First Year Classics: Piano: Instrumental Album

There are many beautiful airs from the Masters that are quite unknown to the average student. This volume is a follow-up to First Year Classics and presents examples more advanced than those in the first book. The material used has been carefully selected with special regard to its musical appeal so as to develop a feeling of affection rather than dread on the part of the pupil. Short biographical sketches are also given.

Part of the constantly growing world-famous Joy Of... series The Joy Of First-Year Piano is a method with repertory for the beginning pianist by renowned teacher arranger and musicologist Denes Agay.This CD edition includes newly-recorded high-quality performances of the music to be found in the book. These tracks demonstrate how the pieces should sound and in some cases provide a piano part with which the student can play along. Under the editorial guidance established by Denes Agay The Joy Of... series covers a wide variety of musical genres including the classics folk jazz blues ragtime and children’smusic.Students and teachers all over the world have welcomed books for their imaginative choice of material consistent settings and accessible large-format style. New titles are constantly being added to an already extensive range ensuring that the series continues as a vital growing treasury of the world’s best music.

This collection of the most beautiful 100 easy original compositions for piano presented by Schott contains a selection of works that accompany every pupil in the first years of his or her piano lessons. The volume contains compositions from the days of Johann Pachelbel (1653-1706) to the days of Alexander Grechaninov (1864-1956) providing playing material from the high baroque period to the early 20th century. Apart from numerous individual pieces there are also easy sonatas and sonatinas by Haydn Cimarosa Clementi Mozart and Beethoven. Complete with fingerings tempo suggestions in the form of metronome numbers and notes on the execution of ornaments the collectionwith its modern readable typeface is ideal not only for lessons but also for the private music-making of every music lover. This album represents superb value for money!