From Bach to Gershwin · All-time favourites

Publisher: G. Henle Verlag

75 years of Henle Urtext: with this anniversary volume, G. Henle Verlag celebrates the enduring success of its Urtext editions. This album features a representative selection of 17 famous, often-played piano pieces from Henle’s programme. They are graded from easy to moderately difficult, and are excellently suited for both study and performance purposes. At the same time, they represent the entire spectrum of classical piano music. They are arranged chronologically in order to lead us on a journey through the history of piano music, from Bach to Gershwin.

• Johann Sebastian Bach - Invention 1 C major BWV 772
• Domenico Scarlatti - Piano Sonata b minor K. 87
• Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Fantasy d minor KV 397
• Ludwig van Beethoven - Bagatelle (Für Elise) a minor WoO
• Franz Schubert - Impromptu A flat major op. post. 142,2 D 935
• Robert Schumann - Von fremden Ländern und Menschen op. 15,1
• Frédéric Chopin - Funeral March (Marche funèbre) from Piano Sonata op. 35
• Johannes Brahms - Waltz (easy version by the composer) A major op. 39,15
• Edvard Grieg - Arietta op. 12,1
• Sergei Rachmaninov - Prélude c sharp minor op. 3,2
• Erik Satie - Gymnopédie no. 1
• Alexander Scriabin - Prélude a minor op. 11,2
• Maurice Ravel - Pavane pour une infante défunte
• Claude Debussy - La Fille aux cheveux de lin
• Arnold Schönberg - II Langsam op. 19,2
• Béla Bartók - Stick Dance BB 68,1
• George Gershwin - Preludes for Piano no. 2