The Professional Pianist: Classical Solos

40 Piano Masterworks in Their Original Form

Ed. Albert Mendoza

Level: Late Intermediate / Early Advanced

Item: 00-44279

Page Count:144

 

This edition provides a valuable resource of accessible masterworks for busy pianists. It contains 40 piano pieces in their original form appropriate for weddings, funerals, receptions, and other events. To make the selections useful as background music, only short pieces have been included and flashy, concert-like pieces have been avoided. Each piece has been carefully engraved for easy reading, and approximate performance times have been included to assist with planning.

 

Contents：

Johann Sebastian Bach

Allemande (from French Suite No. 4 in E-flat Major, BWV 815)

Gavotte (from French Suite No. 5 in G BWV 816)

Prelude in A-flat Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

Prelude in C Major (from The Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 1)

 

Ludwig van Beethoven

Adagio cantabile (from Piano Sonata No. 8 in C Minor, "Pathétique," Op. 13)

Für Elise

Minuet in G Major, WoO 10, No. 2

 

Johannes Brahms

Intermezzo in E-flat Major, Op. 117, No. 1

Waltz in A-flat Major, Op. 39, No. 15

 

Frédéric Chopin

Nocturne in E-flat Major, Op. 9, No. 2

Waltz in A Minor, Op. Posth.

 

Muzio Clementi

Andante (from Sonatina in C Major, Op. 36, No. 1)

 

Claude Debussy

Arabesque No. 1 (from Deux arabesques, L. 66)

Clair de lune (from Suite bergamasque, L. 75)

La fille aux cheveux de lin (from Préludes, Book 1, L. 117)

La plus que lente, L. 121 (Valse pour piano)

 

Reinhold Glière

Prélude in D-flat Major, Op. 43, No. 1 (from 8 pièces faciles pour piano)

 

Enrique Granados

Maria (from Six Expressive Studies)

Spanish Dance No. 5 (from 12 Danzas Espagñolas)

 

Edvard Grieg

Arietta, Op. 12, No. 1 (from Lyric Pieces)

Notturno, Op. 54, No. 4 (from Lyric Pieces)

 

Scott Joplin

The Entertainer (A Ragtime Two Step)

Maple Leaf Rag

 

Franz Liszt

Consolation, S. 172, No. 3

Liebeslied (Love Song), S. 566

Ständchen (Serenade), S. 560, No. 7

 

Edward MacDowell

To a Wild Rose (from Woodland Sketches)

 

Felix Mendelssohn

Andante sostenuto, Op. 85, No. 4 (from Songs without Words)

Venetian Boat Song, Op. 30, No. 6 (from Songs without Words)

 

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Adagio (from Piano Sonata in F Major, K. 280)

Andante (from Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545)

 

Pietro Domenico Paradisi

Toccata (from Harpsichord Sonata No. 6)

 

Sergei Rachmaninof

Adagio sostenuto, Op. 16, No. 5 (from 6 moments musicaux)

 

Maurice Ravel

Mouvement de menuet (from Sonatine, M. 40)

 

Erik Satie

Gymnopédie No. 1 (from Trois Gymnopédies)

 

Franz Schubert

Valse sentimentale, D. 779, No. 13 (from 34 valses sentimentales)

Waltz in B Minor, D. 145, No. 6 (from 38 Waltzes, Ländle and Ecossaises)

 

Robert Schumann

Romance in F-sharp Major, Op. 28, No. 2 (from 3 Romanzen)

Träumerei, Op. 15, No. 7 (from Kinderszenen)

 

Petter Ilyich Tchaikovsky

October, Op. 37a, No. 10 (from The Seasons)