Composed in the Winter of 1827 these impromptus enjoy enormous popularity among students performers and audiences alike. The first and third are more lyrical in character while the second and fourth are more like etudes. The series is designed for Piano students and their teachers as well as professional pianists. Includes suggested fingering performance suggestions together with historical commentary prepared by renowned artists/teachers. The online audio includes a performance of the work.

In Recital Throughout The Year is a series that focuses on fabulous repertoire with musically engaging pieces by leading FJH composers and arrangers. This series of books is carefully levelled to ensure that goals are attainable which is essential in motivating students. Providing excellent teaching material these books address the strengths and weaknesses of students with progressive discussions by Dr. Helen Marlais on the art of performance and an analysis of performance strategies.The pieces presented in these books provide repertoire for the entire year including pieces for Halloween and Christmas as well as arrangements of famous classicalthemes with original solos and duets.The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of the pieces presented in this book allowing the student to develop their interpretive skills.Volume One Book 1 is suitable for Early Elementary pianists and covers many basic principles including:Basic notes such as quarter half dotted half and whole notes3/4 and 4/4 time signaturesUse of 8va signs and therefore practicing moving up and down the keyboardUse of the pedal to create a larger soundPlaying with both a detached and a smooth touchUnderstanding of basic musical terminology such as forte piano and repeat signsPieces which use the middle C position as well as other basic hand positionsUse of basic keys C F and A minor (written using accidentals instead of key signatures).

2-CD Set-Performed by Kevin Class piano Accompaniment: Stuttgart Festival Orchestra Conductor: Emil Kahn A delightful happy concerto which was written for the coronation for Leopold II in 1790 and performed by Mozart at that occasion in Frankfurt. A lovely atmosphere pervades the work which is tremendous fun to learn. This pack includes a high-quality printed music score and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist in digital stereo followed by a second version in full stereo of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist; and a second compact disc containing the complete version of the concerto followed by a -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment forpractice purposes.

In Recital Throughout The Year is a series that focuses on fabulous repertoire with musically engaging pieces by leading FJH composers and arrangers. This series of books is carefully levelled to ensure that goals are attainable which is essential in motivating students. Providing excellent teaching material these books address the strengths and weaknesses of students with progressive discussions by Dr. Helen Marlais on the art of performance and an analysis of performance strategies.The pieces presented in these books provide repertoire for the entire year including pieces for Halloween and Christmas as well as arrangements of famous classicalthemes with original solos and duets.The accompanying CD includes demonstrations of the pieces presented in this book allowing the student to develop their interpretive skills.Volume Two Book 6 is suitable for Late Intermediate pianists and covers many basic principles including:Rhythmic patterns of dotted eighth notes sixteenth notes and triplet sixteenth notesPieces in simple compound and mixed metersMore challenging passage work scales in tenths octaves glissandos and hand-over-hand configurationsAn introduction to the rhythms and style of Spanish musicPieces with changes of tempo character and articulationsPieces in which the melody and the accompaniment are found within the same handSyncopated rhythms jazz chords and all kinds of arpeggiated and broken chord patternsSimple ornamentation such as grace notes and trillsPieces reinforce the following musical terms: espressivo semplice più animato appassionato più mosso meno mosso con passione controllata accelerando rallentando along with basic musical terminology found in books 1-5.A mixture of major and minor keys strengthen the student’s command of the piano.

The new CD edition of The Easy Piano Collection: Baroque Gold features a fine selection of the most famous masterpieces from the Baroque period. Every piece has been composed for or arranged for easy Piano and allaccompanied by high quality demonstration performances on a specially commissioned music CD.Learning to play these classic compositions has never been easier to do.These books use the same notation as CarolBarratt’s Classic Piano Course and are presented in a brand new easy-to-read style complete with fingerings and detailed composer biographies.Suitable for pianists between Grade 1-3 standard.

The Eye-Tunes Series for piano contains 100 newly composed Piano pieces - attractive accessible and pitched at pianists of all ages and abilities. Within each album the pieces are arranged with musical rather than technical concerns in mind in the hope of encouraging profitable dipping! The range of styles is wide - jazz pop ambient reflective humorous minimalist impressionistic. These pieces as the title Eye-Tunes suggests have been written to be read while calling for a degree of spontaneity and flexibility. The titles are thought-provoking and the material intended to spark the imagination. These albums will serve particularly well as an alternative or adjunct toconventional repertoire.Included is a CD with performances by the composer of all the pieces.

The names of the composers included here read like a ?Who is Who? of the heyday of Bohemian musicians and composers from the 18th and beginning of the 19th century. They include F. Benda J. Stamitz J. L. Dussek and J. B.Vanhal in their time names that were known throughout Europe and who predominantly worked at noteworthy courts in different countries. Today their music is largely overshadowed by that of Haydn Mozart and Beethoven. Yet theBohemians particularly excelled as far as the Violin sonata was concerned. Our two volume edition will provide the curious (and indeed already quite advanced) violinist with a colourful bouquet of worthwhile discoveries.

This fine collection features the most famous masterpieces by Claude Debussy for solo Piano. Includes pieces from Children's Corner and Suite Bergamasque. Now includes a CD with full performancesof each piece!

Beethoven's Piano Sonata No.4 In E Flat Op.7 'Grand Sonata' is now available as an individual edition with a companion CD edited and recorded by noted Beethoven scholar Robert Taub.

Haydn Gold (CD Edition)-A fine selection of the most famous masterpieces by Franz Joseph Haydn containing both sheet music and full audio on CD. Every piece has been composed or specially arranged for solo piano and is accompanied byhigh quality demonstration performances on a specially commissioned music CD. An essential addition to your piano library.

2-CD Set-Performed by Paul Van Ness piano Accompaniment: Plovdiv Chamber Orchestra Conductor: Nayden Todorov A beautiful Mozart concerto which is particularly notable for the unusually serene character of its first two movements advanced orchestration and a witty and theatrical final movement. One of Mozart's most distinguished concerti and not too technically demanding. Includes an authoritative newly engraved solo part printed on high-quality acid-free ivory paper; and a compact disc containing a complete version with soloist in digital stereo followed by a second version in full stereo of the orchestral accompaniment minus the soloist; and a second CD featuring afull-speed version of the complete version followed by a -20% slow-tempo version of the accompaniment for practice purposes.

The late elementary level student will experience a substantial variety of classical themes within Book 3 of this superb repertoire series. The solos and duets in this book include themes from a violin concerto a string quartet symphonies and more. Students will obtain a greater personal understanding of these classical themes as they read the level appropriate information included in 'About the Pieces and Composers.' The book includes a complete performance CD.

Symphony No.1-All four movements of Gustav Mahler's 1st symphony condensed and abbreviated into four delightful miniatures. With practice backing tracks and performances on the accompanying CD. Highly playable and enormous fun.