A one-time student of Mozart, Thomas Attwood published these four sonatinas as lessons for 'Young Beginners on the PianoForte or Harpsichord' in 1795. Short, tuneful and easy, …
Of Polish origin, Moszkowski was a celebrated pianist and teacher during the last twenty years of the 19th century. Paderewski said of him that his piano music embraced the whole …
These short pieces were written as Christmas presents for various young members of a family Mendelssohn and his wife stayed with on their visit to London in 1842. Tuneful and well …
This album brings together three groups of pieces, all written in 1913 by the eccentric French composer, Erik Satie. They are ingeniously devised to make full and basic use of the …
These colourful pieces, based on Spanish and Latin-American dances, are tuneful, light-hearted and full of rhythmic zest. They will be enjoyed by any pianist looking to spice up …
Johann Christoph Friedrich Bach was a son of Johann Sebastian and served at the court of Buckeburg. In 1787-8 he published a four-volume collection of his keyboard and other music …
Not so much 'easy-going' pieces as pieces with a sense of 'go'! Lionel Salter's collection provides a set of straightforward, attractive pieces with plenty of rhythmic vitality and …
This volume brings together two early collections by Grieg to form an attractive first book of characterful piano pieces. The Lyric Pieces, published when the composer was 24, are …
Daniel Gottlob Türk (1750-1813), who held the post of director of music at Halle University, was responsible for the most influential keyboard tutor of its day, the monumental …
Benjamin Godard was a French composer and violinist who wrote a great many pieces for the piano. This instructional album of studies provides some interesting contrasts of styles.
