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(Piano Collection). Contents: Antheil: Toccata No. 2 * Barber: Nocturne, Op. 33 (Homage to John Field); From Excursions, Op. 20: No. 2, No. 3 * Bartok: Sketches, Op. 9 * L. Bernstein: Four Anniversaries (1948) * Bloch: Waves (from Poems of the Sea) * John Alden Carpenter: Danza * Chavez: Prelude No. 2 (from "Ten Preludes") * Creston: From "Five Little Dances," Op. 24; Pastoral Dance, No. 4; Festive Dance, No. 5 * Debussy: Passepied (from Suite Bergamasque); Sarabande (from "Pour le Piano"); La Soiree dans Grenade (from Estampes) * Dello Joio: From "Suite for Piano": No. 2, No. 3 * Faure: Claire de Lune (Menuet), Op. 46, No. 2 * Fine: Prelude (from"Music for Piano") * Grainger: Handel in the Strand (Clog Dance) * Griffes: The Fountain of the Acqua Paola, Op. 7, No. 3 (from Roman Sketches) * Kabalevsky: Sonata No. 3, Op. 46 (1st Movement) * Khachaturian: Toccata * Krenek: From "12 Short Piano Pieces", Op. 83: Dancing Toys, No. 1; Indian Summer Day, No. 12 * MacDowell: Czardas, Op. 24, No. 4 * Muczynski: Prelude, Op. 6, No. 2; Prelude, Op. 6, No. 6 * Prokofiev: Sonatina in G, Op. 54, No. 2 * Rachmaninoff: Serenade, Op. 3, No. 5 * Ravel: Oiseaux Tristes (Miroirs); La Vallee des Cloches (Miroirs) * W. Schuman: Three-Score Set * Scott: Lento * Shostakovitch: Three Fantastic Dances, Op. 1 * Tcherepnin: Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 1; Bagatelle, Op. 5, No. 5.
This is a very nice collection of contemporary piano pieces, some more accessible than others. Wide-ranging in style and mood. Highlights include the beautiful "Clair de Lune" by Gabrielle Faure (not to be confused with the better-known piece of the same name by Debussy), the lovely "Anniversary of Felicia Montealegre" by Leonard Bernstein, the jazzy "Lento" by Cyril Scott, the appealing "Three-Score Set" by William Schuman, the classic showpiece "Tocatta" by Aram Khachaturian, and the Amerindian rhapsody "Prelude No. 2" by Carlos Chavez. The difficulty ranges from intermediate to advanced, with the ones listed above (and some others) more on the intermediate end of that range. An appealing volume for study, practice and performance.
