Gradations - 33 pieces on the innocent side - Piano

Gradations is music of variety, of change, of progression, of growing up, even. Mozarts first keyboard minuets are here, as is a pair of Marcello sonatas. A sonatina by Clementi sits alongside 'Kaleidoscope' by Benjamin Lees. Bartók and Bach knew all about childrens keyboard development and are each represented by absolute gems. César Francks Dolls Lament and Kabalevskys My stubborn little brother represent more negative childhood emotions, but in the main this is music of happiness and fun.

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.

 
Content:

Windsperger: Song without words
Mozart: Minuet(s) K 1 (1e)
Grieg: Ranveig op. 66 no. 12
Blacher: Prelude no. 15
Marcello: Minuet (from Sonate IV)
Heller: Allegretto op. 47 no. 1
Bernstein: For Susanna Kyle (from Five Anniversaries)
Zilcher: A song of happiness (from Studium und Vergnügen op. 121 no. 3)
J. Haydn: Minuet and Trio (from Divertimento Hob XVI/10)
Godard: The hammock op. 149
Bartók: Variations (from Mikrokosmos III)
Cui: Expansion maive
J. Haydn: Andante (from Divertimento Hob XVI/8)
Davies: Piano Piece No. 31- Beethoven: Country Dance (from 7 Ländler WoO 11)
Kabalevsky: My stubborn little brother op. 87 no. 27
Franck: Doll's complaint
Clementi: Allegretto (from op. 36 no. 2)
Bartók: Barlando (from Gyermekeknek (For Children))
Telemann: Presto (from TWV 30:21)
Lees: Andante (from Kaleidoscopes)
J. S. Bach: Minuet BWV Anh 121
Bartók: Andante sostenuto (from Gyermekeknek (For Children))
Couperin: Dulcimer dance (from Ordre XX)
Prokofieff: Promenade (from Musiques d'enfants op. 65 no. 2)
Burgmüller: La Styrienne
Zilcher: Waltz op. 93 no. 4
Mozart: Rondo K 15
Davies: Piano Piece No. 29
Blacher: Prelude No. 6
Bertinti: Minuet
Fine: Lullaby for a baby panda
Kabalevsky: Chastushka op. 89 no. 25

Difficulty: intermediate to advanced
Binding: Saddle stitching
ISMN: 979-0-060-11904-0
Publisher: Boosey & Hawkes, London
Series: Piano Moods
UPC: 884088193447
page number: 48