ISBN 9780857369956. 12 x 9 inches.
This unique collection contains 21 pieces from the ATCL repertoire list for Music Performance Diplomas in Piano from 2019. The most popular recital choices join lesser-known treasures, allowing performers to create diverse and compelling programmes, whether preparing for a Trinity diploma or not.
Detailed performance notes by Steven Osborne and John Paul Ekins offer valuable insights and suggestions for every piece.
Showcasing repertoire spanning over four centuries to the present day and in a wide range of genres, this is a rich compendium that all classical pianists will enjoy.
CONTENTS: Toccata no. 5 in E minor, BWV 914 (J S Bach); Suite no. 8 in F minor, HWV 433 (Handel); Sonata in Eb major, Hob XVI/49 (Haydn); Sonata in F major, K 332 (W A Mozart); Sonata in C minor, op. 13 'Pathetique' (Beethoven); Impromptu in Eb major, op. 90 no. 2 (Schubert); Nocturne in Bb minor, op. 9 no. 1 (Chopin); Novelette no. 1 in F major, op. 21 (R Schumann); Sonetto 123 del Petrarca (from Annees de pelerinage, 2nd year) (Liszt); Scherzo no. 2 in C minor, op. 14 (C Schumann); Intermezzo in A major, op. 118 no. 2 (Brahms); La plus que lente (Debussy); Deux poemes, op. 32 (nos. 1 and 2) (Scriabin); Deep River (no. 10 from Twenty-four Negro Melodies, op. 59) (Coleridge-Taylor); Lamentation no. 1 in D minor and Consolation no. 2 in D major from Lamentations and Consolations book 1 (Bortkiewicz); Suite, op. 14 (Bartok); Etude No. 3: Andante - in modo d'una canzone (from 4 Etudes, op. 4) (Szymanowski); Preludes nos. 5 and 6 (from 24 Preludes, op. 38) (Kabalevsky); Mountains (Sculthorpe); Big Band Sounds, op. 46 (Kapustin); Oiseaux d'eau (Water Birds) (no. 19 from Piano Portraits: 24 Vignettes in Diverse Styles) (Wilkinson)
This anthology has gathered a wonderful collection of works, familiar and unfamiliar, covering a great range of style and emotion. Dive in! -- Steven Osborne
Exam board publications are almost always of a fairly high editorial standard, but Trinity's A Recital Anthology undeniably raises the bar. It is such a good selection, so well edited and presented...If you are in the market for an expansive, representative collection of music from the core classical piano repertoire at first diploma level, this is then without question the best I have seen. A truly exceptional publication.
Andrew Eales, pianodao.com, March 2021.
