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The Grade 8 Piano Anthology 2019/2020 contains 24 examination pieces from lists A, B and C of the piano syllabus of the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music. The anthology is enhanced with performance and aural notes on each piece from leading educational experts.
List of contents
List A; Sarabande and Gigue (from English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807) (J. S. Bach); Sonata in D, Kp. 214, L. 165 (D. Scarlatti); Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889 from The Well-tempered Clavier, Part 2 (J. S. Bach); Prelude and Fugue in A minor (No. 2 from 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87) (Shostakovich); Fugue No. 6 in C minor, HWV 610 (Handel); Sonata in D minor, R. 25 (Soler); Fugue in B flat (from Prelude and Fugue in B flat, Op. 35 No. 6) (Mendelssohn); List B; Un poco allegro (1st movt from Sonata in A flat, H. 31, Wq. 49/2) (C. P. E. Bach); Presto alla tedesca (1st movt from Sonata in G, Op. 79) (Beethoven); Allegro moderato (1st movt from Sonata in E, D. 459) (Schubert); Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 60 No. 3) (Kuhlau); Presto (3rd movt from Sonata in F minor, Op. 13 No. 6) (Clementi); Moderato (1st movt from Sonata in C minor, Hob. XVI:20) (Haydn); Rondo: Presto (2nd movt from Sonata in C, Hob. XVI:48) (Haydn); Rondo: Allegretto (3rd movt from Sonata in F, K. 533) (Mozart); List C; Intermezzo in B flat minor (No. 2 from Three Intermezzos, Op. 117) (Brahms); Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 (Chopin); Voiles (No. 2 from Préludes, Book 1) (Debussy); Sonatina, Op. 100 (Nikolay Kapustin); Elegie (No. 1 from Morceaux de fantaisie, Op. 3) (Rachmaninoff); Cortège (No. 3 from Trois morceaux pour piano) (L. Boulanger); Scarf Dance, Op. 37 No. 3 (Chaminade); Lullaby, Op. 10 (W. Mason); Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes) (Gershwin)
