The Boosey & Hawkes 20th-Century Piano Collection from 1945.

Description

14 very diverse pieces from 1945, collected together in this wonderful anthology. The majority of the pieces are not readily available elsewhere, which leads to a very interesting selection of pieces, some familiar, some less so. The pieces range from moderately easy to advanced. Selected by John York.

Contents:

1. Irving Fine: from “Music for Piano” – Prelude.
2. Andrzej Panufnik: from “Twelve Miniature Studies” – No. 2-3.
3. 3.      Leonard Bernstein: from “Four Anniversaries” – For Johnny Mehegan and For Helen Coates.
4. Berthold Goldschmidt: Scherzo and From the Ballet.
5. Benjamin Lees: from “Kaleidoscopes” – No. 6-10.
6. Fisher Tull: Two Fabrications.
7. Peter Maxwell Davies: Five Little Pieces.
8. Pal Kadosa: Suite for Piano No. 3.
9. Norman Dello Joio: from “Lyric Pieces for the Young” Prayer of the Matador, Night Song, and Russian Dancer.
10. Peter Maxwell Davies: Stevie’s Ferry to Hoy.
11. David Horne: from “Six Short Studies” – Sixteenth Notes and Fourths and Fifths.
12. James MacMillan: A Cecilian Variation for JFK and Angel.