Piano Album: From Bach to Gershwin

From the Publisher

75 years of Henle Urtext: with this anniversary volume, G. Henle Verlag celebrates the enduring success of its Urtext editions. This album features a representative selection of 17 famous, often-played piano pieces from Henle’s programme. They are graded from easy to moderately difficult, and are excellently suited for both study and performance purposes. At the same time, they represent the entire spectrum of classical piano music. They are arranged chronologically in order to lead us on a journey through the history of piano music, from Bach to Gershwin. Why not come on board!

Contents

• Invention 1 C major BWV 772 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Piano Sonata b minor K. 87 [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Fantasy d minor KV 397 (385g) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Bagatelle (Für Elise) a minor WoO 59 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Impromptu A flat major op. post. 142,2 D 935 [Franz Schubert]
• Von fremden Ländern und Menschen op. 15,1 [Robert Schumann]
• Funeral March (Marche funèbre) from Piano Sonata op. 35 [Frédéric Chopin]
• Waltz (easy version by the composer) A major op. 39,15 [Johannes Brahms]
• Arietta op. 12,1 [Edvard Grieg]
• Prélude c sharp minor op. 3,2 [Sergei Rachmaninov]
• Gymnopédie no. 1 [Erik Satie]
• Prélude a minor op. 11,2 [Alexander Scriabin]
• Pavane pour une infante défunte [Maurice Ravel]
• La Fille aux cheveux de lin [Claude Debussy]
• II Langsam op. 19,2 [Arnold Schönberg]
• Stick Dance BB 68,1 [Béla Bartók]
• Preludes for Piano no. 2 [George Gershwin]

Item Details

Instrumentation

• Part 1: Piano