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Albéniz Any one of the 12 pieces from ‘Iberia’, except No. 1 ‘Evocación’
J. S. Bach Chromatic Fantasia and Fugue in D minor, BWV 903
Partita No. 2 in C minor, BWV 826: complete
Partita No. 5 in G, BWV 829: complete
Any one or two of the following 48 Preludes and Fugues from ‘The Well-Tempered Clavier’:
Part 1:
No. 3 in C +, BWV 848
No. 4 in C + minor, BWV 849
No. 7 in E -, BWV 852
No. 8 in E - minor, BWV 853
No. 20 in A minor, BWV 865
No. 24 in B minor, BWV 869
Part 2:
No. 3 in C +, BWV 872
No. 4 in C + minor, BWV 873
No. 10 in E minor, BWV 879
No. 14 in F+ minor, BWV 883
No. 16 in G minor, BWV 885
No. 18 in G + minor, BWV 887
No. 21 in B -, BWV 890
No. 22 in B - minor, BWV 891
No. 23 in B, BWV 892
No. 24 in B minor, BWV 893
Bartók Suite, Op. 14: complete
Beethoven Sonata in C, Op. 2 No. 3: complete
Sonata in E -, Op. 7: complete
Sonata in D, Op. 10 No. 3: complete
Sonata in G, Op. 31 No. 1: complete
Sonata in D minor (‘Tempest’), Op. 31 No. 2: complete
Sonata in E -, Op. 31 No. 3: complete
Sonata in E - (‘Les Adieux’), Op. 81a: complete
R. R. Bennett Any two of the ‘5 Studies’
Berg Sonata, Op. 1: complete
Brahms Capriccio in B minor, Op. 76 No. 2
Capriccio in C + minor, Op. 76 No. 5
Capriccio in C, Op. 76 No. 8
Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116 No. 1
Capriccio in G minor, Op. 116 No. 3
Capriccio in D minor, Op. 116 No. 7
Intermezzo in E - minor, Op. 118 No. 6
Rhapsody in B minor, Op. 79 No. 1
Rhapsody in E -, Op. 119 No. 4
11 Variations in D on an Original Theme, Op. 21 No. 1
Casella Toccata, Op. 6
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Chopin Any one of the 4 Ballades:
G minor, Op. 23
F, Op. 38
A -, Op. 47
F minor, Op. 52
Barcarolle in F+, Op. 60
Any two contrasted Études from ‘12 Études’, Op. 10 or ‘12 Études’, Op. 25
Fantaisie in F minor, Op. 49
Polonaise-Fantaisie in A -, Op. 61
Any one of the 4 Scherzi:
B minor, Op. 20
B - minor, Op. 31
C + minor, Op. 39
E, Op. 54
Copland Sonata: complete
Dallapiccola Sonatina Canonica in E -: complete
Debussy Any one or more of the 3 pieces from ‘Estampes’:
Pagodes
La soirée dans Grenade
Jardins sous la pluie
Any one, two or three of the ‘12 Études’
Any one, two or three of the 6 pieces from ‘Images’, 1st and 2nd Sets:
Reflets dans l’eau
Hommage à Rameau
Mouvement
Cloche à travers les feuilles
Et la lune descend sur la temple qui fût
Poissons d’or
L’Isle joyeuse
Any two of the following Préludes:
Book 1:
No. 3 ‘Le vent dans la plaine’
No. 5 ‘Les collines d’Anacapri’
No. 7 ‘Ce qu’a vu le vent d’ouest’
No. 11 ‘La danse de Puck’
Book 2:
No. 4 ‘Les feés sont d’exquises danseuses’
No. 7 ‘La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune’
No. 8 ‘Ondine’
No. 11 ‘Les tierces alterneés’
No. 12 ‘Feux d’artifice’
Dohnányi Rhapsody in C, Op. 11 No. 3
Fauré Barcarolle No. 5 in F+ minor, Op. 66
Impromptu No. 3 in A -, Op. 34
Nocturne No. 4 in E -, Op. 36
Theme and Variations in C + minor, Op. 73
Ferguson Sonata in F minor, Op. 8: complete
Michael Finnissy Yvaropera 5
Fricker Studies Nos. 2 and 4 from ‘12 Studies’, Op. 38
Ginastera Any one or more of the ‘3 Danzas Argentinas’
Sonata No. 1, Op. 22: complete
Granados Any one of the 6 pieces from ‘Goyescas’, Vols 1 and 2
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Haydn Sonata in C, Hob.XVI/50: complete
Sonata in E -, Hob.XVI/52: complete
Hindemith Any one or two of the following Interludes and Fugues from ‘Ludus Tonalis’ (Schott ED 3964):
Interludium p. 7 and Fuga secunda in G
Interludium p. 20 and Fuga quinta in E
Interludium p. 38 and Fuga nona in B -
Sonata No. 2 in G: complete
Sonata No. 3 in B -: complete
Ireland Amberley Wild Brooks
April
Chelsea Reach (No. 1 from ‘London Pieces’)
Ragamuffin (No. 2 from ‘London Pieces’)
Kabalevsky Sonata No. 3 in F, Op. 46: complete
Bryan Kelly Sonata: complete
Knussen Sonya’s Lullaby, Op. 16
K. Leighton Conflicts (Fantasy on Two Themes), Op. 51
Liszt Any one of the ‘5 Concert Studies’
Any one of the ‘6 Paganini Studies’
Any one of the ‘12 Études d’exécution transcendante’, except No. 1
Funérailles
Either or both of the ‘2 Légendes’ (St François d’Assise; St François de Paule)
Les jeux d’eaux à la Villa d’Este: No. 4 from ‘Années de Pèlerinage, 3ème Année’
Mendelssohn Rondo Capriccioso, Op. 14: complete
Any one or two of the following from ‘6 Preludes and Fugues’, Op. 35:
No. 1 in E minor
No. 3 in B minor
No. 5 in F minor
Variations Sérieuses, Op. 54
Messiaen Any one of the following from ‘8 Préludes’:
No. 3 ‘Le Nombre léger’
No. 4 ‘Instants défunts’
Any one of the following pieces from ‘Vingt Regards sur l’Enfant Jésus’:
No. 8 ‘Regard des hauteurs’
No. 11 ‘Première communion de la Vierge’
No. 14 ‘Regard des Anges’
No. 15 ‘Le baiser de l’Enfant Jésus’
No. 16 ‘Regard des prophètes, des bergers et des Mages’
Mozart Rondo in A minor, K. 511
Sonata in A minor, K. 310: complete
Sonata in C minor, K. 457: complete
Sonata in F, K. 533: complete
Sonata in D, K. 576: complete
Poulenc ‘Napoli’ Suite: complete
Prokofiev Sonata No. 2 in D minor, Op. 14: complete
Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 28: complete
Sonata No. 4 in C minor, Op. 29: complete
Sonata No. 5 in C, Op. 38: complete
Sonata No. 9 in C, Op. 103: complete
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Rachmaninov Any one of the 9 ‘Etudes-tableaux’, Op. 39
Any one of the following Preludes:
Op. 23:
No. 3 in D minor
No. 4 in D
No. 5 in G minor
No. 10 in G -
Op. 32:
No. 1 in C
No. 2 in B - minor
No. 3 in E
No. 4 in E minor
No. 6 in F minor
No. 8 in A minor
No. 9 in A
No. 10 in B minor
No. 13 in D -
Ravel Jeux d’eau
Any one of the following pieces from ‘Miroirs’:
No. 1 ‘Noctuelles’
No. 3 ‘Une Barque sur l’Océan’
No. 4 ‘Alborada del gracioso’
Ondine: No. 1 from ‘Gaspard de la Nuit’
Toccata: No. 6 from ‘Le Tombeau de Couperin’
Roger Redgate trace
D. Scarlatti Any one or two of the following pairs of Sonatas:
Sonata in D minor, Kp. 52 (L. 267) and Sonata in D, Kp. 96 (L. 465)
2 Sonatas in C minor, Kp. 115 (L. 407) and Kp. 116 (L. 452)
Sonata in G minor, Kp. 426 (L. 128) and Sonata in G, Kp. 427 (L. 286)
2 Sonatas in B -, Kp. 544 (L. 497) and Kp. 545 (L. 500)
2 Sonatas in G, Kp. 424 (L. 289) and Kp. 425 (L. 333)
Schoenberg Any two of the ‘5 Pieces’, Op. 23
Suite, Op. 25: any two movts
Schubert Sonata in A minor, Op. 143, D. 784: complete
Sonata in C minor, D. 958: complete
Sonata in A, D. 959: complete
Schumann Any one of the following from ‘Novelletten’, Op. 21:
No. 2 in D
No. 8 in F+ minor
Sonata in G minor, Op. 22: complete
Variations on the name ‘Abegg’, Op. 1
Scriabin Either or both of the following from ‘12 Etudes’, Op. 8:
No. 10 in D -
No. 12 in D + minor
Sonata No. 4 in F+, Op. 30: complete
Sonata No. 5 in F+, Op. 53
Seiber Scherzando capriccioso
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Shostakovich Any one or two of the following from ‘24 Preludes and Fugues’, Op. 87:
Vol. 1:
No. 4 in E minor
No. 7 in A
Vol. 2:
No. 15 in D -
No. 17 in A -
Stravinsky Serenade in A: complete
Tippett Sonata No. 2
Webern Variations, Op. 27: complete
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