Works for Piano

Features 20 of the great French master's finest piano works, some long out of print:Impromptu(1873),Valse(1878),Ronde champetre(1870's),10 Pieces pittoresques(1880),Aubade(1883),Habanera(1885),Joyeuse marche(1888),Ballabile, CapriceandFeuillet d'album(1880's), andBourree fantasque(1891). Edited by pianist and musical scholar Roy Howat.

Glossary of French Terms
Introduction
  Notes on the Music
  Chabrier's Tempos
  Souces and Variants
Impromptu
Ronde champêtre • Rustic round
Petite valse • Little waltz
Pièces pittoresques • Picturesque pieces
1. Paysage • Landscape
2. Mélancolie • Melancholy
3. Tourbillon • Whirlwind
4. Sous bois • In the woods
5. Mauresque • In Moorish style
6. Idylle • Idyll
7. Danse villageoise • Village dance
8. Improvisation
9. Menuet pompeux • Festive minuet
10. Scherzo-valse • Scherzo-waltz
Aubade • Dawn serenade
Habanera
Ballabile • Dancelike
Caprice
Feuillet d'album • Albumleaf
Joyeuse marche • Joyous march
Bourrée fantasque • Fantastic bourrée