Piano's Golden Era. The 40 Most Famous Classical Pieces of All Time, Arranged for Intermediate Players (+ Free Audio)
- Intermediate
- Adults and older students
- 40 pieces
- Complete pieces
- Large A4 print
- Free audio
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The 40 most famous classical pieces of all time, from Für Elise and Canon in D to Nessun dorma, Nimrod and Gymnopédie No. 1. Arranged for the intermediate pianist: complete pieces, both hands on two staves, the composer’s own markings, and a recording of every piece.
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What's inside
The 40 most famous classical pieces. The music everyone knows from concerts, films, weddings and adverts.
Complete pieces, not snippets. Almost every piece runs from its first bar to its last. Where a work is too big to arrange whole, the page says so.
One steady intermediate level. No stretch beyond an octave, no chord of more than four notes, and a left hand that keeps to one job at a time.
Both hands, both clefs. A real piano part on two staves, with the composer’s own dynamics and phrasing.
Free audio. Recordings of all 40 pieces, so you can hear each one before you play it.
All 40 pieces
In the order they appear in the book:
- Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring (BWV 147)
- Toccata in D Minor (BWV 565)
- Prelude, Cello Suite No. 1 (BWV 1007)
- Ave Maria
- Für Elise (WoO 59)
- Allegretto, Symphony No. 7 (Op. 92)
- Habanera (Carmen)
- Lullaby (Wiegenlied, Op. 49, No. 4)
- Minute Waltz (Op. 64, No. 1)
- Raindrop Prelude (Op. 28, No. 15)
- Nocturne in C-sharp Minor (Op. posth.)
- Rêverie
- Arabesque No. 1
- Humoresque (Op. 101, No. 7)
- Largo, Symphony No. 9 (From the New World)
- Salut d'Amour (Op. 12)
- Nimrod (Enigma Variations, Op. 36)
- Pavane (Op. 50)
- Morning Mood (Peer Gynt, Op. 46)
- In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt, Op. 46)
- Largo, Ombra mai fu (Serse)
- Jupiter (The Planets, Op. 32)
- Maple Leaf Rag
- Méditation (Thaïs)
- Spring Song (Op. 62, No. 6)
- Wedding March (A Midsummer Night's Dream, Op. 61)
- Eine kleine Nachtmusik, Allegro (K. 525)
- Sonata in C, Sonata facile, Allegro (K. 545)
- Barcarolle (The Tales of Hoffmann)
- Canon in D
- Nessun dorma (Turandot)
- O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
- Prelude in C-sharp Minor (Op. 3, No. 2)
- Gymnopédie No. 1
- Gnossienne No. 1
- Ave Maria (D. 839)
- The Blue Danube (Op. 314)
- Swan Lake, Scene (Op. 20)
- Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (The Nutcracker, Op. 71)
- Spring, Allegro (The Four Seasons, Op. 8, No. 1)
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Complete pieces
Almost every piece from its first bar to its last. Where a work is too big to arrange whole, the page says so.
Both hands, both clefs
A real piano part on two staves for every piece, never a melody line with chord symbols.
The music everyone knows
Bach to Puccini: 40 pieces from concerts, films, weddings and adverts. None repeated from Book 1.
Free audio for every piece
All 40 recordings are free to stream or download.
Free audio with every book
Hear what you’ll play
Every piece in the book has its own recording. Here are three of them.
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Which book is right for you?
Piano’s Golden Era is Book 2 of the classical series. These go with it.
Questions people ask
How advanced is this book?
Intermediate. Every arrangement keeps to the same rules: no stretch beyond an octave, no chord of more than four notes, and a left hand that keeps to one job at a time. You should be comfortable reading both clefs and playing hands together. If you are just starting, Primo Piano is the better first book.
Are these the complete pieces?
Almost all of them run from the first bar to the last. Where a work is too big to arrange whole (the fugue after Bach’s Toccata, the orchestral middle of the New World Largo), the page says so. Dynamics, phrasing and tempo words are the composer’s own.
Does it repeat pieces from Classical Piano Masterpieces?
No. This is Book 2 of the series that began with Classical Piano Masterpieces, and none of that book’s 65 pieces is repeated here.
How do I get the free audio?
There is a link and QR code inside the book. Enter your email and the 40 recordings are available straight away. You can also get them here.
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