A superb 160 page volume packed with solo Piano arrangements of great Russian music from the 19th to the 20th centuries.
A specially written foreword places the music in historical and national context and includes biographical details of many of the featured composers.
The arrangements are intended for the intermediate to advanced player but the book will give any pianists a unique practical and historical insight into Russia's immense contribution to the international world of music.
Nocturne (String Quartet No.2) [Borodin, Alexander]
Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor) [Borodin, Alexander]
Canzonetta [Cui, César]
Autumn: Petit Adagio (The Seasons Op.67) [Glazunov, Alexander]
Prelude (Trois Morceaux Op.49 No.1) [Glazunov, Alexander]
Violin Concerto In A Minor Op.82 Movement II (Opening) [Glazunov, Alexander]
Capriccio On Russian Themes [Glinka, Mikhail]
Overture (Ruslan And Lyudmila) [Glinka, Mikhail]
Prayer: 'My Thoughts Are Heavy' [Glinka, Mikhail]
Valse In E Flat [Glinka, Mikhail]
Sabre Dance (Gayane) [Khachaturian, Aram]
In The Clearing Op.23 [Lyadov, Anatoly]
Gopak (Sorontchintsy's Fair) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
Marina's Aria (Boris Godunov) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
Promenade (Pictures At An Exhibition) [Mussorgsky, Modest]
Dance Of The Knights (Romeo And Juliet) [Prokofiev, Sergei]
Troika (Lieutenant Kijé) [Prokofiev, Sergei]
The Flight Of The Bumblebee (Tale Of The Tsar Saltan) [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai]
The Snow Maiden Prologue [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai]
The Young Price And The Young Princess (Scheherazade) [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai]
Mélodie Op.3 No.1 In F [Rubinstein, Anton]
Piano Concerto No.4 Op.70 Movement II (Excerpt) [Rubinstein, Anton]
Romance Op.44 No.1 [Rubinstein, Anton]
Prélude Op.11 No.1 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Prélude Op.11 No.2 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Prélude Op.11 No.4 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Prélude Op.11 No.5 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Prélude Op.11 No.15 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Prélude Op.11 No.23 [Scriabin, Alexander]
Symphony No.5 In D Minor Movement III [Shostakovich, Dmitri]
String Quartet No.8 Movement V [Shostakovich, Dmitri]
The Firebird Berceuse & Finale [Stravinsky, Igor]
1812 Overture [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Dance Of The Cygnets (Swan Lake) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
March (The Nutcracker) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Scene (Swan Lake) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Symphony No.5 In E Minor Op.64 Movement II [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Waltz (Swan Lake) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Waltz (The Sleeping Beauty) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]
Waltz Of The Flowers (The Nutcracker) [Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilyich]