(預售7折 Pre-order 30% off) (Package) ABRSM Encore Plus: Book 1 - 4, Grades Initial to 8

Encore Plus is a fresh collection of engaging, high-quality piano pieces drawn from recent ABRSM syllabuses.

Carefully selected for their musical appeal and educational value, these proven favourites make learning enjoyable while supporting technical and stylistic development.

Explore modern gems and timeless classics, such as Chee-Hwa Tan’s The Swing and Clementi’s Arietta in C. For each piece there is an informative footnote offering contextual background and ideas for activities to explore the music.

Students and teachers alike will find a rich and rewarding resource designed to build confidence, inspire curiosity and develop lasting musical skills. Recordings of every piece are available on major streaming and download services

Book 1 features 27 pieces at Initial to Grade 2:

• The Lost Bone (No. 9 from Little Dog Tales) [Yvonne M. Adair]
• Melody in G (No. 39 from École préliminaire de piano, Op. 101) [Ferdinand Beyer]
• Dodgems (from Party Time! On Holiday) [Alan Bullard]
• Detective Wombat Blues [Julie Knerr Hague]
• Sprinkling Stardust [Karen Marshall]
• Gavotte in G (from Terpsichore) [Michael Praetorius]
• The Waltz of the Toads (from Tio on Tour) [Kerstin Strecke]
• What shall we do with the drunken sailor? [Trad.]
• Patterns (No. 10 from Kinder-Klavierschule) [Heinrich Wohlfahrt]
• Arietta in C (Lesson Five from Op. 42) [Muzio Clementi]
• Sneaky Business (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 1) [Martha Mier]
• Never Vex a Tyrannosaurus Rex! [Paul Drayton]
• Løvet faller (from Barnebilder) [Knut Nystedt]
• A Morning Sunbeam (No. 3 from Three Sketches for Little Pianists) [Florence B. Price]
• Minuet, Z. 649 [Henry Purcell]
• The Swing (from Through the Windowpane) [Chee-Hwa Tan]
• Muss i denn [Trad. German]
• Little Whale Explores the Calm Sea [Caroline Tyler]
• Daydream [Kristina Arakelyan]
• Dusty Blue (from Paint Box) [June Armstrong]
• Allegretto (1st movt from Sonatina No. 3 in F) [Thomas Attwood]
• Wonderful Tonight [Eric Clapton]
• The Singing Swan [Alexis Ffrench]
• Impertinence, HWV 494 [George Frideric Handel]
• Serenade (No. 18 from Album for the Young, Op. 140) [Cornelius Gurlitt]
• Tarantella (from Little Stories) [Agnieszka Lasko]
• Waltz in G (No. 2 from Poklad melodií, Vol. 2) [Bedrich Smetana]

Book 2 contains 18 pieces at Grades 3 & 4:

• Anastasia (from It's a Piano Thing, Book 2) [Ailbhe McDonagh]
• Minuet in G, BWV Anh. II 116 [Anon.]
• Where is love? (from Oliver!) [Lionel Bart]
• L'harmonie des anges (No. 21 from 25 études faciles et progressives, Op. 100) [Johann Friedrich Franz Burgmüller]
• Vivace (3rd movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 36 No. 1) [Muzio Clementi]
• Indigo (No. 6 from Rainbow) [Paul Harris]
• Blues in the Attic [Nikki Iles]
• The Entertainer [Scott Joplin]
• Bransle de la torche (from Terpsichore) [Michael Praetorius]
• Pentatonic Tune (No. 29 from For Children, Vol. 1) [Béla Bartók]
• The Reef (No. 5 from In Southern Seas) [Walter Carroll]
• Sonata in G, C. 34 [Domenico Cimarosa]
• Canción para dormir una muñeca (No. 7 from 17 piezas infantiles) [Antonio Estévez]
• Buried Rubies (No. 8 from Treasure Trove) [Alison Mathews]
• Ninette's Musette (No. 5 from Romantic Impressions) [George Nevada]
• Erster Verlust (No. 16 from Album für die Jugend, Op. 68) [Robert Schumann]
• Bourrée (3rd movt from Partita in G minor) [Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel]
• Allegretto (2nd movt from Sonatina in A, Op. 41 No. 12) [Johann Baptist Vanhal]

Book 3 contains 18 pieces at Grades 5 and 6:

• Film Noir [Mike Cornick]
• Andante in A, Hob. I:53/II [Joseph Haydn]
• Mister Trumpet Man (from New Orleans Jazz Styles) [William Gillock]
• Cavalryman: No. 29 from 30 Children’s Pieces, Op. 27 [Dmitry Borisovich Kabalevsky]
• Wind in the Willows (from Allsorts) [Bernadette Marmion]
• A Distant Star in the Stillness [David Önaç]
• Sonata in A, K. 323 (L. 95) [Domenico Scarlatti]
• Jester's Jig (No. 7 from A Royal Birthday Celebration: Suite in Baroque Style) [Chee-Hwa Tan]
• Chant de l'alouette (No. 22 from Album pour enfants, Op. 39) [Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky]
• Over the Rainbow (from The Wizard of Oz) [Harold Arlen / Edgar Yipsel Harburg]
• Liten Fugl (No. 4 from Lyriske småstykker, Op. 43) [Edvard Grieg]
• Allegro (1st movt from Sonatina in C, Op. 20 No. 1) [Friedrich Kuhlau]
• Valse lente, Op. 33 [Oskar Merikanto]
• Opening Night Jazz (from Jazz, Rags & Blues, Book 5) [Martha Mier]
• Invention No. 6 in E, BWV 777 [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Scherzo in B flat (No. 1 from Two Scherzos, D. 593) [Franz Schubert]
• Sonata alla Scarlatti [Germaine Tailleferre]
• Lavender Field [Karen Tanaka]

Book 4 contains 15 pieces at Grades 7 and 8:

• Bagatelle in E flat (No. 1 from Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33) [Ludwig van Beethoven]
• Canope (No. 10 from Préludes, Book 2) [Claude Debussy]
• Andante espressivo (No. 1 from Sechs Lieder ohne Worte, Op. 62) [Felix Mendelssohn]
• Pink Minor (No. 1 from Colour Suite) [Madeleine Dring]
• Allemande and Courante (2nd and 3rd movts from Suite in D minor, HWV 437) [George Frideric Handel]
• Cradle Song (No. 3 from Suite of the Zhuang People's Village) [Ni Hongjin]
• Allegro (2nd movt from Sonata No. 6 in A) [Domenico Paradies]
• Rondo (No. 1 from Three Rondos on Folk Tunes) [Béla Bartók]
• Sarabande and Gigue (4th and 6th movts from English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807) [Johann Sebastian Bach]
• Étude in D flat, Op. 41 No. 5 [Louise Farrenc]
• Waltz in B minor, Op. 69 No. 2 [Fryderyk Chopin]
• Alla Turca (3rd movt from Sonata in A, K. 331) [Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]
• Autumn Crocus [Billy Mayerl]
• Over the Bars [James P. Johnson]
• Prelude and Fugue in B flat (No. 2 from Three Preludes and Fugues, Op. 16) [Clara Schumann]