Contemplations

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 & 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)