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 Fazioli concert grand with a wonderfully deep and resonant timbre. 
This fourth volume marks a departure from those previous in that tracks are not repeated for barre exercises, in order to provide some exercises with alternative tempi or time signatures. This makes Volume 4 the most flexible and best value album to date, featuring 40 separate tracks that span a wide variety of musical genres

09 - Battement Fondu On A 3 - Bethena, A Concert Waltz - Scott Joplin - Preview

Footsteps On The Moon (instrumental)

Outer sections are an elegant, flowing waltz, separated by a long and tranquil middle section which is mostly tender and peaceful, until a rich passage built on the two circles of 5th. Overall, to my ear at least, the piece speaks through beauty to express an underlying sorrow. One of the SWWs which I found deeply moving – and rewarding – to compose

SWW38.4

Phantasies

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.


17 - Port De Bras On A 3 - The Flower Duet From Lakme - Leo Delibes

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

07 - Jete On A 2 - Russischer Marsch - Johann Strauss II

The Seasons, Op. 37a - October, Autumn Song, composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

Yann Tiersen - Lok Gweltaz (EUSA)

Strings of Hope

Strings of Hope (Full Edit)

Demo trying out my new upgrade to Pianoteq Pro 7, using the Hamburg Steinway Model D voice.
A few months ago I recorded an acoustic video on my Petrof piano which is at https://vimeo.com/455403097

Philip Glass, Metamorphosis 2

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