This book is designed to be the cornerstone of your personal music library. This collection contains 400 pages of great music literature, specially selected and edited for the pianist who loves classical music. Includes over 125 great masterpieces from the Baroque, Classical, Romantic and Modern Eras.
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46 of 47 people found the following review helpful
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Good Collection to have in your library. The piano pieces are the originals with fingerings, not simplified arrangements. The orchestral transcriptions are okay, although I have seen better from Schirmer, e.g. "Dance of the Reed Flutes". Still, they are not over-simplified arrangements, as I found to be the case in "The Definitive Classical Collection", which I returned. Over all a good addition to your musical library, especially when put together with Amy Appleby's "Piano Classics". Difficulty level is advanced-intermediate to advanced.
42 of 43 people found the following review helpful
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This 400 page book edited by Amy Appleby includes the best of every book I've ever studied from. It contains over 125 great masterpieces. There are 24 Renaissance and Baroque (e.g. Purcell, Scarlatti, Bach and Handel), 21 classical (e.g. Beethoven, Haydn and Mozart) , 28 Romantic (e.g. Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Mendelssohn and Tchaikovsky), 16 Impressionist and Modern Composers (e.g. Debussy, Dvorak, and Rimsky-Korsakov), 10 Light Classics (e.g.Gounod, Strauss and Waldteufel), 10 opera themes (e.g. Bizet's 'Carmen,' Mozart's 'Marriage of Figaro' and Sullivan's 'H.M.S. Pinafore'), 10 scenes from the ballet (e.g. Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet and the Nutcracker) and 7 duets by Beethoven, Brahms, Chopin, Diabelli, Mendelssohn, Schubert and Tchaikovsky. The book is beautiful bound with a rugged plastic binding that stays open on the piano.The pages are bright with legible notes. I would recommend this book for the serious student who is playing four years or more. This would make an excellent holiday or special occasion gift for piano enthusiasts. It is an excellent value. You may want to throw away all of your old piano books and just keep this one with all of your favorites.
22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
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I was shocked when this book arrived, it's so thick packed with 400 pages, thank goodness for the plastic coil binding. This book includes a huge selection of songs, many of the well-known pieces that I already had in several other books, but also a wide variety of new songs that I haven't heard/played before. The level is intermediate to advanced-intermediate. I'm picking up piano again after a very LONG hiatus and I'm absolutely thrilled to have found this gem. If I had to give up all of my books and keep just one, THIS WOULD BE IT! And I would still have enough to play for a very long time. I highly recommend this book.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Fantastic Collection
I'm a beginner at the piano.. I've been playing about 4 years. And for me this is an excellent variety of composers. Its challenging, but not impossible for me. Read more
Published 2 months ago by soldierguy
We like this book.
I purchased this book for my son who is a talented musician. He has found the book helpful and full of challenging songs. He likes this book.
Published 4 months ago by C. Young
Not good
No familiar selections. I wanted easier and more well known songs. The songs were of obscure selections and pieces that most people would not recognize.
Published 6 months ago by Mattielu
I use this everyday!
I LOVE THIS BOOK! Use it everyday and has all the great classical pieces I have been wanting to try. Best purchase ever!
Published 7 months ago by Catarina Abreu
The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo (Piano Collections) by...
If you can only purchase one book of classical piano music to enjoy, this would be an excellent choice. We purchased this book as a gift for a family member. Read more
Published 10 months ago by SewElegant
Very nice selection and publication
I recently got into playing the piano seriously again and I am really starting to enjoy playing some classical music. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Prakash Padmanabhan
OUTSTANDING VALUE!!
Due to a robbery, I need to replace my 40 year collection of classical piano music. Without question, this was the first and best book to start with. Unbelievable... Read more
Published 15 months ago by professor DKR
The Piano Bench of Classical Music: Piano Solo
Thick book, all the classical songs you would hope to get. Spiral binding, pages are easy to turn and the book stay opened on the desired pages. Not for beginners. Read more
Published 19 months ago by H.H.
Great Book
The book is great for the beginner/intermediate player. Make sure you can play all time signatures well (especially with 8bpm). I am looking for sister books to this one :)
Published on February 21, 2010 by Sophia Lockhorn
A great collection, worthy of it's name
I've been playing predominantly jazz and popular music for years, but decided to get back to playing classical again. Read more
Published on February 18, 2010 by Ray Edward
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