This album contains nine pieces from ABRSM’s 2015 & 2016 Grade 1 Piano syllabus.
Key features:

three pieces from each of Lists A, B and C

appealing and varied repertoire

carefully edited and clearly presented throughout

helpful information about the pieces and the exam

 
Contents

Arietta: Lesson 5 from Op. 42 [Muzio Clementi]
Minuet in G: No. 2 from 12 Minuets, Hob. IX:3 [Joseph Haydn]
The Lincolnshire Poacher [Trad. English]
Das Schaupkelpferd (The Rocking Horse) [Cornelius Gurlitt]
Lóvet faller: from Barnebilder [Knut Nystedt]
Canope: No. 10 from Préludes, Book 2 [Trad. Spanish]
The Giant’s Coming [Stephen Clarke]
Calypso Joe [Stephen Duro]
Na Krmítu: No. 19 from Svet Malých [Petr Eben]

 

Pages: 12
Grade: 1
Difficulty: Easy
Languages: English
Editions: ABRSM

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Bartoš, František / Plavec, Josef / Šolc, Karel
Language: English/German/Czech
Pages: 38
Publisher: Barenreiter
Composer / Author: Smetana, Bedrich 
The composition of the first string quartet “From My Life” was preceded by a period of fateful changes in Smetana’s life. In 1874 he lost his hearing. Two years later he moved with his family to Jabkenice in the countryside, which seemed to him like an expulsion; he suffered from his deafness and missed contact with like-minded company. He presented the string quartet as a conversation within a close circle of four friends who discuss what is tormenting them. It is a kind of passionate and resigned dialogue between a spirited person and his destiny. Smetana’s first string quartet soon became one of the most frequently performed works in the quartet repertoire.
The musical text of the new edition is based on the “Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana”, Volume XV – Chamber Music Works.
– Urtext from the “Study Edition of the Works of Bedrich Smetana”
– Detailed foreword ( Cz /Eng/Ger) by Marta Ottlova
CONTENTS
Predmluva
Preface
Vorwort
I Allegro vivo appassionato
II Allegro moderato alla polka
III Largo sostenuto
IV Vivace

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Faltus, Leos / Stedron, Milos
Language: Czech, English, German
Pages: 62
Publisher: Barenreiter
 
Janácek’s 2nd String Quartet, “Intimate Letters”, is regarded as a highlight of the modern string quartet literature. It was written during the composer’s last year of life, between 29 January and 19 February 1928, inspired by the ageing Janácek’s exceptional love for Kamila Stösslová. The Moravian Quartet devoted themselves to this impressive work; Janácek attended a total of three of their rehearsals in May and June 1928. This had several consequences, including his abandoning his original idea of using a viola d’amore. After Janácek’s unexpected death (12 August 1928) the uncertain genesis of the work became the greatest problem of the “Intimate Letters”: the surviving copies were not definitively authorised.
The editors of this new edition have reverted to Janácek’s autograph sketches as the main, most reliable source and using these as a basis, have reconstructed the work as it stood at the point of Janácek’s death. The musical text, taken from the “Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leos Janácek” (Vol. E/4), therefore contains clear differences in comparison with older editions.
– Urtext based on the “Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leos Janácek”
– With a foreword by Milos Stedron (Cz/Eng/Ger)
– Autograph sketches used as the primary source

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Faltus, Leos / Doležal, Jan
Language: Czech, English, German
Pages: 40
Publisher: Barenreiter

Leos Janácek, almost seventy years old, characterised the wind sextet he had just finished as “a kind of memory of youth” in a letter to Kamila Stösslová. The suite “Youth” was written in the summer of 1924, prompted by the composer’s need to take stock on the occasion of his 70 th birthday. Janácek also heard the Parisian ensemble “Société moderne des instruments à vent” several times in Salzburg and Brno. He expanded the classic quintet scoring by the addition of a bass clarinet.
Janácek referred to an earlier part of his life in this work not only by quoting a theme from “March of the Blue Boys”, but particularly through his general freshness of expression, astute humour and use of form which adhered to the classical style.
The piece was enthusiastically received by both critics and the public and appeared in print as early as 1925 issued by the Prague publisher Hudební matice.
– Wind sextet in the classical style
– Urtext based on the “Critical Complete Edition of the Works of Leos Janácek”
– New foreword by Jirí Zahrádka (Cz/Eng/Ger)
CONTENTS
Allegro
Andante sostenuto
Vivace
Allegro animato

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Schmid, Ernst Fritz
Language: English/German
Pages: 22
Publisher: Barenreiter

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Füssl, Karl Heinz
Language: English/German
Pages: 40
Publisher: Barenreiter
CONTENTS
Vorwort
Preface
Composer / Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus
Divertimento D major K. 136 (125a)
Duration (approx.): 00:12:00
Divertimento B-flat major K. 137 (125b)
Duration (approx.): 00:14:00
Divertimento F major K. 138 (125c)
Duration (approx.): 00:12:00

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Giegling, Franz
Language: English/German
Pages: 96
Publisher: Barenreiter
Composer / Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Volume / Series : BÄRENREITER URTEXT
Editor: Mahling, Christoph-Hellmut
Language: English/German
Pages: 40
Publisher: Barenreiter
Composer / Author: Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus