Relax With Romantic Piano

Part of a new series of piano music books edited by British concert pianist Samantha Ward, and designed primarily to be played at home, simply for pleasure. Selected for their relaxing qualities, the pieces in this volume range from well-known classics to delightful lesser-known gems. Featuring arrangements of pieces from the Romantic period, the collection is of an easy/intermediate level so a competent amateur pianist will have little difficulty in mastering the pieces.

A new addition to the best-selling series, the 40 pieces in Relax with Meditative Piano have been selected and edited by the British concert pianist and educator Samantha Ward for their calming properties.

A collection of romantic piano solos including many rare works of the 19th and early 20th centuries from composers such as Bartok, Greig and Rimsky-Korsakov. A Little Story (Volkmann) Album Leaf (Gade) Bagatelle Hongroise (Chovan) Barcarolle [Gedike, Alexander] Bear Dance (Schumann) Brave Knight (Vogel) Canzonetta (Diabelli) Capriccietto (Bator) Catch Me (Kirchner) Chansonette (Lachner) Christmas Present (Rebikov) Church Bells (Schumann) Cinderella Rondo (Hunten) Cock-a-doodle Waltz (Kohler) Dance Of The Dragonflies (Rohde) Ecossaise (Kozlowsky) Elegy (Wilm) Etude Melancolique (Heller) Folk Ballad (Bartok) For Natalie (Tchaikovsky) Forgotten Fairy Tale (Macdowell) Grandmother's Waltz (Gretchaninoff) Happy Moments (Ladoukin) La Danse (Siklos) Little Italian Serenade (Sartorio) Love Song (Taubert) Marche Miniature (Mayer) Mazurka (Szymanowska) Morning Diversion (Fibich) Norwegian Folk Lullaby Op.66 No.19 [Grieg, Edvard] Notturnino (Bossi) Novelette [Rimsky-Korsakov, Nicolai] Prayer (Fuchs) Prelude (Bizet) Prelude (Gurilev) Prelude Allemande Preludium (Pachulsky) Puppet March (Nielsen) Quiet Morning (Maykapar) Remembrance Waltz (Field) Requiem For A Little Bird (Sandre) Rigaudon (Alkan) Romanze (Mendelssohn) Rondeau Rohemienne (Lauska) Scherzo (Moscheles) Shepherd's Dance (Hofmann) Song Without Words (Reinecke) Spring Song (Gretchaninoff) The Cranes Of Flying (Arensky) The Hunter's Song (Gurlitt) The Italian Pipers [Gounod, Charles] The Romantic Period: Valse Sentimentale [Schubert, Franz] Valsette (Sibelius) Wiegenlied (Cradle Song)

Part of a new series of piano music books edited by British concert pianist Samantha Ward, and designed primarily to be played at home, simply for pleasure. Selected for their relaxing qualities, the pieces in this volume range from well-known classics to delightful lesser-known gems. Featuring arrangements of pieces from the Classical period, the collection is of easy/intermediate level so a competent amateur pianist will have little difficulty in mastering the pieces.

Let these 20 easy and modern piano pieces from the genres of pop and neoclassicism take you into a romantic dream world. Imaginative titles such as Amélie in Dreamland, In Seventh Heaven, Rainbow Way, Every Cloud a Dream stimulate the imagination and invite to dream and relax. Dreamworld is ideal, varied and fascinating supplementary material for every advanced beginner. The pieces can be mastered quickly and are well suited for lessons, playing in one's free time and first auditions.

Works by 36 composers are included in this comprehensive survey of piano music written between 1820 and 1910. The pieces in this collection range in difficulty from intermediate through early-advanced levels and cover the widest range of styles and idioms of the Romantic period. Historical and biographical background and performance notes are provided by Dr. Hinson.