Essential repertoire for piano
ABRSM
Editor: Jones, Richard

Core Classics is a collection of seven books of music from the piano canon, selected and graded by leading educationalists. Each volume contains a rich selection of engaging pieces to form the backbone of any pianist’s repertoire. With pieces from Albéniz, Rebello, Schumann, and many more, this book includes an abundance of much-loved music.
Each book is authoritatively graded, with pieces gradually increasing in difficulty throughout. The books are equally valuable for learners working towards a grade exam, between grades, or playing for leisure, building technical skills and confidence.

SHEET MUSIC

Andante in B flat, K. 15ii, from ‘London Notebook’ [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
Prelude in E minor, Op. 28 No. 4 [Fryderyk Chopin]
Andante from Op. 14 No. 2 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
May, lovely May (Mai, lieber Mai), Op. 68 No. 13 [Robert Schumann]
Corant: Lesson in E minor, third movement [Jean Baptiste Loeillet]
Invention No. 8 in F, BWV 779 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
Vals Poético (Poetic Waltz) No. 6 [Enrique Granados]
Study in C: No. 10 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 3 [Thomas Dunhill]
Album Leaf, from Lyrische Stücke (Lyric Pieces), Op. 12 [Edvard Grieg]
A New Ground, Z. T682 [Henry Purcell]
Mazurka: No.3 from Eight Easy Pieces, Op.43 [Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier]
A Maske, from ‘Fitzwilliam Virginal Book’ [Giles Farnaby]
Scherzo-Valse, No. 6 from Album des enfants, deuxième série, Op. 126 [Cécile Chaminade]
Chanson napolitaine (Neopolitan song), Op. 39 No. 18 [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]
Rondo: second movement from Sonatina in E flat, Op. 19 No. 6 [Jan Ladislav Dussek]
Musical Snuffbox, Op. 32 [Anatoly Lyadov]
There was a most beautiful Lady, from ‘Country Pageant’ [Herbert Howells]
Tango, No. 2 from España: 6 Feuilles d’Album, Op. 165 [Isaac Albéniz]
Larghetto maestoso-Allegro assai, First movement from Sonata in F minor, WoO 47 No. 2 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
A Wise Bud [Jason Rebello]