Please use the links below to find the titles recommended in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus:

Grade 5 Scales
Scales for this Grade can be found in the ABRSM Exam Syllabus for Harpsichord

Grade 5 Sight-reading
ABRSM Harpsichord Specimen Sight Reading, Grades 4-8

Grade 5 Aurals
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book only)
ABRSM Specimen Aural Tests, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)
ABRSM Aural Training in Practice, Grades 4-5 (book and CD)

Grade 5 Pieces
One piece must be chosen from each of Lists B and C and one piece from either list A or

LIST A
1 Bull Coranto ‘Kingston’. Bull 12 Keyboard Pieces (Stainer & Bell K36)
2 Facoli Padoana prima dita la Marucina. No. 1 from Facoli: Balli d’Arpicordo (1588) (Doblinger 298)
3 Froberger Almand: from Suite (Partita) in D minor, FbWV 618a. No. 1 from John Blow’s Anthology (Stainer & Bell K37) or Froberger: New Edition of the Complete Works, Vol. 4.1 (Bärenreiter BA 8066)
4 Picchi Ballo alla Polacha. No. 3 from Picchi Dance Variations from Intavolatura di Balli d’arpicordo (London Pro Musica EK 35)
5 Purcell A New Ground (Z.682). No. 10 from Purcell: Complete Keyboard Music, Book 2 (Chester) or No. 9 from Purcell: Miscellaneous Keyboard Pieces (Stainer & Bell K22) or No. 11 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 4 (ABRSM)
6 Sweelinck Malle Sijmen, SwWV 323. No. 15 from Sweelinck: Sämtliche Werke für Tasteninstrumente, Vol. 4 (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8744)
7 Tomkins Worster Brawls. Tomkins: 15 Dances (Stainer & Bell K2)
8 Valente Lo Ballo dell’Intorcia. No. 6 from Silva Ibérica, Vol. 2 (Schott ED 5494)

LIST B
1 F. Couperin L’Atalante (from 2e livre, 12e ordre). P. 22 from F. Couperin: Anthologie pour Clavecin (L’Oiseau-Lyre OL941)
2 F. Couperin La Milordine (Gigue) (from 1er livre, 1er ordre). P. 42 from Couperin; Anthologie pour Clavecin (L’Oiseau-Lyre OL941)
3 Daquin La Mélodieuse (Rondeau) (from 1er livre). P. 106 from Early French Keyboard Music, Vols 1 & 2 (OUP archive)
4 Dieupart Gigue (from Suite 1 from Six Suittes de Clavessin). P. 66 from Early French Keyboard Music, Vols 1 & 2 (OUP archive)
5 Jacquet de la Guerre Sarabande in D minor (from Pièces de Clavecin). P. 44 from Early French Keyboard Music, Vols 1 & 2 (OUP archive)
6 Rameau Menuets 1 and 2 (from Nouvelles Suites de Pièces de Clavecin). Rameau: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter BA 6582) or Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin (Bärenreiter BA 3800) or No. 34 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 3 (ABRSM)
7 Rameau Tambourin (from Pièces de Clavecin). Rameau: Complete Keyboard Works, Vol. 1 (Bärenreiter BA 6581) or Rameau: Pièces de Clavecin (Bärenreiter BA 3800)
8 Royer La Sensible (Rondeau). Royer: Pièces de Clavecin (Heugel LP 71)

LIST C
1 J. S. Bach Menuet: 5th movt from Suite in A minor, BWV 818a. No. 28 from Baroque Keyboard Pieces, Book 3 (ABRSM)
2 J. S. Bach Little Prelude in D minor, BWV 926 (from Klavierbüchlein für W. F. Bach) J. S. Bach: Little Preludes & Fughettas (Bärenreiter BA 5238 or Henle 106)
3 J. S. Bach Prelude in D, BWV 936: (No. 4 from Sechs kleine Präludien) J. S. Bach: Little Preludes & Fughettas (Bärenreiter BA 5238 or Henle, with fingering, without fingering)
4 Buxtehude Allemande: from Suite in E minor, BuxWV 236. No. 10 from Buxtehude: Sämtliche Suiten und Variationen (Breitkopf & Härtel EB 8077)
5 Buxtehude Canzona in G minor, BuxWV 173. No. 35 from Buxtehude: New Edition of the Complete Organ Works, Vol. 3 (Bärenreiter BA 8223)
6 Fischer Ouverture: 1st movt from Suite in G, ‘Calliope’. Fischer: Musicalischer Parnassus: Neun Suiten für Cembalo (Schott ED 6254
7 Handel Allemande: 1st movt from Suite in D minor (1733), HWV 436. No. 3 from Handel: Klavierwerke, Vol. 2 (Bärenreiter BA 4221) or No. 3 from Handel: Klaviersuiten und Klavierstücke (1733) (Henle 472) or No. 5 from Handel: Selected Keyboard Works, Book 3 (5 Miscellaneous Suites) (ABRSM)
8 Handel Courante: 2nd movt from Suite in G minor, HWV 452. No. 7 from Handel: Klavierwerke, Vol. 3 (Bärenreiter BA 4222) or No. 2 from Handel: Selected Keyboard Works, Book 3 (5 Miscellaneous Suites) (ABRSM)
9 Muffat Gigue: 7th movt from Partita in C minor. Muffat: Partitas and Pieces (Schott ED 2827)

LIST D
1 C. P. E. Bach Presto in C minor, Wq. 114/3. No. 6 from C. P. E. Bach: Selected Keyboard Works, Book 2 (Miscellaneous Pieces) (ABRSM)
2 J. C. Bach Allegro: 1st movt from Sonata in A, Op. 17 No. 5. No. 5 from J. C. Bach: Klaviersonaten, Vol. 2, Op. 17 (Henle 333)
3 Stephen Dodgson Invention No. 5 (Andante maestoso): from Six Inventions, Set 3. P. 44 from Dodgson: Works for Harpsichord, Vol. 2 (Cadenza Music)
4 Peter Heeren Nos 4 and 5: from Fünf Stücke für Cembalo (Universal UE 30119)
5 Hurlebusch Larghetto: 2nd movt from Sonata No. 2 in F minor (with cadenza). Hurlebusch: Keyboard Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Elkan-Vogel) (now out of print)
6 Paradies Giga (Allegro): 2nd movt from Sonata No. 5 in F. Paradies: Sonate di Gravicembalo, Vol. 1 (Schott ED 6120)
7 D. Scarlatti Sonata in G minor, Kp. 8. Scarlatti Sonatas, Vol. 1 (Heugel LP 31
8 D. Scarlatti Sonata in G (Capriccio), Kp. 63. Scarlatti Sonatas, Vol. 2 (Heugel LP 32)

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