ballet ?

Ballet 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 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.


22 - Pirouettes En Diagonal - Tavern Scene From Don Quixote - Ludwig Minkus

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

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

05 - Glisse On A 2 - Persischer Marsch - Johann Strauss II

04 - Tendu On A 3 - Minuet In G - J S Bach

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

02 - Plies - Adagio From Fanny Elssler Pas De Deux - John Lanchbery

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