Fascinations is a volume of quirky juxtapositions and intriguing pieces of music. L&oelig,illet is cheek-by-jowl with Liszt, Schumann with Scarlatti and Sjögren. There are some fine newly-written miniatures, but also some extraordinary pieces by well-known composers, such as Mozart&rsquo,s bizarre Funeral march of Signor Maestro Contrapunto or the unsophisticated music-making faithfully represented in Gounod&rsquo,s Bagpipers and Tchaikovsky&rsquo,s The peasant plays the mouth-organ. Dance movements by Telemann, Schubert, Rameau, Ji&#341,ovec and Zilcher all have something unexpected or piquant about them, although they are technically straightforward and a joy to play. For intermediate-level pianists. Piano Moods is an exciting new piano series from Boosey & Hawkes. Each volume is devoted to a particular mood. The pieces chosen draw on Boosey & Hawkes' extensive collection of wonderful music as well as lesser-known gems from the past - some of them from surprising sources - and newly composed works.