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. Each compilation includes a selection of musical pieces in a variety of styles and tempi, all featuring the sound of a Yamaha C3 Neo grand piano.

Every track has been tailored to last for an even number of musical counts, and each track starts with a four bar introduction. Exercises at the barre are repeated on the following track for ease of running.

This second volume in the series features a larger selection of music specifically for pointe work, and is heavily influenced by my time spent working with Gloria Grigolato, one of the many wonderful teachers at Elmhurst School for Dance.

 Tracks

Barre

Meter

Music / Composer

Demos

1

REVERENCE

3/4

Improvised / Mathews

2+3

WARMUP AT THE BARRE

4/4

“2nd Movement Sonata Op. 13” by Ludwig Van Beethoven

Track 2+3

4+5

PLIÉS

3/4

“Intermezzo” from Cavalleria Rusticana by Pietro Mascagni

Track 4+5

6+7

BATTEMENT TENDU

4/4

“Tango del Toro” by Charles Mathews

Track 6+7

8+9

BATTEMENT GLISSÉ

2/4

“Polka Italienne” by Sergei Rachmaninov

Track 8+9

10+11

BATTEMENT JETÉ

2/4

“Rag Humoresque” by Charles Mathews

Track 10+11

12+13

ROND DE JAMBE

3/4

“Quando m’en vo” from La Bohème by Giacomo Puccini

Track 12+13

14+15

BATTEMENT FONDU

4/4

“El Tango de Ensueño” by Charles Mathews

Track 14+15

16+17

BATTEMENT FRAPPÉ

2/4

“Gypsy Coda” by Charles Mathews

Track 16+17

18+19

ADAGE

4/4

“My Heart at thy Sweet Voice” from Samson and Delilah by Camille Saint - Saëns

Track 18+19

20+21

GRAND BATTEMENT

4/4

“Toreador Song” from Carmen by Georges Bizet

Track 20+21

22+23

STRETCHING

3/4

“Under a Different Sky” by Charles Mathews

Track 22+23

24

PORT DE BRAS

6/8

“O Mio Babbino Caro” from Gianni Schicchi by Giacomo Puccini

Track 24

25

BATTEMENT TENDU

4/4

“Badly Behaved Men” by Charles Mathews

Track 25

26

ADAGE

4/4

“Meditation” from Thaïs by Jules Massenet

Track 26

27

PIROUETTES

3/4

“Gamzatti’s Variation” from La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus

Track 27

28

PIROUETTES

3/4

“Pas de Deux” from Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus

Track 28

29

FOUETTÉS EN TOURNANT

2/4

“Coda in C” by Charles Mathews

Track 29

30

WARMUP JUMPS

2/4

“What Shall We Do with a Drunken Sailor” Trad. Shanty

Track 30

31

ASSEMBLÉ

2/4

“Kitri’s Variation” from Don Quixote by Ludwig Minkus

Track 31

32

JETÉS

2/4

“2nd Shade Variation” from La Bayadère by Ludwig Minkus

Track 32

33

SISSONES

6/8

“2nd Male Variation” from Giselle Act 1 by Adolf Adam

Track 33

34

GRAND ALLEGRO

3/4

“Danza Española” by Charles Mathews

Track 34

35

GRAND ALLEGRO

4/4

“Male Solo” from Swan Lake by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky

Track 35

36

TOUR EN L’AIR

4/4

“War Dance” from Rienzi by Richard Wagner

Track 36

37

POLONAISE

3/4

“Festa da Ballo” from Ernani by Giusepe Verdi

Track 37

38

POINTE - WARMUP

2/4

“Neapolitanisches Tanzlied” by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky

Track 38

39

POINTE - PASSÉ

2/4

“2nd Female Variation” from Swan Lake Pas de Trois by Piotr Illich Tchaikovsky

Track 39

40

POINTE - BALLONÉ

6/8

“Female Variation” from Paquita by Ludwig Minkus

Track 40

41

POINTE - PIROUETES

2/4

“Galop” from Orpheus in the Underworld by Jacques Offenbach

Track 41

42

POINTE - PIROUETTES EN DIAGONAL

3/4

“Swanhilda’s Solo” from Coppelia Act 1 by Léo Delibes

Track 42

43

POINTE - POSÉ TURNS

2/4

“Finalé” from the William Tell Overture by Gioachino Rossini

Track 43

44

REVERENCE

3/4

Improvised by Charles Mathews