Dame Fanny Waterman: Piano Treasury, Volume Two: Piano Book

Waterman's curation puts this collection in a different category from generic graded anthologies. She selected each piece based on its proven appeal to serious pianists across generations, then annotated them with the kind of practical teaching insights that come from actually working with advanced students. The result is repertoire that feels curated for musicianship, not just difficulty.

Each piece carries the weight of careful selection and the polish of time. These are works that have earned their place through appeal to serious musicians, offering advanced students the satisfaction of performing music that skilled pianists have chosen to revisit throughout their careers.

Advanced Grade 6-8 pianists preparing for competitions, recitals, and concert performances. Teachers seeking carefully selected repertoire that combines technical rigor with genuine musical substance and proven performance history.

• Spend time with Waterman's notes before rehearsing; they often isolate the specific interpretive or technical challenge that makes each piece distinctive.
• Build the programming of these pieces around the character of individual selections rather than treating them interchangeably as advanced fillers.
• Use these for competition prep and recital encores where a single thoughtful piece can demonstrate artistic maturity.
• Revisit these regularly across multiple years, the depth in pieces chosen by Waterman rewards returning to them as students advance.

Feature individual selections as recital centerpieces or competition repertoire, where the prestige of Waterman's curation adds credibility to a student's performance choice. Alternatively, structure a showcase concert around a small group of selections, allowing advanced students to demonstrate range and interpretive maturity in one program.

• Stylistic interpretation across multiple repertoire periods and genres
• Memorization of substantial solo works
• Preparation for competition and adjudicated performance
• Understanding of touch and tone production in service of musical character
• Recognition of the musical qualities that make repertoire enduringly worthy