Balett

Classical music

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

34 - Fouettes - Kitris Variation From Don Quixote Act 1 - Ludwig Minkus

37 - Pointe Passe - Female Variation From Tchaikovsky Pas De Deux - Tchaikovsky - Preview

39 - Pointe Pirouettes - Dream Variation From Raymonda Act 1 - Alexander Glazunov - Preview

"The Flower Duet" (French: Duo des fleurs / Sous le dôme épais) is a famous duet for sopranos from Léo Delibes' opera Lakmé, first performed in Paris in 1883. 

The duet takes place in act 1 of the three-act opera, between characters Lakmé, the daughter of a Brahmin priest, and her servant Mallika, as they go to gather flowers by a river.

Classical Music - The Essential Collection

Sous Le Dôme Épais "Flower Duet"

Flower Duet

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.


24 - Warmup Jump - The Baltimore Salute - Josie McDermott

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

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

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

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

Puccini: Opera Arias and Love Scenes

Madama Butterfly: The Flower Duet

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