Description:
The Exploring Piano Classics: A Masterworks Method for Developing Pianists series pairs motivating performance repertoire with thoughtful technical studies. Each level contains a Repertoire book with CD and a Technique book, both with convenient page-by-page correlation. The Repertoire books include pieces from the major style periods, selected and graded based on festival, competition, and examination lists from the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom. Background information on each style period, its instruments, composers, and the music itself is included. The CD recordings of the repertoire, performed by internationally known clinician and teacher Nancy Bachus, provide an indispensable tool for appropriate musical interpretation. Selected and edited by Nancy Bachus, distributed by Alfred Music.

Titles: Air en Gavotte (Graupner) * Allegro in B-flat Major, K. 3 (W. A. Mozart) * Avalanche, Op. 45, No. 2 (Heller) * Bourrée (Krieger) * Children's Song (Bartók) * The Clown (Rebikov) * Écossaise, Op. 18; D. 145 (Schubert) * Gavotte en Rondeau (Dandrieu) * German Dance, WoO 42, No. 4 (Beethoven) * Gigue ŕ l'Angloise (Telemann) * Gypsy Dance (Haydn) * A Little Song (Rhené-Baton) * Minuet in G Major (Böhm) * Night Piece, Op. 39, No. 2 (Reinhold) * Old Tale (Tcherepnin) * Russian Dance (Glinka) * Sonatina, Op. 36, No. 1 (Allegro; Andante; Vivace) (Clementi) * Tambourin (Gossec) * Timid Little Heart, Op. 47, No. 5 (Fuchs) * Under the Tree (Bartók) * Waltz, Op. 101, No. 11 (Gurlitt)