This new series features carefully selected performance repertoire of the great masters from all eras. Each piece is accessible to students and creates a feeling of accomplishment. Diverse in style and expression, each selection features melodic, rhythmic or harmonic patterning to allow for ease in teaching and memorization. The CD, performed by Valery Lloyd-Watts, provides a powerful auditory tool for musical interpretation.Valery Lloyd-Watts studied at the Conservatory of Music in Toronto and the Royal College of Music in London. She earned a Master of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin, where she studied with Paul Badura-Skoda. She co-authored the text Studying Suzuki Piano: More than Music, which was endorsed by Dr. Suzuki.
ContentsFantasia In D Minor [k. 397 (385g)]
Impromptu No. 4 In A-flat Major [op. 90, No. 4; D. 899]
Nocturne In G-sharp Minor [kk. Iva/16 (Posth.)]
Polonaise In A Major [op. 40, No. 1]
Sonata "PATHÉTIQUE" [op. 13]
The Cascades
Waltz In C-sharp Minor [op. 64, No. 2]
Wedding Day At Troldhaugen [op. 65, No. 6]