 No. 4 [T. F Kirchner]
Scherzino, No. 112 from ‘Kinder-Klavierschule’ [E Horák]
A Jolly Moment [Ladukhin]
On Reflection, Op. 36 No. 12 [Gedike]
Lullaby, Op. 36 No. 15 [Gedike]
A Sad Tale, Op. 39 No. 16 [Dmitri Kabalevsky]
Country Dance, Op. 39 No. 17 [Dmitri Kabalevsky]
Galloping, Op. 39 No. 15 [Dmitri Kabalevsky]
Study in C, Op. 340 No. 1 [C. Mayer]
Simplicity, Op. 254 No. 10 [Carl Reinecke]
To begin with, Op. 81 No. 1 [Wilm]
Go to sleep [Sandré]
Study in D, Op. 34 Part II No. 4 [M. Vogel]
Who is there? Op. 783 No. 9 [A. Sartorio]
Two Frogs, Op. 783 No. 12 [A. Sartorio]
On Tip-toe, Op. 783 No. 8 [A. Sartorio]
Catch Ball, Op. 35 Book I No. 3 [Matthay]
Wandering, Op. 109 No. 1 [Zilcher]
Chinese Statuette, No. 13 from ‘Christmas Gifts’ [Rebikov]
Piano Piece for Young and Old, Op. 53 No. 1 [Carl Nielsen]
Plaintive Waltz [Somervell]
A Quiet Morning [Maikapar]
Pastorale, Op. 100 No. 3 [J. F. F Burgmüller]
Lesson in C, Op. 125 No. 7 [Anton Diabelli]
Study in G: No. 6 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 1 [Thomas Dunhill]
Melody: No. 5 from ‘12 Easy Pieces’ [George Dyson]
Banges Herzelein (Sad at Heart), Op. 47 No. 5 [Robert Fuchs]
Farewell, Op. 98 No. 4 [Alexander Grechaninov]
Child’s Song, Op. 48 No. 1 [Alexandre Guilmant]
Profiter de ce qu’il a des cors aux pieds pour lui prendre son cerceau: No. 3 from ‘Peccadilles Importunes’ Tiresome Prank No. 3 [Eric Satie]
Sailor’s Song: No. 11 from ‘Work and Play’ [Felix Swinstead]
The Wild Horseman (Wilder Reiter), Op. 68 No. 8 [Robert Schumann]