CONTEMPLATIONS

27 Pieces for Solo Piano on the Quiet Side

Pieces drawn from a wide range of periods and styles, creating intriguing juxtapositions of pieces by well-known and lesser-known composers. Bernstein's tribute to Sondheim rubs shoulders with Erik Satie; Mozart and Tchaikovsky are represented alongside their contemporaries Kozeluh and Cui.

The publisher Boosey and Hawkes has created a most attractive lay-out for these 95 solo piano pieces, most of which are at the intermediate level...I thoroughly enjoyed the contrasting styles in each volume. All periods from the 16th-century to modern are present. The volumes include some familiar works, such as Franck's 'Doll's Complaint', but a clear majority of the pieces are new and at times refreshing.--American Music Teacher

Contents: A Rest by the Brooklet (Benjamin) - Adagio for Glass Harmonica (Mozart) - Albumleaf (Schwertsik) - At Dawn (Scott) - At the Cradle (Cui) - Barncleupedie (MacMillan) - Cantabile (Bach) - Danses de Travers No. 2 (Satie) - Evening Song (Schumann) - Farewell (Bartok) - For Neil (MacMillan) - For Stephen Sondheim (Bernstein) - Forest Lullaby (Quilter) - Gone (Grieg) - Grey Clouds (Liszt) - Melody in the Mist 25 (Bartok) - Nocturne No. 1 (Rowley) - October (Tchaikovsky) - Pastorale (Kozeluh) - Pensees Lyriques, Op. 11, No. 2 (Bortkiewicz) - Piano Piece No. 17 (Davies) - Piano Piece No. 14 (Davies) - Prelude, Op. 16, No. 3 (Skryabin) - Quiet Contemplation on an Autumn Evening (Bruckner) - Sonata No. 13 (Cimarosa) - Visions Fugitives, Op. 22, No. 4 (Prokofiev) - Waltz No. 2 from Five Piano Pieces (Delius)