ABRSM Piano Exam Pieces 2019 & 2020, ABRSM Grade 8 - Book/2 CDs

Format: Book with 2 CDs
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: ABRSM Grade 8

This book contains twelve pieces from ABRSM's 2019 & 2020 Grade 8 Piano syllabus.

Key features:

• three pieces from each of Lists A, B and six pieces from List C
• appealing and varied repertoire
• carefully edited and clearly presented throughout
• helpful information about the pieces and the exam
• enclosed CD features inspiring recordings of all 32 pieces on the Grade 8 syllabus

Song List:

• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sonata in D, Kp. 214 [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
• Un poco allegro (1st movement from Sonata in Ab), H.31 [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]
• Presto all tedesca (1st movement from Sonata in G), Op. 79 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Allegro Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in E), D. 459 [Franz Schubert]
• Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 [Fryderyk Chopin]
• Voiles (No.2 from Preludes, Book 1) [Claude Debussy]
• Sonatina, Op. 100 [Nikolai Kapustin]
• Prelude en forme de danse (from "Preludes pour piano") [Bohuslav Martinu]
• Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 (from "Jeux de Fantasie") [Sergei Rachmaninov]
• Lullaby [Raymond Yiu]

Recordings:

• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movements from English Suite No. 2 in A minor), BWV 807 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Sonata in D, Kp. 214 [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, Op. 87 No. 2 [Dmitry Shostakovich]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889, No. 20 from Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part II [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 889, No. 20 from Bach, The Well-Tempered Clavier, Part II [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Fugue No. 6 in C minor, HWV 610 [George Frideric Handel]
• Praeludium (from Ludus tonalis) [Paul Hindemith]
• Fugue in Bb (from Prelude and Fugue in Bb), Op. 35. No. 6 [Felix Mendelssohn]
• Sonata in D minor R.25 [Antonio Soler]
• Un poco allegro (1st movement from Sonata in Ab), H.31 [Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach]
• Presto all tedesca (1st movement from Sonata in G), Op. 79 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Allegro Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in E), D. 459 [Franz Schubert]
• Presto (3rd movement from Sonata in F minor), Op. 13 No. 6 [Muzio Clementi]
• Moderato (1st movement from Sonata in C minor), Hob. XVI:20 [Joseph Haydn]
• Rondo: Presto (2nd movement from Sonata in C), Hob XVI:48 [Joseph Haydn]
• Allegro (1st movement from Sonatina in C), Op. 60 No. 3 [Friedrich Kuhlau]
• Rondo: Allegretto (3rd movement from Sonata in F), K. 533 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Nocturne in G minor, Op. 37 No. 1 [Fryderyk Chopin]
• Voiles (No.2 from Preludes, Book 1) [Claude Debussy]
• Sonatina, Op. 100 [Nikolai Kapustin]
• Prelude en forme de danse (from "Preludes pour piano") [Bohuslav Martinu]
• Elegie Op. 3 No. 1 (from "Jeux de Fantasie") [Sergei Rachmaninov]
• Lullaby [Raymond Yiu]
• Cortege (no. 3 from Trois morceaux pour piano) [Lili Boulanger]
• Intermezzo in Bb minor (no. 2 from Three Intermezzos), Op. 117 [Johannes Brahms]
• Scarf Dance, Op. 37 No. 3 [Cecile Chaminade]
• Toccata (No. 2 from 12 Studies), Op. 38 [Peter Racine Fricker]
• Prelude No. 1 (from Three Preludes) [George Gershwin]
• Lullaby, Op. 10 [William Mason]
• Improvisation No. 13 in A minor [Francis Poulenc]
• Berceuse [Ettore Pozzoli]
• Shimmer [Timothy Salter]
• La belle Murcienne (No. 4 from Femmes d'Espagne, Series 2), Op. 73 [Joaquin Turina]