Description
The Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2019/2020 contains 24 examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the piano syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The anthology is enhanced with performance and aural notes on each piece from leading educational experts.
List A; Sarabande and Gigue (from English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807) (J. S. Bach); Sonata in D, Kp. 214, L. 165 (D. Scarlatti); Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889 from The Well-tempered Clavier, Part 2 (J. S. Bach); Prelude and Fugue in A minor (No. 2 from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87) (Shostakovich); Fugue No. 6 in C minor, HWV 610 (Handel); Sonata in D minor, R. 25 (Soler); Fugue in B flat (from Prelude and Fugue in B flat, Op. 35 No. 6) (Mendelssohn); List B; Un poco allegro (1st movt from Sonata in A flat, H. 31, Wq. 49/2) (C. P. E. Bach); Presto alla tedesca (1st movt from Sonata in G, Op. 79) (Beethoven); Allegro moderato (1st movt from Sonata in E, D. 459) (Schubert); Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 60 No. 3) (Kuhlau); Presto (3rd movt from Sonata in F minor, Op. 13 No. 6) (Clementi); Moderato (1st movt from Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20) (Haydn); Rondo: Presto (2nd movt from Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:48) (Haydn); Rondo: Allegretto (3rd movt from Sonata in F, K. 533) (Mozart); List C; Intermezzo in B flat minor (No. 2 from Three Intermezzos, Op. 117) (Brahms); Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 (Chopin); Voiles (No. 2 from Préludes, Book 1) (Debussy); Sonatina, Op. 100 (Nikolay Kapustin); Elegie (No. 1 from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3) (Rachmaninoff); Cortège (No. 3 from Trois morceaux pour piano) (L. Boulanger); Scarf Dance, Op. 37 No. 3 (Chaminade); Lullaby, Op. 10 (W. Mason); Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes) (Gershwin)
