Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2019 & 2020

The Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2019/2020 comprises a broad selection of examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the Associated Board syllabus. The anthology is enhanced with Performance Notes by Norman Beedie, Lecturer in Classical Improvisation, Piano and Conducting at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, giving guidance and promoting reflection on technical and interpretative matters for each piece. The volume is further enhanced by Aural Notes by Caroline Evans, author of the Peters Edition Aural Test Survival Books, which draw upon music in the Anthology to provide preparation material for the type of discussion topics typically encountered in the Grade 8 aural test.

Published by Edition Peters

Contents:

List A

• J. S. Bach: Sarabande & Gigue (from English Suite No. 2, BWV 807)
• D. Scarlatti: Sonata in D, Kp. 214, L. 165
• Shostakovich: Prelude and Fugue in A minor
• J. S. Bach: Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889
• Handel: Fugue No. 6 in C minor, HWV 610
• Mendelssohn: Fugue in B flat, Op. 35 No. 6
• Soler: Sonata in D minor, R. 25

List B

• C. P. E. Bach: Un poco allegro (1st movt, Sonata in A flat, H.31)
• Beethoven: Presto alla tedesca (1st movt, Sonata in G, Op.79)
• Schubert: Allegro moderato (1st movt, Sonata in E, D.459)
• Clementi: Presto (3rd movt, Sonata in F minor, Op.13/6)
• Haydn: Moderato (1st movt, Sonata in C minor, Hob.XVI:20)
• Haydn: Rondo: Presto (2nd movt, Sonata in C, Hob.XVI:48)
• Kuhlau: Allegro (1st movt, Sonatina in C, Op.60/3)
• Mozart: Rondo: Allegretto (3rd movt, Sonata in F, K.533)

List C

• Chopin: Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1
• Debussy: Voiles (No. 2 from Préludes, Book 1)
• Nikolay Kapustin: Sonatina, Op. 100
• Rachmaninoff: Elegie, Op. 3 No. 1
• L. Boulanger: Cortège (No. 3 from 3 morceaux pour piano)
• Brahms: Intermezzo in B flat minor, Op. 117 No. 2
• Chaminade: Scarf Dance, Op. 37 No. 3
• Gershwin: Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes)
• W. Mason: Lullaby, Op. 10