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 andincludesbiographical 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 intoRussia'simmense contribution to the international world of music.
Contents
1812 Overture
Autumn: Petit Adagio (The Seasons Op.67)
Canzonetta
Capriccio On Russian Themes
Dance Of The Cygnets (Swan Lake)
Dance Of The Knights (Romeo And Juliet)
Dance Of The Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker)
Gopak (Sorontchintsy's Fair)
In The Clearing Op.23
March (The Nutcracker)
Marina's Aria (Boris Godunov)
Mélodie Op.3 No.1 In F
Nocturne (String Quartet No.2)
Overture (Ruslan And Lyudmila)
Piano Concerto No.4 Op.70 Movement Ii (Excerpt)
Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)
Prayer: 'My Thoughts Are Heavy'
Prelude (Trois Morceaux Op.49 No.1)
Prélude Op.11 No.1
Prélude Op.11 No.15
Prélude Op.11 No.2
Prélude Op.11 No.23
Prélude Op.11 No.4
Prélude Op.11 No.5
Promenade (Pictures At An Exhibition)
Romance Op.44 No.1
Sabre Dance (Gayane)
Scene (Swan Lake)
String Quartet No.8 Movement V
Symphony No.5 In D Minor Movement Iii
Symphony No.5 In E Minor Op.64 Movement Ii
The Firebird Berceuse & Finale
The Flight Of The Bumblebee (Tale Of The Tsar Saltan)
The Snow Maiden Prologue
The Young Price And The Young Princess (Scheherazade)
Troika (Lieutenant Kijé)
Valse In E Flat
Violin Concerto In A Minor Op.82 Movement Ii (Opening)