Piano Exam Pieces 2019 - 2020 Grade 8 & 2 CDs

This product includes pieces featured in grade exams.

This book contains twelve pieces from ABRSM's Grade 8 Piano Syllabus for 2019 & 2020, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A and B and six pieces from List C. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information. The enclosed CD features inspiring recordings of all 32 pieces on the Grade 8 syllabus, performed by Nikki Iles, Dinara Klinton, Mei Yi Foo, Charles Owen and Robert Thompson.

Contents

SHEET MUSIC

• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sonata in D, Kp. 214 [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
• Un poco allegro (1st movement from Sonata in Ab), H.31 [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]
• Presto all tedesca (1st movement from Sonata in G), Op. 79 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Allegro Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in E), D. 459 [Franz Schubert]
• Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 [Fryderyk Chopin]
• Voiles (No.2 from Preludes, Book 1) [Claude Debussy]
• Sonatina, Op. 100 [Nikolai Kapustin]
• Prelude en forme de danse (from "Preludes pour piano") [Bohuslav Martinu]
• Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 (from "Jeux de Fantasie") [Sergei Rachmaninov]
• Lullaby [Raymond Yiu]

RECORDINGS

• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sonata in D, Kp. 214 [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889, No. 20 from Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part II [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889, No. 20 from Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part II [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Fugue No. 6 in C minor, HWV 610 [George Frideric Handel]
• Praeludium (from Ludus tonalis) [Paul Hindemith]
• Fugue in Bb (from Prelude and Fugue in Bb), Op. 35. No. 6 [Felix Mendelssohn]
• Sonata in D minor R.25 [Antonio Soler]
• Un poco allegro (1st movement from Sonata in Ab), H.31 [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]
• Presto all tedesca (1st movement from Sonata in G), Op. 79 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Allegro Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in E), D. 459 [Franz Schubert]
• Presto (3rd movement from Sonata in F minor), Op. 13 No. 6 [Muzio Clementi]
• Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in C minor), Hob. XVI:20 [Joseph Haydn]
• Rondo: Presto (2nd movement from Sonata in C), Hob XVI:48 [Joseph Haydn]
• Allegro (1st movement from Sonatina in C), Op. 60 No. 3 [Friedrich Kuhlau]
• Rondo: Allegretto (3rd movement from Sonata in F), K. 533 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 [Fryderyk Chopin]
• Voiles (No.2 from Preludes, Book 1) [Claude Debussy]
• Sonatina, Op. 100 [Nikolai Kapustin]
• Prelude en forme de danse (from "Preludes pour piano") [Bohuslav Martinu]
• Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 (from "Jeux de Fantasie") [Sergei Rachmaninov]
• Lullaby [Raymond Yiu]
• Cortege (no. 3 from Trois morceaux pour piano) [Lili Boulanger]
• Intermezzo in Bb minor (no. 2 from Three Intermezzos), Op. 117 [Johannes Brahms]
• Scarf Dance, Op. 37 No. 3 [Cécile Chaminade]
• Toccata (No. 2 from 12 Studies), Op. 38 [Peter Racine Fricker]
• Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes) [George Gershwin]
• Lullaby, Op. 10 [William Mason]
• Improvisation No. 13 in A minor [Francis Poulenc]
• Berceuse [Ettore Pozzoli]
• Shimmer [Timothy Salter]
• La belle Murcienne (No. 4 from Femmes d'Espagne, Series 2), Op. 73 [Joaquín Turina]

Grade: 8
Pages: 72
Format: Book & 2 CDs
Language: English