Classical Favourites from Russia for piano

For this collection of pieces, Nicolai Podgornov has produced masterful arrangements of classics from russian operas, ballets and symphonies. Compositions such as the famous waltz from Tchaikovsky’s Sleeping Beauty or the main theme from his Swan Lake, the waltz from shostakovich’s Jazz Suite No. 2, Prokofiev’s Montagues and Capulets from the ballet Romeo and Juliet, Khachaturian’s Sabre Dance from Gayane and his Adagio from the ballet Spartacus – all of these are sure to give great pleasure to intermediate-level piano students. Nicolai Podgornov has expertly arranged these popular pieces with easy fingering so that playing them is straightforward – after all, familiar pieces are easier to master.

• Well-known, easy-to-play melodies from the Russian classics (’Sabre Dance’, ’Waltz No. 2’, ’Flight of the Bumblebee’ etc.)
• Easy to moderately difficult and masterfully arranged by Nicolai Podgornov
• Includes illustrations of the composers

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