Mastering the Piano, Level 6

Description

A7-Volume Series of Motivating Performance Repertoire

This new series features carefully selected performance repertoire of the great masters from all eras. Each piece is accessible to students and creates a feeling of accomplishment. Diverse in style and expression, each selection features melodic, rhythmic, or harmonic patterning to allow for ease in teaching and memorization. The CD, performed by Valery Lloyd-Watts, provides a powerful auditory tool for musical interpretation. Valery Lloyd-Watts studied at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Royal College of Music in London. She earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. She co-authored the text Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music, which was endorsed by Dr. Suzuki.

Contents:
• Fantasia in D Minor K. 397 (385g) (by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
• Impromptu No. 4 in A-Flat Major Op. 90, No. 4; D. 899 (by Franz Schubert)
• Nocturne in G-Sharp Minor KK IVa/16 (Posthumous) (by Frédéric Chopin)
• Polonaise in A Major Op. 40, No. 1 (by Frédéric Chopin)
• Sonata “Pathétique” Op. 13 (by Ludwig van Beethoven)
• The Cascades (by Scott Joplin)
• Waltz in C-Sharp Minor Op. 64, No. 2 (by Frédéric Chopin)
• Wedding Day at Troldhaugen Op. 65, No. 6 (by Edvard Grieg)