ABRSM Piano Mix 2 Book (Grade 2-3)

ABRSM Piano Mix 2 Grade 2-3 Book

A Wonderful Collection of Repertoire Arranged for Grade 2-3 Players

Piano Mix 2 is packed with brilliant music specially arranged for easy piano, offering a wide range of styles and genres from centuries ago to the present day. The repertoire reflects the variety found in the ABRSM Piano syllabuses.

This edition features pieces mostly at Grade 2 standard, designed to help pianists progress to Grade 3 by the end of the book. Compiled and edited by David Blackwell, with arrangements by renowned musicians like Alan Bullard, Nikki Iles, Christopher Norton, and Tim Richards, each piece is both enjoyable to play and faithful to the original work.

Well-known music includes 19th-century classics such as Scheherazade and the Trout Quintet, ballet music from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, and the famous Muppets theme tune. You’ll also discover lesser-known gems like China’s Kangding Love Song and the traditional Scottish piece Roaring Jelly.

From the orchestra to the opera, folk to jazz, this collection offers a world of music at your fingertips. 32 pages.

Contents Includes:

• Jupiter: from The Planets, Op. 32 [Gustav Holst]
• Man is for the woman made: from The Mock Marriage, Z. 605 [Henry Purcell]
• Roaring Jelly [Trad. Scottish]
• Kangding Love Song [Trad. Chinese]
• The New Trout: from Piano Quintet in A, D. 667 [Franz Schubert]
• La Mourisque [Tylman Susato]
• The Merry Villagers: from Peasant Cantata, BWV 212 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Rondeau: from Abdelazar, Z. 570 [Henry Purcell]
• Old Joe Clark [Trad. American]
• Rondo: from Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, Hob. VIIb:2 [Joseph Haydn]
• Match of the Day [Barry Stoller]
• Romance: from Piano Concerto No. 20 in D minor, K. 466 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Scherzo: from Serenade in D for String Trio, Op. 8 [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• March: from L’Arlésienne, Suite No. 1 [Georges Bizet]
• Andante: from Trumpet Concerto in E flat, Hob. VIIe:1 [Joseph Haydn]
• Largo: from Symphony No. 9 ‘From the New World’ [Antonín Dvorák]
• Low Bridge, Everybody Down [Thomas S. Allen]
• Entr’acte No. 3: from Rosamunde, D. 797 [Franz Schubert]
• Oberek [Trad. Polish]
• The Liberty Bell [John Philip Sousa]
• Allegretto: from Clarinet Quintet in A, K. 581 [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• In the Mood [Jo Garland]
• Dance of the Reed Pipes: from The Nutcracker, Op. 71 [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]
• The Kalendar Prince: from Scheherazade, Op. 35 [Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov]
• The Muppet Show Theme [Jim Henson / Sam Pottle]

Review:

"The arrangements lie well under the hands, and are expertly moderated to match the criteria for the grade levels indicated. I was particularly impressed by the quality throughout, and especially taken with several brilliant arrangements by Nancy Litton, Anne Marshall, Nicholas Scott-Burt and Martin White, all of whom show tremendous flair and intuition in their piano writing. All the arrangements in these books are fresh, unavailable elsewhere, and that together they make a fantastic addition to the easy piano repertoire...an essential purchase for any piano teacher, as well as a valuable addition to the music collections of students and amateur pianists everywhere" - Pianodao

Also Available in the Piano Mix Series:

• ABRSM Piano Mix 1 Book (Grade 1-2)
• ABRSM Piano Mix 2 Book (Grade 2-3)
• ABRSM Piano Mix 3 Book (Grade 3-4)