- Gradations (Piano)
33 pieces on the innocent side
Instrumentation: Piano
Gradations is music of variety, of change, of progression, of growing up, even. The very titles will intrigue and delight: Kaleidoscopes by Lees, The hammock by Godard, La Styrienne by Burgmüller, Lullaby for a baby panda by Irving Fine. Bartók and Bach knew all about children's keyboard development and are each represented by absolute gems. Mozart's first keyboard minuets are here too, as is one from a Marcello sonata. César Franck's Doll's Lament and Kabalevsky's My stubborn little brother portray more negative childhood emotions, but in the main this is music of happiness and fun.
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| Bach Minuet BWV Anh 121 | |
| Bartók Andante sostenuto | |
| Bartók Parlando | |
| Bartók Variations from Mikrokosmos III | |
| Beethoven Country dance from 7 Ländler WoO 11 | |
| Bernstein for Susanna Kyle | |
| Bertini Minuet | |
| Blacher Prelude no 16 | |
| Blacher Prelude no 6 | |
| Burgmüller La Styrienne | |
| Clementi Allegretto from op 36 no 2 . | |
| Couperin Dulcimer dance from Ordre XX | |
| Cui Expansion naïve | |
| Davies Piano piece no 29 | |
| Davies Piano piece no 31 | |
| Fine Lullaby for a baby panda | |
| Franck Doll’s complaint | |
| Godard The hammock op 149 | |
| Grieg Ranveig op 66 no 12 | |
| Haydn Andante from Divertimento Hob XVI/8 | |
| Haydn Minuet and trio | |
| Heller Allegretto op 47 no 1 | |
| Kabalevsky Chastushka op 89 no 25 | |
| Kabalevsky My stubborn little brother op 89 no 27 | |
| Lees Andante from Kaleidoscopes | |
| Marcello Minuet from Sonata IV . | |
| Mozart Minuet(s) K 1(1e) | |
| Mozart Rondo K 15 | |
| Prokofieff Promenade from Musiques d’enfants op 65 no 2 | |
| Telemann Presto from TWV 30:21 | |
| Windsperger Song without words | |
| Zilcher A song of happiness | |
| Zilcher Waltz op 93 no 4 | |
Press Reviews
Every page is a treat . . . I love these books.
John York, Piano Magazine, September 2007