Great Piano Solos: The Purple Book (Easy Piano Edition)

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• Author: Wise Publications
• ISBN: 9781783231690
• Publisher: Music Sales Limited
• Publication: September 8, 2008
• Imprint: Wise Publications
• Language: English

The Great Piano Solos: The Purple Book (Easy Piano Edition) is a superb collection of thirty pieces specially arranged for easy Piano, grade 1-3 standard, including showtunes, jazz and blues classics, pop favourites, great standards, film themes and classical pieces. This volume is ideal for both the working pianist as well as the student, with a wide variety of pieces for a wide range of performance situations.

It includes:

Classical Music

- Adagio For Strings Op.11 [Barber]
- Canon In D [Pachelbel]
- Eine Kleine Nachtmusik (First Movement Theme) [Mozart]
- Habañera (Carmen) [Bizet]
- Sarabande In D Minor [Handel]

Film Themes
- The English Patient (from The English Patient)
- Theme From E.T. (from The Extra Terrestrial)
- Feather Theme (from Forrest Gump)
- Into The West (from The Lord Of The Rings: The Return Of The King)
- Theme (from Schindler's List)

Great Standards
- Come Fly With Me [Frank Sinatra]
- Mona Lisa [Nat King Cole]
- Pennies From Heaven [Bing Crosby]
- Strangers In The Night [Frank Sinatra]
- The Very Thought Of You [Nat King Cole]

Jazz & Blues
- Desafinado (Slightly Out Of Tune) [Antonio Carlos Jobim]
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free [Nina Simone]
- Lullaby Of Birdland [George Shearing]
- Satin Doll [Duke Ellington]
- Well You Needn't (It's Over Now) [Thelonious Monk]

Pop Favourites
- (They Long To Be) Close To You [The Carpenters]
- Clocks [Coldplay]
- Hey Jude [The Beatles]
- The Lady In Red [Chris De Burgh]
- Leave Right Now [Will Young]

Showtunes
- Consider Yourself (from Oliver!)
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina (from Evita)
- Luck Be A Lady (from Guys And Dolls)
- Mamma Mia (from Mamma Mia!)
- On My Own (from Les Misérables)