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Early Advanced • Grade 7-8

The Pianodao Music Library brings together all of the repertoire which has been reviewed, shared or otherwise featured on the site. As such it is a varied, extensive, inclusive, and ever expanding body of carefully curated music.

Early Advanced music is suitable for players at around UK Grades 7-8 level or equivalent.

There are more than 400 titles in the full archive, from which selected highlights are showcased below. You can also explore the full archive, and check out the most recent reviews here:

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To start with, my own latest publication is an anthology for early advanced players, Grades 5-8. In her Foreword to the collection, concert pianist Jeneba Kanneh-Mason writes,

”I look back at my younger self and wonder how my imagination might have taken flight with these pieces on my piano.”

Music We Might Have Played

Written in partnership with musician and broadcaster Jack Pepper, with a foreword by Jeneba Kanneh-Mason, ‘Music We Might Have Played’ brings together nineteen stunning piano solos for early advanced players.

The following selections showcase publications that my regular students have enjoyed and that I frequently recommend. The selections offer a core program of classical, contemporary, and jazz music suitable for each level.

Classical Choice

Edition Peters Piano Classics

This bumper selection of piano masterpieces will undoubtedly and significantly enrich the advancing pianist’s musical diet, bringing depth and understanding to their appreciation of our core literature. Superb!

Lang Lang • Piano Book

The ‘Lang Lang Piano Book’ is a brilliant achievement, which offers continuing appeal to a broad audience. With the Encore Edition, it remains an affordable anthology of great piano music for early advanced players, and as such it is still very hard to beat.

ABRSM • Piano Inspiration

With their uniquely comfortable blend of great music by composers from such different backgrounds, these are undoubtedly landmark publications, demonstrating beyond doubt that cultural integration and enrichment go hand in hand.

The Beethoven Sonatas: Where to Start?

Henle’s recently published “Five Easy Piano Sonatas” and “Five Famous Piano Sonatas” volumes offer a near perfect introduction to this greatest body of solo piano music….

Intermediate French Favourites

I have no doubt that this collection is one which I will frequently recommend and teach from in the coming years: simply put, it offers the best introduction to the wonders of the French piano repertoire that I know of…

Prokofiev • Visions fugitives

Henle’s stunning new edition of Prokofiev’s Visions Fugitives Op.22 will, we must hope, awaken fresh interest in this masterpiece, which surely ranks as one of the greatest piano works of the twentieth century…

Contemporary Choice

22 Nocturnes for Chopin

‘22 Nocturnes for Chopin’ is in my view a landmark publication, one which deserves to make a huge mark in our musical lives, and which I believe will make a seminal impact in the piano world.

The Morricone Collection

The Ennio Morricone Collection has obvious value and appeal, fulfils its simple remit with genuine aplomb, and will bring ongoing pleasure to any pianist who enjoys this great movie composer’s work. Marvellous!

Nikki Iles and Friends

Nikki Iles is back with two new books of jazz, between them bringing 29 new pieces for intermediate to advanced players, composed and arranged by Iles as well as several other stars of the contemporary jazz world.

Piano Day • The Collection

As “Piano Day” celebrates its tenth year, founder Nils Frahm has curated a very special anthology of 35 pieces drawn from the globally popular playlists associated with this grass roots phenomenon…

Einaudi • The Summer Portraits

When Ludovico Einaudi releases new material, it is always something of an event. But does his latest project meaningfully add to the larger narrative of his body of work?

Alexis Ffrench’s ‘Classical Soul’

This is my favourite album from Alexis Ffrench to date, the joyous work of a unique musician hitting a new creative peak, and confidently in command of his fully matured expressive gift…

The Full Archive…

There’s truly something here for every player. Dig deep using the Pianodao Search or enjoy a leisurely exploration of the full archive:

Mendelssohn • Masterpieces

With 144 pages almost entirely filled with genuinely seminal, breathtaking piano music, ‘Mendelssohn Masterpieces for Piano’ is another triumph in this beguilingly brilliant series from Edition Peters…

John Rutter • Complete Piano Album

John Rutter is rightly considered a national treasure, and publisher OUP Music are celebrating his 80th birthday year with this fresh compilation of his Christmas and solo Piano Album as one superb collection of 16 pieces.

Winter Piano Anthology

With their ‘Winter Piano Anthology’, Faber Music have again hit the bullseye, offering an essential collection that gathers an impressively diverse and inspiring array of evocative pieces to satisfy all tastes, including many that pianists are unlikely to already have elsewhere.

Christmas Boogie and Jazz

For advanced players with a penchant for boogie and jazz piano, here’s where the Christmas party starts!

Peaceful Piano Solos • Musicals

Pianists at early advanced level who are keen to explore the riches of the West End and Broadway songbooks will find this new collection a superb addition to their piano playing library.

Beethoven • Masterpieces

A perfect gift for any enthusiastic classical pianist, and a wonderful resource for learners young and not-so-young, ‘Beethoven Masterpieces for Piano’ deserves a place next to the companion Mozart and Schubert volumes on the music shelves of players everywhere.

Mozart • Masterpieces

Enthusiastic pianists, students, and teachers will not only find most of their must-have Mozart in this anthology, but discover works that they have previously overlooked. I can think of no better compilation of this wonderful composer’s piano music.

The Women Composers Piano Anthology

‘The Faber Music Women Composers Piano Anthology’ delivers a fascinating, highly varied, and rewarding potpourri of music by historic and contemporary women composers, suitable for players around Grade 3 – 8…

Schubert • Masterpieces

‘Schubert Masterpieces for Piano’ is a stunning new 176-page compendium of the composer’s music suitable for intermediate to advanced players. A simple idea brilliantly and beautifully executed, this is a collection which will deliver many years of musical enrichment.

Gregson • A Song for Sue

Edward Gregson’s delightful miniature “A Song for Sue” would make a lovely ‘own-choice’ piece in a Grade 8 performance, and is sure to be a popular addition in concerts, piano clubs and recital programmes.

Discovering Backer Grøndahl

Though posterity has by and large ignored Agathe Backer Grøndahl, she is undoubtedly one of Norway’s great composers. That her music is finally returning to the publishing and recording catalogues, and to the practise room and concert hall, is certainly cause for celebration.

Matthew Hindson • Sad Piano

Matthew Hindson’s “Sad Piano” offers a wealth of beautifully conceived and emotionally intelligent music that rises far above most of the piano music in the new classical genre…

Piano Player • Classical Pieces

The latest and final addition to Faber Music’s ‘Piano Player’ series delivers a collection of beloved (and in a few cases lesser-known) classical pieces from the eighteenth to early twentieth centuries.

Smetana • Easy Piano Pieces

This modest addition to Bärenreiter’s Easy Piano Pieces and Dances series proves to be a highly worthwhile and rewarding one. This is a superb score, and I really can’t praise it enough…

Darren Day’s Belfast Heart

For those in the market for a vivid collection of piano music that channels the landscape and culture of Northern Ireland, Darren Day’s ‘Belfast Heart’ is an easy recommendation.

Josef Suk • Easy Piano Pieces

This new collection from Bärenreiter, offering a wonderful introduction to the piano music of Josef Suk, is an outstanding, important, and overdue publication which deserves a spot on the music stand of every early advanced piano player.

Discovering Heller’s Studies

Stephen Heller’s studies brim with both educational quality and musical panache. Here is a full overview, with suggested editions to explore…

Jennifer Bowman • Jazz Nocturnes

Those who appreciated Jennifer Bowman’s contribution to the ’22 Nocturnes for Chopin’ landmark publication will be delighted to learn that she has composed another eight nocturnes, suitable for early advanced players at around UK Grade 8 level, and all imbued with tinges of jazz.

Grieg • A Piano Treasury

Grieg: A Piano Treasury is a beautifully presented collectors edition from the composer’s original publisher, Edition Peters. This is one to cherish, and delivers a perfect introduction to the great composer’s most accessible pieces.

The Night Time Piano Anthology

Faber Music’s Piano Anthology series understandably continues to prove popular with late intermediate to early advanced players looking for a bounty of fresh music in beautifully presented, keenly priced, and durable volumes. Here’s my review of the latest addition:

Beethoven • The Complete Bagatelles

If you thought you knew Beethoven’s Bagatelles, think again… with ten new discoveries and unprecedented accuracy, the new Bärenreiter edition significantly raises the bar.

Masterpieces for the Modern Pianist

‘Masterpieces for the Modern Pianist’ takes the well-established concept of the bumper songbook, and gently polishes it for today’s players. From repertoire selections to editorial execution and production quality, it seems to me that this anthology notably improves on those that have preceded it…

Jakub Metelka • The Secret Garden

Jakob Metelka’s ‘Secret Garden’ presents 15 “modern nocturnes” for prodigious youngsters, and is thus a more lyrical counterpoint to his ‘Little Virtuoso’ collection. And these pieces are again superb…

Chinese Piano Music

Jingxian Xie’s curation of Chinese Piano Music for Henle is an extraordinary achievement, and may well prove to be one of the most important piano music publications of the decade.

Phillip Keveren • So Far

So Far… is an easy recommendation for all players at early advanced level. These pieces are a joy to play, life-affirming even, and offer a delicious contrast to much of the more serious music that developing players might be practising as they progress through the higher grades and into the concert repertoire…

Vince Guaraldi • Jazz Piano Solos

With titles running the gamut of jazz styles and legendary icons, the ‘Jazz Piano Solos’ series continues to grow from strength to strength. This collection paying homage to the genius of Vince Guaraldi is another reassuringly superb publication…

Learn to Play Ragtime Piano

This new publication introduces the conventions and musical essence of Ragtime better than any other I am aware of, and with unique authority.

Fauré: Romances sans paroles

Fauré’s “Romances sans paroles” (Songs without words) are his earliest piano works, yet remain among the most gorgeous and accessible…

The Harry Potter Piano Anthology

For fans of the Harry Potter universe, and more generally for all lovers of film music and of these iconic composers’ work, ‘The Harry Potter Piano Anthology’ is a very easy recommendation…

Uplifting Piano Solos

For advancing players who are looking for some lighter relief between wrestling with Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and Hindemith , “Uplifting Piano Solos” more than fulfils the brief, while equally living up to its title, delivering consummately crafted and enjoyable arrangements of famous melodies that will uplift pianist and impress audience alike.

Piano Music by Women Composers

Immanuela Gruenberg’s two new collections of ‘Piano Music by Women Composers’ are quite simply outstanding, an essential milestone which every intermediate or advanced pianist should rush to welcome…

The Cinematic Piano Playlist

Once again, Faber have identified a target audience and hit the bullseye. This isn’t perhaps a collection that will appeal to all readers, but for its target demographic it definitely packs a stunt punch…

Solos for the Sanctuary

Glenda Austin’s Solos for the Sanctuary series obviously stands apart from the music I typically review on Pianodao. These are special niche publications whose particular audience seems obvious, and for whom they have been superbly put together…

Discovering Burgmüller

Burgmüller’s three collections of piano etudes, Op.100, Op.105 and Op.109 have been cornerstones of the piano pedagogy literature for over a century and a half, and remain as popular today as ever…

Bill Evans • Jazz Piano Solos

Ask any jazz aficionado or pianist who their favourite players and influences are, and Bill Evans’ name will undoubtedly appear in the list of the all-time greats. This book of arrangements is simply a stunning collection: I can recommend it warmly and without reservation.

Peaceful Piano Playlist Revisited

With its lovely presentation and unique selection of rewarding music, The Peaceful Piano Playlist Revisited is another winning title in this growing series, deserving every success…

Ola Gjeilo: Dawn

Ola Gjeilo is back with a superb sequel to the brilliant “Night”. The appropriately titled “Dawn” appeared on CD back in the autumn… the sheet music is also now available, and having played through the pieces I want to waste no time waiting to bring you my recommendation…

The Ballads Piano Anthology

Beautifully presented, long lasting, and filled to the brim with classic song arrangements, the ‘Faber Music Ballads Piano Anthology’ deserves to fly off the shelves and into music-loving homes everywhere…

Piano Player • Wintertide

With its gorgeous presentation, superb musical selection, adept pianistic arrangements and helpful fingering, it is very easy to recommend Faber Music’s Wintertide Collection to late intermediate and more advanced players everywhere:

Jazz It Up! Christmas

From boogie-tinged swing to Latin spice, taking in waltz and ballads along the way, every one of these dazzling arrangements proves totally irresistible, adding up to one of the most charming and joyously festive collections I’ve yet discovered…

Donald Thomson’s Winter Piano Music

With ‘Winter Piano Music’ Donald Thomson has delivered a winning collection which deserves to find its place as a seasonal favourite for many years to come…

Peaceful Jazz Piano Solos

The popular and keenly-priced ‘Peaceful Piano Solos’ series has only become more compelling with the arrival of this collection of 30 standards arranged for late intermediate players.

Luke Howard: 28 Transcriptions

Luke Howard has released a succession of albums over the last decade which have established him as one of the leading classical crossover composers, alongside such names as Ludovico Einaudi, Max Richter, Poppy Ackroyd and Nils Frahm. It is wonderful to now have this superbly produced collection of solo piano transcriptions…

Schumann’s Three Romances

There are many considerations when selecting which edition to use in the preparation of a performance of core repertoire such as these wonderful Schumann Romances…

Phillip Keveren’s Latest Hat Trick

American composer and ace arranger Phillip Keveren has been a busy chap this year, and among several publications he has just brought us three new anthologies for advanced players in his immensely popular Hal Leonard “Phillip Keveren Series”…

Discovering Janáček

From the emotive nostalgia of On an Overgrown Path, via the outpouring of 1. X. 1905 and the reflection of In the Mists to the highly personal utterances of his late piano pieces, Janáček’s contribution to the piano repertoire is surely one of the most personal, as well as one of our greatest treasures…

Alexis Ffrench: ‘Truth’

“Truth” is the new album from chart-topper Alexis Ffrench, and for those with the enthusiasm and ability to play this music, Hal Leonard have produced a must-have and handsomely presented volume… here’s my review:

Liszt’s Late Pieces 1880-1885

While Franz Liszt (1811-1886) was perhaps the most significant of the pianist-composers of the nineteenth century, the significance of his late piano pieces has been the subject of much debate…

Three-Minute Encores

The latest addition to the Phillip Keveren Series sees the veteran arranger delivering dazzling “encore” versions of 18 songs, classic and contemporary, suitable for advanced players.

Górecki: Piano Album

The piano music of Polish modernist composer Górecki included in this enterprising collection from Boosey & Hawkes is certainly of considerable interest, and surely deserves a permanent ongoing place in the repertoire…

Ludovico Einaudi: Cinema

For those who want to explore the music of Einaudi and aren’t sure where to begin, the new ‘Cinema’ compilation certainly offers a representative starting point that includes several classics alongside some lesser-known, contrasting music…

Women Composers: A Graded Anthology

Melanie Spanswick’s groundbreaking ‘Women Composers: A Graded Anthology’ series offers three volumes of superb and highly varied music by composers past and present.

HerStory: The Piano Collection

HerStory is a singular and significant achievement, lifting the lid on a terrific range of superb music. The collection will undoubtedly and very deservedly be recognised as one of the most significant publications of 2022.

A Czech Piano Expedition

This new publication from Bärenreiter will come as a joy to those who are already familiar with the riches of piano music by Czech composers past and present, will be a revelation to those who don’t, and must be considered an essential purchase for all advanced players keen to expand their repertoire…

The New, Improved Microjazz

As we congratulate Christopher Norton on his 40-year achievement with the Microjazz series, he shows no sign of slowing down, even though he has surely already given us several lifetimes of music to enjoy, an absolute treasure trove!

Beethoven: Klavierstücke

As one who regularly teaches Beethoven, the availability of so much central repertoire in one brilliantly presented and editorially authoritative publication is priceless, and stunning value…

Josh Winiberg: Change

For those who enjoy the contemporary piano style and are looking for music which will perhaps challenge them more on a technical level, this publication can be recommended without reservation…

Kashperova: In the Midst of Nature

If you haven’t previously encountered the music of Russian composer Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940), be kind to yourself: until recently, her name was known only as Stravinsky’s piano teacher, her own rich musical output entirely forgotten.

Elena Cobb: Recital Piano Solos

As she continues in her passionate drive to promote the music of others, we must hope that Elena Cobb also continues to exercise her own wonderful, musical voice. Meanwhile, these two collections include some superb music that we can enjoy today!

Egon Wellesz: Sechs Klavierstücke op.26

These pieces are truly gripping, and provide a superb introduction to a dissonant but deeply expressive school of composition which many still shy away from. Suitable for players working towards UK Grade 7-8, they introduce a musical language can surely be as beguiling as it is unexpected…

Carl Davis: The Piano Collection

In celebration of Carl Davis’s 85th birthday on 28th October, his publishers Faber Music have brought out a beautifully presented, limited edition collection of his most classic works, selected and reworked for solo piano by the composer himself…

Herbert Howells: Piano Works

Herbert Howells’ piano music surely deserves a far wider audience, and I hope that this publication will prove to be a significant step towards establishing these pieces as favourites with players and audiences alike.

Yann Tiersen: Kerber

“Kerber” is a hugely worthwhile and rewarding release, which fans of Yann Tiersen’s music will want to snap up right away.

Jakub Metelka: Little Virtuoso

Metelka has created a superb resource for the ‘Little Virtuosos’ of the title: I cannot think of another collection that so imaginatively caters for eager youngsters who have quickly reached early advanced level.

The Impeccable Piano Music of Francesco Cilea

It is surely a pity that only the most “serious” of works tend to survive the rigours of history; in the case of the piano repertoire a golden age of domestic music-making in the mid nineteenth to twentieth centuries has left us with an astounding wealth of wonderful by now too-little-known music ripe for rediscovery…

Peaceful Piano Solos • The Series

The Peaceful Piano Solo series from Hal Leonard is an easy recommendation, delivering a brilliant selection of contemporary favourites in a tastefully presented set of anthologies, with nicely playable editions.

Simon Hester: Scenes from the Movies

This collection leaves no doubt that Simon Hester is a superb composer, whose music deserves a far wider currency. Whether performed as individual miniatures or as a concert set, Scenes from the Movies is sure to delight players and audiences alike…

Piano Music of Amy Beach

American composer Amy Beach’s significant contribution to the solo piano repertoire is finally beginning to receive the recognition and popularity it deserves…

The Contemporary Piano Anthology

The Faber Music Contemporary Piano Anthology offers 52 “beautiful neoclassical pieces for solo piano”. Let’s find out whether it lives up to the high standards set by the series…

Howard Skempton: 24 Preludes and Fugues

Howard Skempton’s 24 Preludes and Fugues are a timely reminder of his colossal intellectual stature and communicative capability. Melodic lines, counterpoint and expressive phrasing are as musically compelling as they are logically inevitable…

Is this the definitive KV 331?

For all students and performers of Mozart’s music (including those selecting this for their Grade 8 or diploma exam), this revelatory new edition is a priority purchase, recommended without reservation.

Alexis Ffrench: The Collection

Chances are readers will have encountered the music of Alexis Ffrench; his albums Evolution and Dreamland have both topped the classical charts making him the UK’s biggest selling pianist of 2020, and his music has amassed over 200 million streams online.

Karol Kurpiński: Polonaises

Karol Kurpiński (1785-1857) was a leading figure in the musical life of Warsaw in the early nineteenth century, and a significant inspiration to his much younger compatriot Chopin. These three Polonaises offer us a glimpse of why…

Discovering Chopin

For pianists at any level who are keen to explore and discover the music of Chopin (and who isn’t?), Poland’s PWM Edition offer the definitive range of sheet music publications, from easier anthologies through to the world’s finest complete editions…

‘The Maiden’s Prayer’ and beyond

While The Maiden’s Prayer is one of the most beloved piano pieces of all time, its composer Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska remains one of the many great female composers of the early 19th century whose music was largely ignored in the 20th…

The Most Beautiful Paderewski

Paderewski’s hugely appealing contribution to the solo piano repertoire fully deserves its place at the centre of the classical literature. Don’t miss it!

Play Piano for Well-being

Having reviewed and recommended a number of Faber collections before, I have always found them enjoyable and good value.

But this one is my new favourite…

Rachel Portman: Ask the River

Anyone wanting to move on from Einaudi to music with a similar contemporary vibe but more nuance, these consummately composed pieces offer a beautiful and evocative sound world that is at once accessible, but with plenty of their own personality.

Piano Music of Africa and the African Diaspora

Oxford University Press published Piano Music of Africa and the Afrian Diaspora in five volumes, compiled and edited by William H. Chapman Nyaho, between 2007-8. Between them, the books offer 60 pieces by 36 composers of African descent, organised by difficulty level…

Granados: Danzas españolas

Whenever playing or teaching these deliciously Spanish miniature masterpieces, I have found them hugely appealing and popular, and I have no doubt that readers newly discovering them for the first time will be similarly enamoured…

Ola Gjeilo: Night

I have played through a significant number of albums in this general vein before, but Ola Gjeilo’s Night has not only particularly impressed me, but is a collection to which I have absolutely no doubt that I will return for musical and emotional nourishment in the future.

Relax with Meditative Piano

Here is a mixture of simply superb piano solo music, much of it little known but deserving global enjoyment: music that will linger in your heart for a lifetime.

Beethoven’s Piano Sonatas: Wiener Urtext

Celebrating this 250th anniversary of the birth of Beethoven, Wiener Urtext have recently released a fully updated and revised urtext edition of his 32 Piano Sonatas. So how does it compare to the alternatives?

The Jazz Piano Anthology

The Faber Music Jazz Piano Anthology delivers a sumptuous and brilliantly conceived book of jazz standards, newly arranged as piano solos for more advanced students and adult piano enthusiasts everywhere.

Alan Bullard: 24 Preludes

Alan Bullard’s 24 Preludes for solo piano are a valuable addition to the pianist’s repertoire and will, I have no doubt, be enthusiastically received by Advanced players looking for inventive and approachable contemporary music…

ABRSM’s Core Classics

ABRSM’s “Core Classics” series offers a useful and often attractive mix of music that is well-suited to the board’s exam requirements, and can equally be dipped into by other players for its varied selection of benchmarked repertoire, much of it not easily accessible elsewhere.

My First Tchaikovsky

My First Tchaikovsky contains a breadth of excellent material suitable for players of all ages and from Intermediate to Advanced level. The fabulous selection will surely entice players back again and again to dip into and explore the music of this great master.

The Soundtracks Piano Anthology

Tthe Faber Music Soundtracks Piano Anthology is a collection of 58 pieces which have appeared in movies or TV shows, including popular classics alongside recent film scores.

Peaceful Christmas Piano Solos

Housed within a subtle, understated cover, “Peaceful Christmas Piano Solos” succeeds in looking very sophisticated from the outset… I can’t imagine anyone being disappointed in this excellent collection.

Jazz on a Winter’s Night

Jazz on a Winter’s Night has established itself as my all-time favourite Christmas music book, but its sequel gives it a run for its money!

Philip Martin • New York Nights

“New York Nights” offers the more advanced player a veritable “greatest hits” of Philip Martin’s more accessible pieces, and promises to be an essential purchase…

The Peaceful Piano Playlist

Faber Music have brilliantly encapsulated a very current musical zeitgeist with this collection, and it deserves to simply fly off the shelves…

Bertini’s Piano Études

The book will probably need a hard sell to persuade most children and teens to dig in, but determined and enthusiastic adult learners are likely to really enjoy these studies, both for their intrinsic merits in building technique, and for their very attractive musical qualities.

The Piano Music of Otilie Suková

Otilie Suková was the daughter of Antonín Dvořák and the wife of Josef Suk. Four of her piano pieces have survived; three were published in her lifetime, a fourth ‘To Dear Daddy’ has never previously been published.

Leonard Bernstein’s Anniversaries

Bernstein’s Anniversaries are a hugely significant contribution to the solo piano repertoire, and this brilliant new edition from Michael Mizrahi will I hope quickly establish itself as a standard musical text.

The Christmas Piano Anthology

This is a book which has significantly raised the bar, instantly establishing itself as the new “must-have” Christmas music book.

Albéniz: Cantos de España

The piano music of Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909), it seems to me, occupies a uniquely odd position in the classical piano repertoire…

Latin & Jazz Preludes

Much-loved composer Christopher Norton turned 65 this June, and while celebrating the milestone, long-time publishers Boosey & Hawkes issued newly repackaged editions of his hugely popular Latin Preludes Collection and Jazz Preludes Collection…

Which Mikrokosmos?

In this review I will be looking at classic edition from Boosey & Hawkes, and comparing the more recent Urtext editions from Henle Verlag and Wiener Urtext Edition.

Debussy: Where to Start?

It’s all about Claude Debussy for classical music lovers and pianists this year, as we mark the centenary of his death in 1918.

Birds: Études-Tableaux

Birds: Études-Tableaux is a recent collection of six pieces composed by Andrew Higgins and published by EVC Music Publications, and subtitled modern virtuoso studies. If you’ll pardon the pun, it perfectly fits the bill!

Piano Kaleidoscope

“…a stunning compilation of wonderful and varied piano music suitable for players who have moved beyond intermediate level and towards the higher grades.”

Film Themes: The Piano Collection

Put simply, this is a brilliant collection for the more advanced pianist who wants to explore these movie themes and play them in intelligent piano arrangements.

Faber Music Piano Anthology

This beautifully produced gift book makes the perfect present for the enthusiastic amateur pianist of intermediate to advanced level.

ABRSM: Spectrum 5

ABRSM returns with a new collection of contemporary classical piano pieces.

Relax with Beautiful Pieces

The “Relax With” series includes excellent, bumper collections of Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionistic and Folk pieces aimed at intermediate to advanced pianists who play “mostly at home for their own enjoyment”.

Christopher Norton: Eastern Preludes

Christopher Norton proves again with ‘Eastern Preludes Collection’ why it is that he is so widely regarded as one of the world’s leading educational composers. The quality and variety here is simply outstanding.

ABRSM’s Encore Series

The “Encore” publications are a brilliant addition to any piano student’s music collection, and can only help raise the quality and level of music making wherever they are used.

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