Fascinations - 35 pieces on the quirky side

Fascinations - 35 pieces on the quirky side

Fascinations is a volume of quirky juxtapositions and intriguing pieces of music. L&oelig:illet is cheek-by-jowl with Liszt, Schumann with Scarlatti and Sjögren. There are some fine newly-written miniatures, but also some extraordinary pieces by well-known composers, such as Mozart&rsquo:s bizarre Funeral march of Signor Maestro Contrapunto or the unsophisticated music-making faithfully represented in Gounod&rsquo:s Bagpipers and Tchaikovsky&rsquo:s The peasant plays the mouth-organ. Dance movements by Telemann, Schubert, Rameau, Jiŕ:ovec and Zilcher all have something unexpected or piquant about them, although they are technically straightforward and a joy to play.
For intermediate-level pianists.

Piano Moods is an exciting new piano series from Boosey & Hawkes. Each volume is devoted to a particular mood. The pieces chosen draw on Boosey & Hawkes extensive collection of wonderful music as well as lesser-known gems from the past - some of them from surprising sources - and newly composed works.

Series: Piano Moods
Instrumentation: Piano
Arranger: Davies, Hywel
Binding: Saddle stitching
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
ISMN: M-060-11903-3
ISBN: 979-0-060-11903-3

Contents

• Bartók: Melody with interruptions (from Mikrokosmos III)
• Benda: Presto (from Sonata IX)
• Prokofiev: Rain and the rainbow (from Musiques denfants op. 65 no. 8)
• Heller: Vivace op. 47 no. 7
• Anonymus (early 17th century): Dance and Afterdance (from Klavierbuch der Jungfrau Regina Clara im Hoff)
• Grieg: Siri Dale song op. 66 no. 4
• Binkerd: Country Dance
• Liszt: Resignazione
• Bartók: Scherzo (from Mikrokosmos III)
• Telemann: Presto (from TWV 30:25)
• Gurlitt: Impromptu op. 224 no. 5
• Mozart: Funeral March for Signor Maestro Contrapunto
• Tchaikovsky: The peasant plays the mouth-organ (from Album pour enfants op. 39 no. 13)
• Benjamin: Silent and soft and slow descends the snow -Davies: Piano piece no. 23
• D. Scarlatti: Sonata K 431
• Gounod: Bagpipers
• Bartók: Bagatelle op. 6 no. 4
• Tomás de Sancta Maria: Fantasia
• Andriessen: Base
• Schumann: Theme and variations op. 118 no. 1
• Zilcher: Good humour op. 93 no. 5
• Jean-Babtiste Loeillet (of London)
• Hornpipe
• Davies: Piano Piece no. 16
• Cui: À la Schumann op. 20 no.. 4
• Birtwistle: Dance of the metro-gnome
• Rameau: Les tricotets (from Pièces de clavecin 3)
• Jirovec: Waltzes 1 and 6
• Sjögren: Andante tranquillo
• Clementi: Allegro (from op. 36 no. 2)
• Kenins: Sad clown
• Fibich: Poco allegretto
• Binkerd: Something serious
• Zilcher: Scherzo op. 44 no. 2
• Schubert: Two écossaises D 299 Nr. 7 und 8