Description

Fascinations is a volume of quirky juxtapositions and intriguing pieces of music. Lœillet 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’s bizarre Funeral march of Signor Maestro Contrapunto or the unsophisticated music-making faithfully represented in Gounod’s Bagpipers and Tchaikovsky’s The peasant plays the mouth-organ. Dance movements by Telemann, Schubert, Rameau, Jiŕovec 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.

Contents

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