Unique and comprehensive, this collection features a tremendous variety of slow movements for keyboard players, consisting of 60 pieces that span three centuries. Pianists will discover the music of many moods, from dreamlike nocturnes and lullabies to moving elegies and romantic slow dances, all reproduced from authoritative editions. Highlights include selections from the sonatas of Haydn and Mozart, Chopin preludes, and classics such as the opening movement of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, Bach's Sinfonia in F Minor, and Debussy's Claire de Lune. Some pieces vary slightly from adagio tempo, but all are slow-paced, stately compositions that will enchant pianists at an intermediate level and beyond.
Dover Original compilation of works reproduced from authoritative editions.
Prelude In C [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
Sinfonia In F Minor [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
Aria [Bach, Johann Sebastian]
Sonata In D Minor [Scarlatti, Domenico]
Largo [Handel, George Frideric]
Sarabande In D Minor [Handel, George Frideric]
Adagio (Sonata No.6) [Haydn, Joseph]
Adagio (Sonata No.14) [Haydn, Joseph]
Adagio (Sonata No.19)[Haydn, Joseph]
Adagio (Sonata No. 12) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Adagio (Sonata No.14) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Adagio (Sonata No.18) [Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus]
Sonata "Pathetique," 2nd mvt. [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
Sonata "Moonlight," 1st mvt. [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
Fur Elise [Beethoven, Ludwig Van]
Nocturne Op.37-1 [Chopin, Frederic]
Prelude Op.28-4 [Chopin, Frederic]
Prelude Op.28-6 [Chopin, Frederic]
Prelude Op.2-20 [Chopin, Frederic]
Consolation No.3 [Liszt, Franz]
Consolation No.4 [Liszt, Franz]
Sonata In G Minor [Mendelssohn, Felix]
Adagio (Songs Without Words) [Mendelssohn, Felix]
Adagio Op.30-3 [Mendelssohn, Felix]
Adagio Op.53-4 [Mendelssohn, Felix]
Adagio In E [Schubert, Franz]
Adagio [Schubert, Franz]
Der Doppelgänger [Schubert, Franz] [Liszt, Franz]
Traumerei [Schumann, Robert]
Child Falling Asleep [Schumann, Robert]
Warum? [Schumann, Robert]
Euseubius [Schumann, Robert]
Abendlied [Schumann, Robert]
Larghetto [Schumann, Clara]
Intermezzo In E Flat Minor [Brahms, Johannes]
Nocturne No.9 [Field, John]
Nocturne No.14 [Field, John]
Nocturne No.15 [Field, John]
On The Holy Mountain [Dvorak, Antonin]
In Tears [Janacek, Leos]
Song Of The Lark [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
The Sick Doll [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Doll's Funeral [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Morning Prayer [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
In The Convent [Borodin, Alexander]
Catacombs-Roman Sepulchre [Mussorgsky, Modest]
A Tear [Mussorgsky, Modest]
Prelude In A Flat [Cui, César]
The Dying [Alkan, Charles-Valentin]
Slow Dance [Franck, Cesar]
Élégie [Massanet, Jules]
Prelude Op.74-4 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Prelude Op.16-4 [Scriabin, Alexander]
The Swan [Saint-Saens, Camille]
Elegy In G Minor [Arensky, Anton]
To A Wild Rose (Woodland Sketches) [MacDowell, Edward]
Deserted Farm (Woodland Sketches) [MacDowell, Edward]
Morning Mood [Grieg, Edvard]
Girl With The Flaxen Hair [Debussy, Claude]
Claire De Lune [Debussy, Claude]
Jimbo's Lu [Debussy, Claude]
