Solo Piano Collection: Russian Masters

The Boosey & Hawkes Solo Piano Collection provides the intermediate pianist with exciting repertoire in accessible yet authentic arrangements.

26 Russian classics arranged for the intermediate pianist, including pieces by 20th-century masters Prokofieff, Rachmaninoff and Shostakovich, alongside 19th-century greats Borodin, Mussorgsky and Tchaikovsky.

Content

  - Borodin: Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor
  - Borodin: Nocturne from String Quartet No. 2
  - Glinka: Overture to Russlan and Ludmilla
  - Kabalevsky: Piano Concerto No. 3 (Theme from second movement)
  - Khachaturian: Sabre Dance from Gayaneh
  - Khachaturian: Waltz from Masquerade
  - Khachaturian: Adagio of Spartacus and Phyrgia from Spartacus
  - Moussorgsky: Promenade from Pictures at an Exhibition
  - Prokofieff: Cinderella's Waltz from Cinderella
  - Prokofieff: Troika from Lieutenant Kij̩
  - Prokofieff: Themes from Peter and the Wolf (Peter's theme, the cat, hunter's theme)
  - Prokofieff: Montagues and Capulets from Romeo & Juliet
  - Rachmaninoff: Theme from second movement of Piano Concerto no.2
  - Rachmaninoff: 18th Variation from Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
  - Rachmaninoff: Theme from Second Movement of Symphony 2
  - Rachmaninoff: Vocalise
  - Rimsky-Korsakoff: The Young Prince and the Young Princess from Scheherazade
  - Shostakovich: Romance from the Gadfly
  - Shostakovich: Second Waltz from Jazz Suite No.2
  - Shostakovich: Theme from second movement of Piano Concerto No.2
  - Shostakovich: Theme from second movement of Symphony No.5
  - Stravinsky: Theme from the Fairy's Kiss
  - Stravinsky: Fragment from Symphonies of Wind Instruments
  - Tchaikovsky: Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker
  - Tchaikovsky: Sc̬ne (Act II) from Swan Lake
  - Tchaikovsky: Theme from Second Movement of Symphony No.5