Petites Esquisses D'Oiseaux

39 popular works for piano featuring selected works from the major exam board syllabuses, spanning Grades 5 to 8 and beyond. Preface by Young Musician of the Year Martin James Bartlett. Contents: Two Interludes - II. Moderato (Bliss) * Romanian Folk Dance - VI. Fast Dance (Bartok) * Prelude en form de Scherzo (Martinu) * Bagatelles Diverses - VI. Spanish Dance (Chapple) * Sonata No. 2 - II. Leger (Milhaud) * Suite for Piano - I. Moderate (Dello Joio) * Puck, Op. 71, No. 3 (Grieg) * Sonatina - II. Allegro (Elgar) * Album for my Friends - II. Adam's Allemande (Gregson) * Pajar Triste (Mompou) * Nocturne No. 8 (Poulenc) * Romance (Yared) * Jig (1932) (Holst) * Sonatina 1947 - II. Andantino (Henze) * Trois Preludes - I. D'Ombre et de silence (Dutilleux) * Three Piano Pieces, Op. 5 - III. Calmo (Wood) * A Soldier's Tale - III. Marche Royale (Stravinsky) * Le Cortege de Balkis (No. 10 from Histoires) (Ibert) * Consolation (No. 5 from 13 Morceaux, Op. 76) (Sibelius) * Ecce Ancilla Domini (Alain) * 6/11/98 (Talbot) * China Gates (Adams) * Snowall in Winter (Study No. 9 Hommage a Debussy) (McCabe) * I've Turned the Page... (Weir) * Prelude (Saariaho) * Prelude No. 5 (Berkeley) * Sarabande (Arnold) * Danse du Meunier (de Falla) * A Hudson Cycle (Muhly) * Petites Esquisses d'Oiseaux - II. Le Merie Noir (Messiaen) * Sub Tuam Protectionem (Maxwell Davies) * Etude No. 14 (Glass) * Nottuno alla Italiana (Hahn) * Excursions - I. Vivo (Bennett) * Two Turtle Doves (Bennett) * Essay III for Piano (Barber) * Staccato Beans (Dun) * Venus in 94 (Riley)

Composed by Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992). Leduc. Classical. Softcover. Alphonse Leduc #AL27432. Published by Alphonse Leduc