Finest single-volume edition includes authoritative scores of The Seasons, Op. 37; Album for the Young, Op. 39; 10 Characteristic Pieces, Op. 72; Dumka, Op. 59; Valse sentimentale, Op. 51, No. 6; 4 Pieces, Op. 40; Theme and Variations, Op. 19, No. 6; plus 5 early pieces. Content : Five early pieces Romance (Op. 5) Valse-scherzo ? Waltz-scherzo (Op. 7) Capriccio (Op. 8) Polka de salon (Op. 9, No. 2) Nocturne (Op. 10, No. 1) Thème original et variations ? Original theme and variations (Op. 19, No. 6) From Twelve Pieces (Op. 40) No. 2 Chanson triste ? Sad song 6. Chant sans paroles ? Song without words 9. Valse ? Waltz 10. Danse russe ? Russian dance Valse sentimentale ? Sentimental waltz (Op. 51, No. 6) Doumka (Scène rustique russe) ? Dumka (Russian village scene) (Op. 59) From Eighteen Characteristic Pieces (Op. 72) No. 1 Impromptu 2. Berceuse ? Lullaby 3. Tendres reproches ? Gentle reproaches 4. Danse caractéristique ? Characteristic dance 8. Dialogue 9. Un poco di Schumann ? A bit of Schumann 12. L'espiègle ? The rascal 13. Echo rustique ? Countryside echo 15. Un poco di Chopin ? A bit of Chopin 16. Valse à cinq temps ? Waltz in five-beat time Album for the Young (after Schumann) (Op. 39) [Restored to Tchaikovsky's original sequence] Note No. 1. Prière de matin ? Morning prayer 2. Le matin en hiver ? Winter morning 3. Maman ? Mama 4. Le petit cavalier ? The little horseman 5. Marches des soldats de bois ? Marches of the wooden soldiers 6. La nouvelle poupée ? The new doll 7. La poupée malade ? The sick doll 8. Enterrement de la poupée ? The doll's burial 9. Valse ? Waltz 10. Polka 11. Mazurka 12. Chanson russe ? Russian song 13. Le paysan prélude ? The peasant plays an introduction 14. Chanson populaire (Kamarinskaya) ? Folk Song 15. Chanson intalienne ? Italian song 16. Mélodie antique française ? Old French melody 17. Chanson allemande ? German song 18. Chanson napolitaine ? Neapolitan song 19. Conte de la vieille bonne ? The old maid-servant's tale 20. La sorciére (Baba-Yaga) ? The witch 21. Douce rêverie ? Sweet reverie 22. Chant de l'alouette ?Song of the lark 23. A l'église ? In church 24. L'orgue de barbarie ? The hurdy-gurdy The Seasons (Op. 37bis) Note and epigraphs 1. Janvier: Au coin du feu ? January By the fireside 2. Février: Carnaval ? February: Carnival 3. Mars: Chant de l'alouette ? March Song of the lark 4. Avril: Perce-neige ? April: Snowdrop 5. Mai: Les nuits de mai ? May: May nights [White nights] 6. Juin: Barcarolle ? June: Barcar 7. Juillet: Chant du faucheur ? July: The reaper's song 8. Août: La moisson ? August: The harvest 9. Septembre: La chasse ? September: The hunt 10. Octobre: Chant d'automne ? October: Autumn song 11. Novembre: En troïka ? November: In the troika 12. Decembre: Noël ? December: Christmas

A course for teenage beginners. Grade 1-2-When Play Piano! was released in January 2006 piano teachers liked the format so much countless requests for a version for teenagers were received so here it is! Play Piano! Teenage Book One featuresthe same fun systematic and educational approach as the original but it is styled specifically with teenagers in mind a first for such a piano course. Stimulating exercises reinforce topics lessons and concepts all inthis laid-back yet effective method.

Irène (Eneri) Gorainoff was born as Irene Biriukov on 15th November 1897 in Ostrogoschk. Her parents were an officer Biriukov and Maria Bronikowsky (1874-1928). After a short marriage the mother married Alexei Gorainoff (1872-1935), who adopted the little Irène. At the age of twelve years Irène Gorainoff was a well known pianist. She also composed and had already written over eighty works, when publisher Julius Heinrich Zimmermann signed on some of her works in 1910. In the same year she was allowed to record piano rolls on the famous Welte-Mignon reproducing piano. On 17th May 1916 she married Sergei Mikhailovich Sukhotin (1887-1926) in St. Petersburg. He was an army officer in the regiment Preobrazhensky. In December of the same year her husband became one of the murderers of Russian itinerant preacher and con­fidant of the Empress: Rasputin. After his death, Irène emigrated to France. In 1946, she married again in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois the Russian Paul Petrovich Borovsky (1892-1955). Irène Gorainoff died on 23 January 1980 in Paris. / Piano

Richard Wagner's Polonaise for Piano edited by Arthur D. Walker. Editorial note: This Polonaise and Trio in D major for Piano solo was probably written as an excercise when Wagner was studying under Theodor Weinlig in 1830. Wagner described to Edward Dannreuther much later in his life the teaching methods of Weinlig (Grove I iv 347; Musical Times January 1973 Page 26) The pencil corrections on the autograph part of which is reproduced in the above-mentioned issue of The Musical Times may be in Weinlig's hand. The Polonaise was rejected by Wagner the Trio transformed into a Piano duet and a new Polonaise for Piano duetwas composed.