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.

• L’homme aux sabots (The man in clogs): No.23 from ‘Esquisses’, Op. 63 [Valentin Alkan]
  
• Au Berceau (In the cradle), Op. 39 No. 4 [César Cui]
  
• Nalada, Op. 41 No. 9 [Zdenek Fibich]
  
• Miniature, Op. 8 No. 10 [Aleksandr Fyodorovich Gedike]
  
• Vals Poetico (Poetic Waltz) No. 5 [Enrique Granados / Kevin Hathway]
  
• Romanze: No. 8 from ‘Miniatures’, Op. 172 [Cornelius Gurlitt]
  
• Prelude in E minor [Ernst Haberbier]
  
• Lied (Song), Op. 33 No. 10 [Adolf Jensen]
  
• Arabesque in G, Op. 6 No. 4 [Génari Karganov]
  
• Sad Moments, Op. 9 No. 5 [Erkki Melartin]
  
• Ein Tanzchen (A Little Dance): No. 7 from ‘Aus der Jugendzeit’ (From youthful days), Op. 17 [Max Reger]
  
• Sonata in D for the Young, Op. 118 No. 2: 3rd movement, Abendlied (Evening Song) [Robert Schumann]
  
• Song (Pisen): No. 2 from ‘Album Leaves’, Op. 2 [Bedrich Smetana / Ralph Vaughan Williams]
  
• Birds and Bees, from ‘Spring Fancies’ [Arthur Somervell]
  
• Bluebells: No. 3 from ‘April Morn’ [William Alwyn]
  
• Stilles Gluck (Quiet Happiness), Op. 47 No. 21 [Robert Fuchs]
  
• Boys’ Merry-go-round (Ringeltanz): No. 2 from ‘Children’s Christmas’, Op. 36 [Niels Wilhelm Gade]
  
• Sketch in D, Op. 47 No. 3 [Reyngol'd Moritsevich Glier]
  
• Bien Sage (Be Good!), Op. 149 Book 1 No. 9 [Benjamin Godard]
  
• In my Homeland (Native Land), Op. 43 No. 3 [Edvard Grieg]
  
• Gipsy Dance (Zigeuner), Op. 136 No. 19 [Stephen Heller]
  
• Am Abend (In the Evening), Op. 88 No. 2 [Heinrich Hofmann]
  
• Bagatelle No. 1 from Trois bagatelles, Op. 53 [Anatoly Lyadov]
  
• Romance sans Paroles, Op. 77 No. 3 [Moritz Moszkowski]
  
• In the Garden (Im Garten), Op. 108 No. 1 [Eduard Schütt]
  
• L’Hirondelle (The Swallow), Op. 100 No. 24 [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
  
• Mazurka in A minor, Op. 68 No. 2 [Fryderyk Chopin]
  
• Polka, Op. 39 No. 10 (published as No. 14) [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]