Alfred Publishing

Composers: Various
Editors: Carole Bigler, Valery Lloyd-Watts
Format: Book
Instrumentation: Piano
Level: Early Intermediate / Late Intermediate

Recital Winners Volume 1 contains 10 pieces of early-intermediate through late-intermediate level masterworks from all stylistic periods. Chosen based on their appeal to the showmanship in students, the pieces are impressive, fun to play and exploit a broad range of the piano's capabilities. A CD recording by Valery Lloyd-Watts is also available.

Virtuoso pianist Valery Lloyd-Watts studied at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Royal College of Music in London. She earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. She co-authored the text Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music, which was endorsed by Dr. Suzuki.

Contents:

• Flying Leaves [Op. 147, No. 2] - Carl Kolling (composer)
• Grand Waltz - Muzio Clementi (composer)
• Novelette [Op. 27, No. 25] - Dmitri Kabalevsky (composer)
• Prelude in C Minor [Op. 28, No. 20] - Frederic Chopin (composer)
• Sonata in C Major [K. 95; L. 358] - Domenico Scarlatti (composer)
• Tarantella - Albert Pieczonka (composer)
• The Pearls [Op. 109, No. 2] - Johann Freidrich Burgmuller (composer)
• Waltz in A Minor [Posthumous] - Frederic Chopin (composer)
• Waltz in A-Flat Major [Op. 39, No. 15] - Johannes Brahms (composer)
• Waltz in D Major [Op. 127, No. 1] - Franz Schubert (composer)