Gounod Funeral March of a Marionette and Other Pieces (ABRSM

Easier Piano Pieces 53

– 19th-century French composer Charles Gounod is best knownas a composer of operas, including the well-known Faust – this album presents a varied selection of 10 of the few works he composed for piano, beginning with the story-telling ‘Funeral March for a Marionette’, which Gounod later orchestrated

Contents:

• Funeral March of a Marionette
• La Pervenche (The Periwinkle), Romance sans Paroles
• La Veneziana, Barcarolle
• Le Bal d’Enfants (Children’s Dance), Valse facile
• Le Lierre (Ivy), Romance sans Paroles
• Le Soir (The Evening), Romance sans Paroles
• Les Pifferari (The Bagpipers), Impromptu
• Matinee de Mai (May Morning)
• Musette in A minor, Impromptu
• Prelude in C minor