Mastering the Piano, Level 4

Description

A 7-Volume Series of Motivating Perforamcne 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:
• Für Elise (by Ludwig van Beethoven)
• Important Event Op. 15, No. 6 (by Robert Schumann)
• Le Petit Nègre (by Claude Debussy)
• Prelude in C Minor Op. 28, No. 20 (by Frédéric Chopin)
• Prelude No. 1 in C Major BMV 846 (by Johann Sebastian Bach)
• Sonata in D Major (by Mateo Albéniz)
• Sonatina No. 1 in C Major Op. 20, No. 1 (by Friedrich Kuhlau)
• Tarantella (by Albert Pieczonka)
• Waltz in A-Flat Major Op. 39, No. 15 (by Johannes Brahms)
• Waltz in D Major Op. 127, No. 1 (by Franz Schubert)