The nineteenth century was period in which the piano became increasingly popular not only in the concert hall, but also in the more intimate surroundings of the home. The Romantic composers were drawn to the expressive and sonorous qualities of this new instrument, and left a wealth of repertoire to be enjoyed by the modern-day pianist.

These five volumes of piano repertoire explore those musical riches, with works by great names such as Chopin, Schumann and Debussy as well as pieces by lesser-known composers from the period. The anthology covers a range of keys, time signatures and moods and will provide invaluable repertoire through the grades.

• Study in F, Op. 88 No. 18 [Hermann Berens]
  
• Shy Confession: No. 2 from ‘Miniatures’, Op. 20 [César Cui]
  
• Slow Waltz, Op. 36 No. 19 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
  
• Song: No. 9 from ‘24 Pieces Caracteristiques pour la Jeunesse’, Op. 34 [Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier / Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck]
  
• Song: No. 1 from ‘Miniatures’, Op. 172 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
  
• Study in E, Op. 125 No. 18 [Stephen Heller]
  
• Dance: from 30 Pieces for Children, Op. 27, No. 21 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
  
• The Evening Bell: No. 12 ‘Kinderleben’ (Youthful Days), Op. 62 [Theodor Kullak]
  
• Allegro assai in Bb [Théodore Lack]
  
• Danse mignonne [Heinrich Lichner]
  
• Pastorale, Op. 8 No. 3 [Samuil Moiseyevich Maikapar]
  
• Serenade in D, Op. 183 No. 4: 2nd movement, Canzonetta [Carl Reinecke]
  
• Butterfly, Op. 36 No. 8 [Eduard Rohde]
  
• Little Boats on the Water (Petits bateaux sur l’eau) [Gustave Sandré]
  
• Study in D minor, Op. 1092 No. 4 [Antonio Sartorio]
  
• Prelude in A minor, Op. 51 No. 1 [Ludwig Skutte]
  
• Grandmother’s Song, Op. 27 No. 9 [Robert Volkmann]
  
• Walking in Spring, Op. posth. [Nicolay von Wilm]
  
• On the Heath: No. 4 from ‘Odd Moments’ [William Alwyn]
  
• La Gracieuse (Gracefulness), Op. 100 No. 8 [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
  
• Study in C minor: No. 9 from ‘The Wheel of Progress’, Op. 74, Book 2 [Thomas Dunhill]
  
• Romanze (Romance), Op. 47 No. 13 [Robert Fuchs]
  
• Intermezzo: No. 1 from ‘Rebus’, Op. 2A [Niels Wilhelm Gade]
  
• Dedicatoria (Dedication), Op. 1 No. 1 [Enrique Granados]
  
• On Horseback, Op. 98 No. 5 [Alexander Grechaninov]
  
• March of the lead soldiers, Op. 25 No. 1 [Génari Karganov]
  
• Allegretto scherzando in C, Op. 55 No. 11 [Theodor Kirchner]
  
• Shepherd playing on his pipe, Op. 31 No. 8 [Vladimir Ivanovich Rebikov]
  
• In a Gondola (Auf der Gondel) [Robert Schumann]
  
• A Journey into the Country, Op. 105 No. 1 [Eduard Schütt]
  
• Melodie, Op. 77 No. 5 [Heinrich Hofmann]
  
• In the Bay, from Fancy Free [Felix Swinstead]
  
• Douce reverie (Daydream), Op. 39 No. 21 [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]