Music for Ballet Class Volume 1
The CD, played on a Steinway Grand piano, has 45 tracks of well-known melodies from "Tea for Two" to "Traviata". Several exercises have slower and faster versions. Boys' exercises are included and music for Fouettes, from "Swan Lake".
Audio CD – £14.99
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Track list and samples
| # | Name | Signature | Bars | Duration | Exercise | Sample |
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| 1 | Warm-Up - Bewitched, R.Rodgers - La Vie en Rose, Louiguy | 4/4 | 48 | 2:21 | Barre | |
| 2 | Leg Swings - Scheherazade, Rimsky-Korsakov | 3/4 | 32 | 0:55 | Barre | |
| 3 | Pliés - Intermezzo, Mascagni 2nd Side, "Love is my Reason", Novello | 3/4 | 64 | 4:20 | Barre |
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| 4 | Battements Tendus - "More", Oliviero | 4/4 | 16 | 2:00 | Barre | |
| 5 | 2nd Tendus - "Falling in Love Again" Hollander | 3/4 | 32 | 2:00 | Barre | |
| 6 | 3rd Tendus - La Gioconda, Ponchielli | 4/4 | 16 | 1:08 | Barre |
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| 7 | Batt. Glissés - Grizzly Bear Rag, Botsford | 4/4 | 16 | 0:45 | Barre | |
| 8 | Batt. Dégagés - from "Oklahoma", Rodgers | 2/4 | 16 | 0:45 | Barre | |
| 9 | Batt. Dégagés - Liberty Bell, J. Sousa | 6/8 | 32 | 1:12 | Barre | |
| 10 | Ronds de Jambe a Terre - La Traviata, Verdi | 3/4 | 32 +16 | 3:43 | Barre |
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| 11 | Battement Fondu, Tango - Jamaica Farewell, Burgie | 4/4 | 16 | 1:24 | Barre |
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| 12 | Battement Fondu - "Fly me to the Moon", Howard | 3/4 | 16 | 1:04 | Barre | |
| 13 | Batt. Frappés - from Faust, Gounod | 4/4 | 16 | 0:55 | Barre | |
| 14 | Quicker Frappés - Double Concerto op.102, Brahms | 2/4 | 16 | 0:49 | Barre |
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| 15 | Ronds de Jambe en l’air - Santa Lucia, Cottrau | 3/4 | 32 | 1:28 | Barre | |
| 16 | Adage - Spartacus, Khachaturian | 4/4 | 16 | 1:54 | Barre | |
| 17 | Adage - Tosca, Puccini | 3/4 | 32 | 1:02 | Barre | |
| 18 | Petits Battements - M. Kazimirska | 2/4 | 16 +8 | 0:55 | Barre | |
| 19 | Grands Battements - "Oh, Lady be Good", Gershwin | 4/4 | 16 | 1:20 | Barre | |
| 20 | Quicker Grands Batts. - Lucia di Lammermoor, Donizetti | 4/4 | 16 | 1:00 | Barre | |
| 21 | Grands Battements - La Traviata, Verdi | 3/4 | 32 | 1:05 | Barre | |
| 22 | Stretching - "Souvenir de Florence", Tchaikovsky | 3/4 | 64 | 2:21 | Barre |
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| # | Name | Signature | Bars | Duration | Exercise | - |
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| 23 | Port de Bras - Sonata for flute, Bach | 6/8 | 16 | 1:05 | Centre | |
| 24 | Battements Tendus La Ci Darem La Mano, Mozart | 4/4 | 32 | 1:05 | Centre | |
| 25 | Battements Dégagés - "Tea for Two", Youmans | 2/4 | 32 | 0:50 | Centre |
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| 26 | Adage - Violin Concerto, Bruch | 3/4 | 32 | 1:04 | Centre | |
| 27 | Adage - from Carmen, Bizet | 4/4 | 32 | 0:54 | Centre | |
| 28 | Attitude Pirouettes - Waltz in Ab, Chopin | 3/4 | 64 | 1:31 | Centre | |
| 29 | Grands Batts. with Pirouettes - Polonaise, Tchaikovsky | 3/4 | 16 | 0:35 | Centre | |
| 30 | Pirouettes - Waltz in E minor, Shostakovich - "Wien, Wien nur du Allein", Sieczynski | 3/4 | 64 | 2:13 | Centre |
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| 31 | Chainés - Thumbelina, Loesser - Quicker: South Pacific, Rodgers | 2/4 | 48 | 1:46 | Centre | |
| 32 | Petit Allegro - Rag Baby, Losey | 2/4 | 16 | 0:24 | Centre | |
| 33 | More small jumps - William Tell, Rossini | 2/4 | 32 | 0:40 | Centre | |
| 34 | Echappés - Fashion Rag, Cohen | 2/4 | 32 | 0:39 | Centre |
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| 35 | Slower tempo for Boys - Fashion Rag, Cohen | 2/4 | 16 | 0:25 | Centre | |
| 36 | Echappés, quicker tempo - Fashion Rag, Cohen | 2/4 | 16 | 0:19 | Centre | |
| 37 | Assemblés - Flower Festival, Helsted Don Pasquale, Donizetti | 6/8 | 40 | 1:00 | Centre | |
| 38 | Sissonnes - Don Quixote, Minkus | 3/4 | 64 | 1:00 | Centre | |
| 39 | Grand Allegro - Merry Widow Waltz, Lehar - Wunderbar, C. Porter - Le Corsaire, Drigo | 3/4 | 64 | 2:36 | Centre | |
| 40 | Boys’ Enchainement - From Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky | 6/8 | 16 | 0:20 | Centre | |
| 41 | Boys’ Tours en l’Air - From Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky | 4/4 | 16 | 0:36 | Centre | |
| 42 | Coda - Le Corsaire, Drigo - Flower Festival, Helsted | 2/4 | 48 | 1:09 | Centre | |
| 43 | Fouettés - From Swan Lake, Tchaikovsky | 2/4 | 16 +32 | 0:46 | Centre |
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| 44 | Turns in 2nd, or Fouettés - Don Quixote, Minkus | 2/4 | 16 +16 | 0:36 | Centre | |
| 45 | Port de Bras - The Two Pigeons, Messager | 3/4 | 32 | 1:08 | Centre |
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