Music for Ballet Classes, Volume Five

~ Release by Charles Mathews (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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1Warmup (3/4, 64 counts): Keegan’s Waltz
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
Traditional Irish2:03
2Plié (3/4, 64 counts): Fanny Elssler pas de deux from La Fille mal gardée
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
La Fille mal gardée: Act I: No. 16. The Fanny Elssler Pas de deux
composer:
Ferdinand Hérold (French opera and ballet composer) and John Lanchbery (conductor)
part of:
La Fille mal gardée: Act I
John Lanchbery2:30
3Battement tendu (2/4, 64 counts): Grand Pas de deux from Don Quixote
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Don Quixote (Ballet)
composer:
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus1:16
4Battement tendu (3/4, 64 counts): Minuet in G major
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
Johann Sebastian Bach1:46
5Battement glissé (2/4, 128 counts): Persischer Marsch
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Persischer Marsch, op. 289
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 289)
Johann Strauss II1:21
6Battement glissé (3/4, 64 counts): Frühlingsstimmen
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
arrangement of:
Frühlingsstimmen, op. 410 (Voices of Spring)
Johann Strauss II1:06
7Battement jeté (2/4, 64 counts): Russischer Marsch
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Russischer Marsch, op. 426
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son)
part of:
Works of Johann Strauss Jr. by opus number (number: op. 426)
Johann Strauss II0:54
8Rond de jambe (3/4, 64 counts): Waltz in A minor
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
Frédéric Chopin2:04
9Battement fondu (Habanera, 64 counts): "Vesti la giubba" from Pagliacci
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Vesti la giubba” (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Ruggero Leoncavallo (composer)
arrangement of:
Pagliacci: Atto I. “Recitar!” … “Vesti la giubba” (Canio)
Ruggero Leoncavallo1:56
10Battement frappé (2/4, 64 counts): Tambourin
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Tambourin
composer:
François‐Joseph Gossec (composer)
part of:
Le triomphe de la République, RH 618
François-Joseph Gossec1:03
11Adage (3/4, 64 counts): Ma Vlast: No. 2. Vltava
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau) (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Bedřich Smetana (composer)
arrangement of:
Má vlast: II. Vltava, JB 1:112/2 (Die Moldau)
Bedřich Smetana2:08
12Adage (4/4, 64 counts): Pas de deux from Le Corsaire
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
Le Corsaire: Pas de deux
composer:
Riccardo Drigo (composer)
Adolphe Adam2:47
13Grand Battement (2/4, 64 counts): La gazza ladra
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
La gazza ladra
composer:
Gioachino Rossini (composer)
librettist:
Giovanni Gherardini
Gioachino Rossini1:32
14Grand Battement en cloche (3/4, 64 counts): Male Variation from Diana and Actaeon (Pas de deux)
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
Diana and Actaeon: Pas de deux
composer:
Riccardo Drigo (composer)
Riccardo Drigo1:15
15Stretching (3/4, 64 counts): Pas de deux from Paquita
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Paquita
composer:
Édouard Deldevez (French conductor, violinist and composer) and Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus2:01
16Port de bras (4/4, 64 counts): Nocturne in C-sharp minor
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
Frédéric Chopin2:36
17Port de bras (3/4, 32 counts): The Flower Duet from Lakmé
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
Lakmé: Flower Duet (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Léo Delibes (French composer)
arrangement of:
Lakmé : Acte I. No. 2 Duetto « Viens, Mallika, les lianes en fleurs » … « Dôme épais le jasmin » (Lakmé, Mallika)
Léo Delibes1:25
18Battement tendu (2/4, 64 counts): Toreador Song from Carmen
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Carmen Suite no. 2: IV. Chanson du toréador
composer:
Georges Bizet (French composer)
is based on:
Carmen : Acte II. No. 14 Couplets « Votre toast, je peux vous le rendre » … « Toréador, en garde ! » (Escamillo, Mercédès, Frasquita, Carmen, Moralès, Zuniga, Lillas Pastia, chœur d’hommes) (“Chanson du toréador”)
part of:
Carmen Suite no. 2
Georges Bizet1:33
19Battement tendu (faster) (2/4, 64 counts): Clog Dance from La Fille mal gardée
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
La Fille mal gardée: Act I: No. 17a. Clog Dance
composer:
Ferdinand Hérold (French opera and ballet composer) and John Lanchbery (conductor)
part of:
La Fille mal gardée: Act I
John Lanchbery1:21
20Adage (slow) (3/4, 32 counts): Dance With Paris from Romeo and Juliet
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I, Scene II. No. 13. Dance of the Knights
composer:
Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев (Sergei Prokofiev, Russian composer)
part of:
Romeo and Juliet, op. 64: Act I
Sergei Prokofiev1:57
21Adage (faster) (6/8, 128 counts): Kingdom of the Shades from La Bayadere
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
La Bayadère
composer:
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus2:38
22Pirouettes en diagonal (3/4, 80 counts): Tavern Scene from Don Quixote
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Don Quixote (Ballet)
composer:
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus2:00
23Pirouettes en diagonal (3/4, 128 counts): The Blue Danube
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (catch-all for arrangements)
composer:
Johann Strauss (Johann Strauss II, Austro-German composer, „Walzerkönig“, Johann Strauss II, Sohn, Jr., the Younger, the Son) (in 1866)
arrangement of:
An der schönen blauen Donau, op. 314 (On the Beautiful Blue Danube, op. 314)
Johann Strauss II2:41
24Warmup jumps (2/4, 64 counts): The Baltimore Salute
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
The Baltimore Salute
composer:
Josie McDermott
Josie McDermott0:45
25Assemblés (2/4, 128 counts): I Wish I Was in Dixie
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial instrumental recording of:
Dixie
lyricist and composer:
Daniel Decatur Emmett (19th century songwriter)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Klezmer Corp (publisher, ASCAP)
Daniel Decatur Emmett1:21
26Jetés (6/8, 96 counts): Ballet Music from Jerusalem
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Jérusalem : Acte III.
part of:
Jérusalem
Giuseppe Verdi1:25
27Brisé volé (6/8, 128 counts): Maypole Dance from La Fille mal gardée
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
La Fille mal gardée: Act I: No. 18. Maypole Dance
composer:
Ferdinand Hérold (French opera and ballet composer) and John Lanchbery (conductor)
part of:
La Fille mal gardée: Act I
Ferdinand Hérold1:51
28Balloné (6/8, 128 counts): Ballet Music from Gustave III
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
Gustave III, ou Le bal masqué
composer:
Daniel François Esprit Auber (composer)
librettist:
Eugène Scribe
Daniel Auber1:50
29Sissones (3/4, 64 counts): Solor’s Variation from La Bayadere
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
La Bayadère
composer:
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus1:19
30Sissones (faster) (3/4, 64 counts): Male Variation from Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky1:11
31Grand Allegro (3/4, 64 counts): Slave’s Variation from Le Corsaire
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Le Corsaire
composer:
Adolphe Adam (French composer) (in 1856)
librettist:
Jules-Henri Vernoy de Saint-Georges
is based on:
The Corsair
Adolphe Adam1:30
32Grand Allegro (faster) (3/4, 64 counts): Etude in D minor
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
Carl Czerny1:14
33Tour en l'air (4/4, 32 counts): Jean de Brienne’s Variation from Raymonda
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Raymonda, op. 57
composer:
Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) (in 1898)
publisher:
Musikverlag M. P. Belaieff (in 1898)
premiered at:
Мариинский театр (Mariinsky Theatre, Mariinsky Theatre) in Sankt-Peterburg (Saint Petersburg), Russia (on 1898-01-19)
part of:
Works of Alexander Glazunov by opus number (number: op. 57)
Alexander Glazunov0:46
34Fouettés (Coda, 96 counts): Dizzy Fingers
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
recording of:
Dizzy Fingers
composer:
Zez Confrey (in 1923)
Zez Confrey1:46
35Pointe warmup (2/4, 128 counts): Desecration Humoresque
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Desecration
composer:
Felix Arndt
is based on:
6 Stücke, op. 32: Nr. 3. Frühlingsrauschen (6 Pieces, op. 32: No. 3. Rustle of Spring, for piano)
is based on:
19 Hungarian Rhapsodies, S. 244 / R. 106: No. 2 in C‐sharp minor, S. 244 no. 2 (original piano solo version)
is based on:
Humoresque no. 7 for Piano in G-flat major, B. 187/7, op. 101 no. 7: Poco lento e grazioso (for piano)
is based on:
Polonaise in A‐flat major, op. 53 “Heroique”
is based on:
Scherzo no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 31
is based on:
Sonata for Piano no. 2 in B‐flat minor, op. 35 “Funeral March”
Felix Arndt1:20
36Pointe passé (2/4, 128 counts): Cupid’s Variation from Don Quixote
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Don Quixote (Ballet)
composer:
Ludwig Minkus
Ludwig Minkus1:34
37Pointe balloné (6/8, 64 counts): Coda from Swan Lake, Act II
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13: Danses des cygnes: VII. Coda: Allegro vivo
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II (ed. Drigo)
part of:
Swan Lake, op. 20: Act II, no. 13: Danses des cygnes
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky0:55
38Pointe pirouettes (3/4, 64 counts): Skater’s Waltz
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Les Patineurs, op. 183 (The Skaters, op. 183)
composer:
Émile Waldteufel (classical composer) (in 1882)
Émile Waldteufel1:36
39Pointe posé turns (2/4, 64 counts): Kitri’s Variation from Don Quixote, Act 1
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
partial recording of:
Don Quixote: Act I
composer:
Ludwig Minkus
part of:
Don Quixote (Ballet)
Ludwig Minkus1:10
40Reverence (3/4, 8 counts)
piano:
Charles Mathews (British ballet accompanist)
Charles Mathews0:26