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Christmas Classics is the first Christmas ballet class album to be arranged and performed by Charles Mathews.  Featuring 23 festive hits, this album is guaranteed to add some festive sparkle to your ballet class.  In a change from the normal format, this collection not only features the sound of a grand piano, but also additional instrumentation such as glockenspiel and sleigh bells to enhance the musical mood.

5 - Tendu 2 - Let It Snow

4 - Tendu 1 - I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Klaus

2 - Plie 3 - 4 - O Holy Night

The Music for Ballet Classes series is a collection of CDs designed to provide dancers and dance teachers with all the music necessary for a complete classical ballet class. The featured piano on this album is a fantastic 9ft Yamaha concert grand.
This is the 5th volume of in the series, and features a further 40 tracks of inspiring music taken from some of the greatest classical, opera, ballet and ragtime composers to have ever lived.


26 - Jetes - Ballet Music To Jerusalem (Act 3, 16 No. 2 Pas De Deux) - Giuseppe Verdi

25 - Assembles - I Wish I Was In Dixie - Daniel Emmett

16 - Port De Bras On A 4 - Nocturne In C Sharp Minor - Frederic Chopin

15 - Stretching - Pas De Deux From Paquita - Ludwig Minkus

14 - Grand Battement En Cloche - Male Variation From Diana And Actaeon Pas De Deux - Riccardo Drigo

13 - Grand Battement - La Gazza Ladra - Gioachino Rossini

08 - Rond De Jambe - Waltz In A Minor - Frederic Chopin

03 - Tendu On A 2 - Grand Pas De Deux From Don Quixote - Ludwig Minkus

Charles Mathews is an experienced ballet and contemporary accompanist, who has worked with teachers and dancers from Birmingham Royal Ballet, Elmhurst School for Dance, The Royal Academy of Dance, The Royal Ballet School, The British Ballet Organisation and DNA3D Dance Company amongst others. As well as playing for classical ballet, Charles also plays and improvises for contemporary dance classes and composes original music and arrangements for ballet and contemporary dancers. He has also written and recorded music for film trailers, computer games, mobile apps, the opening ceremonies of the European Gymnastics Championships and 2011 World Gymnaestrada in Lausanne, Switzerland.  Charles can be contacted via http://www.musicforballetclasses.com