Music For Ballet Class Vol 2

Track Listings
1. Warm Up: Gershwin I've Got a Crush on You    
2. Pliés: Schumann Du Ring    
3. Battements Tendues: Faure, after Libera Me    
4. Battements Tendues: Verdi, after Stride la Vampa    
5. Battements Tendues: Dinicu Gypsy themes    
6. Battements Dégagés: Cramer etude G    
7. Battements Dégagés: Czerny etude op 740:44    
8. Ronds de Jambe a Terre: Apffel, after Ravel    
9. Battements Fondues: Gershwin An American in Paris    
10. Ronds de Jambe en l'air: Chopin mazurka op 68:2    
11. Adagio: Chopin, after nocturne op 27:1    
12. Battements Frappés: Schubert (+Apffel) op 94:3    
13. Petits Battements: Verdi, from Aïda ballet    
14. rands Battements: Gounod, from Faust ballet    
15. Center Practice: Beethoven, after Variations c    
16. Adagio: Schubert, after Litaney auf das Fest...    
17. Pirouettes: Czerny etude op 740:37    
18. Polka: Smetana, from The Bartered Bride    
19. Waltz: Rossini, from La Gaza Ladra overture    
20. small jumps: Handel Entry of the Queen of Sheba    
See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Charles Anderson, choreographer, teacher, formerly of New York City Ballet
"The series has a wonderful blend of classical and original selections...I particularly enjoy track lengths and tempos."

Kyra Nichols, principal dancer, New York City Ballet
"[These cd's] are wonderful...I now look forward to my workouts because I know the music will inspire me..."

Album Description
This is the second in a series of ballet class cd's by Rudy Apffel, one of the preeminent studio accompanists of the San Francisco Bay Area. These cd's emphasize classical and original music and long tracks for centre

Music For Ballet Class Vol 2

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Music for Ballet Class, Vol 5
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • helpful for getting back to class
  • very beautiful class music
  • the best
  • Most Beautiful Class Music!!
  • excellent class cd's
 Music for Ballet Class, Vol 5

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ASIN: B0001OJWZE
Release Date: 2004-03-03

Tracks:

  1. warm up, pli Faure Pavane
  2. ) alternative warm up, pli Mendelssohn andante B
  3. battements tendus, dggroup (5) Moszkowski Serenata
  4. La Zandunga
  5. Bizet Carmen Seguedilla
  6. Lalo from Symphony Espagnol
  7. Herbert Romany Dance
  8. ronds de jambe a terre: Chopin Nocturne D flat
  9. battements frapp petits battements: Nazareth Dengozo
  10. alternative frapp petits battements: Bertini #44
  11. ronds de jambe en lair: Boccherini minuet
  12. fondus, stretch: Gershwin Bess You is My Woman Now
  13. adagio: Gershwin I Loves You Porgy
  14. grands battements: Meyerbeer march from Le Prophet
  15. center practice 1: Brahms op 18, ii, theme
  16. center practice 2: Lincke The Glow Worm
  17. adagio 1: Handel Air in c
  18. adagio 2: from Schumann piano concerto
  19. pirouettes 1: Bizet Gypsy song from Carmen
  20. pirouettes 2: Puccini Musetta's waltz
  21. small jumps: from Schubert Marche Militaire
  22. allegro group (4): Schubert Marche Militaire
  23. Brahms Hungarian Dance #8
  24. Waldteufel Espa
  25. R Strauss Rosenkavalier waltz
  26. sreverence: R Strauss Rosenkavalier love theme

Album Description

This is the fifth in the series of ballet class cds from the partnership of Rudy Apffel and Nicholas Ladov. The cds are becoming widely known for the quality of the music and generous length of tracks.

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars helpful for getting back to class.......2007-07-01

Listening to this CD is like being in class in New York. It is excellent for teaching an intermediate or advanced class and it is also great for giving oneself a class.

5 out of 5 stars very beautiful class music.......2007-05-14

I have been using this series for the year now and they really are the best. The music is very beautiful and very artistic and my students always respond with emotion feeling. Also I like how they are long for both sides a barre and the group across the floor centre. Of interesting thing which teachers may find out as I did finding out is about when one ask of ones pianist to listen to these records and ask her to try play music like this series. Some of the pianists are insulted. Well I am sorry but standard is very high now just as in company. Very high standard now for ballet class music precisely as with accepted into company. I welcome this very much.

5 out of 5 stars the best.......2007-02-26

*all the reviews i've read about these cd's pretty much cover all the bases: barre doesn't repeat exercises so you can work 2nd side without stopping, centre is long pieces of music that give you time for 4-5 groups twice thru on one side, but you have to use something from the barre for short combos with change-groups, all this is NEW, it's like having an accompanyist in your class where you dont have to stop, preps are 4 counts and the students can hear it on the first time
*it's not vaganova, it's not dimitri, it's sure not david howard--it's pretty much SAB for barre tempos--i think petite allegros might be a little faster if it was balanchine--GREAT grand allegros, there's always 2 of them on all these cd's, 1 slow, 1 for HUGE tours!!
*and the music is very very beautiful like everybody says, and there's some jazzy funny stuff which i wish there was more of that...like maybe rudy will do a cd of just that--!?!

5 out of 5 stars Most Beautiful Class Music!!.......2007-02-20

I would tell teachers that the bar pieces are long and don't repeat so you have to turn to the second side, and they are perfect for that, they come out even, but if you have to teach slow and give corrections before the second side you have to stop the music in the middle which I hate to do so mostly I don't use Rudy Apfell cds for bar. I love the old Lynn Stanford records for that and they are all on cd now. These Rudy cds center is the best music I have ever heard and the most beautiful music. This volume #5 is really beautiful for the center, there are the 2 adagios and the 2 big waltzs and the gipsy dance and the hungarian dance totaly GREAT. The students love it. And so do I!

5 out of 5 stars excellent class cd's.......2006-12-10

I started using Rudy's cd's about a year ago and I've been using them more and more. The length of the tracks and the passion and beauty of the music has influenced my class teaching, not only how I put the barre together and center combinations, but also because many of my regular students now request these cd's when we don't have our pianist. I hope that Rudy will make five more of these excellent cd's!
Music For Ballet Class Vol 2
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • over the top
  • Belongs in every collection
  • excellent
  • los independientes
  • great for ballet class
 Music For Ballet Class Vol 2

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ASIN: B00007E90H
Release Date: 2002-11-01

Tracks:

  1. Warm Up: Gershwin I've Got a Crush on You
  2. Pli Schumann Du Ring
  3. Battements Tendues: Faure, after Libera Me
  4. Battements Tendues: Verdi, after Stride la Vampa
  5. Battements Tendues: Dinicu Gypsy themes
  6. Battements Dg Cramer etude G
  7. Battements Dg Czerny etude op 740:44
  8. Ronds de Jambe a Terre: Apffel, after Ravel
  9. Battements Fondues: Gershwin An American in Paris
  10. Ronds de Jambe en l'air: Chopin mazurka op 68:2
  11. Adagio: Chopin, after nocturne op 27:1
  12. Battements Frapp Schubert (+Apffel) op 94:3
  13. Petits Battements: Verdi, from A ballet
  14. rands Battements: Gounod, from Faust ballet
  15. Center Practice: Beethoven, after Variations c
  16. Adagio: Schubert, after Litaney auf das Fest...
  17. Pirouettes: Czerny etude op 740:37
  18. Polka: Smetana, from The Bartered Bride
  19. Waltz: Rossini, from La Gaza Ladra overture
  20. small jumps: Handel Entry of the Queen of Sheba
  21. Petit Allegro I: Nazareth Escorregando
  22. Petit Allegro II: Gounod Je vieux vivre
  23. Galop, Coda: Medley: Clerc, Martelet
  24. Grand Allegro: Strauss Treasure Waltz, Roses...
  25. Reverence: The Last Rose of Summer

Album Description

This is the second in a series of ballet class cd's by Rudy Apffel, one of the preeminent studio accompanists of the San Francisco Bay Area. These cd's emphasize classical and original music and long tracks for centre

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars over the top.......2007-07-01

The focus was more on the music than on the dancing that would be done to the music.

5 out of 5 stars Belongs in every collection.......2007-01-30

Beautiful selections. Full and long bands. Ballet class recordings have come a long way!

5 out of 5 stars excellent.......2006-12-11

I started using Rudy's cd's about a year ago and I've been using them more and more. The length of the tracks and the passion and beauty of the music has influenced my class teaching, not only how I put the barre together and center combinations, but also because many of my regular students now request these cd's when we don't have our pianist. I hope that Rudy will make five more of these excellent cd's!

5 out of 5 stars los independientes.......2006-11-27

Thes record of Rudy Apfel of what to call independientes in english Independent, by this to signify thes ballet pianistes they make thes record with no of that famous teacher and that famous school so one must know music is so personal for them, music it speaks what he think of ballet class, what he think of very technic of ballet, what he think of very dancers whoso ever be, and he is not dancer, he is aficionado. Well ?el independiente worthy he present with no famous teacher famous school? One must able know "pretty quick" use record is such pianiste worthy, is such pianiste independiente possess idea of our art, possess reverence of our art. Is he aficianodo worthy.
More of 40 yeares teach I am most pleasure by independientes Michael Roberts and Steven Mitchell and that one he is special to me estimable wonderful Josu Gallastegui. !Yes! there are los other independientes, M Phillipe Reverdy that one I know in Paris many years before now and the plump (!yes not bad!) Lisa Harris I know before in city Seattle of Washington state. Thes ones give fully good to the ballet class in before now. But we need now are change, some independientes not useful than that once.
Time change how it is done in the class. Recall when pianiste execute two 1-2 plunk and plunk "prep" for combination because how it is done is that way, and perfect "okay" for teacher and for we a student, and the one day ther is pianiste execute charming four 1-2-3-4 "prep" in real music velocity and real music cadencioso and it was !confusion!, then it was !so pleasure!. We now say !Y! and pianiste today know we now todos demand four 1-2-3-4 "prep" which will be charming and apropos the combination. So about how time change how it is done.
So of other change is I think now we demand the music to be beautiful. Since I find Josu record I demand the music on all ballet record it is beautiful. You must able to see write a review Josu's many so beautiful record so I needless to write again in english here in Rudy Apfel write a review.
Now, for Rudy Apfel. Yes, thes many new record on the compact disc of Rudy Apfel are new change. Thes many new record are beautiful as we now demand. Thes record have the most beautiful anything pianiste play class for me as we now demand. Thes music pieces endure for the doble and reverso for the barre, excellent for the practicos. Thes music pieces for the milieu special beautiful excellent and endure.
Many Thanks, Rudy
Harold Emil Lecuonasono

5 out of 5 stars great for ballet class.......2006-11-13

This cd and also #4 which I also have are really great for ballet class. I teach pretty much the sab type class for barre and my own type of combinations for center. I use the center tracks a lot because they are long and even counts and don't just repeat and also they are really very dancy. I teach adults and intermediate level dancers and my students love these cd's. The grand allegro selections are really great, I can do 2 times through the groups without having to stop which is really unusual in ballet cd's. Also cd #r has a lot of Gershwin music which my students really love.
Music for Ballet Class, Vol 4
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • helpful for getting back to class
  • over the top
  • excellent
  • yes best of new ballet class records
  • Pianistes for the Ballets Classes
 Music for Ballet Class, Vol 4

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ASIN: B0001OJWTK
Release Date: 2004-03-03

Tracks:

  1. warm up stretch plies Mozart Non mi dir
  2. alternate warm up stretch plies Mozart rondo K511
  3. tendus degages The Man I Love Soon
  4. tendus degages Gershwin Embraceable You
  5. tendus degages Gershwin Strauss By Strauss
  6. tendus degages Gershwin He Loves She Loves
  7. tendus degages Gershwin Sousa Strike Up the Band
  8. ronds de jambe a terre JCF Fischer minuet
  9. battements fondus from Schumann Symphonic Etudes
  10. battements frappes from Rossini Barber of Seville
  11. ronds de jambe en lair Chopin mazurka op 6 1
  12. petits battements from Rossini La Scala di Seta
  13. adagio Bach bwv 1031 ii
  14. grands battements Brahms waltz op 39 1
  15. center practice Apffel tango after Bartok
  16. adagio 1 after Mahler Liebst du um schoenheit
  17. adagio 2 from Schubert Trio B flat ii
  18. turns character Apffel polonaise after Schumann
  19. turns allegro Saint-Saens Danse Macabre
  20. small jumps transition from Nazareth Odeon
  21. petit allegro 1 Nazareth Brejeiro Odeon
  22. petit allegro 2 Strauss Tritsch Tratsch Polka
  23. grand allegro 1 Tchaikovsky waltz from Swan Lake
  24. grand allegro 2 Strauss Accelerations Waltz
  25. reverence Bach chorale Ach Herr lass dein lieb

Album Description

This is the fourth in a series of ballet class cds from the partnership of Rudy Apffel, one of the Bay Area's best known studio accompanists, and Nicholas Ladov of San Francisco. The cds feature long tracks of classical and original compositions

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars helpful for getting back to class.......2007-07-01

Listening to this CD is like being in class in New York. It is excellent for teaching an intermediate or advanced class and it is also great for giving oneself a class.

3 out of 5 stars over the top.......2007-06-28

The focus was more on the music than on the dancing that would be done to the music.

5 out of 5 stars excellent.......2006-12-11

I started using Rudy's cd's about a year ago and I've been using them more and more. The length of the tracks and the passion and beauty of the music has influenced my class teaching, not only how I put the barre together and center combinations, but also because many of my regular students now request these cd's when we don't have our pianist. I hope that Rudy will make five more of these excellent cd's!

5 out of 5 stars yes best of new ballet class records.......2006-12-04

The new ballet records have full music for second side and full music for milieu en diagonal. This set of Rudy Apffel is very beautiful selections. This is best.

5 out of 5 stars Pianistes for the Ballets Classes.......2006-11-27

I "write a review" on thes Rudy Apfel records on the record Volume 2. Able go to see that. Please so also I "write a review" a seu sobrinho Josu Gallastegui. I please thank for help my english ao distinto e particular amigo Juracy Gilberto Xiaon.
Music for the Beginners' Ballet Class(Vol. 2)
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    		Music for the Beginners' Ballet Class(Vol. 2)

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    Binding: Audio CD
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    ASIN: B0002ZI2PI
    Release Date: 1970-09-15

    Tracks:

    1. Plies - slow 6/8-Field
    2. Battements Tendus - moderately slow 4/4-Grieg
    3. Battements Tendus Degages - moderately fast 2/4-Haydn
    4. Battements Tendus Fondus - slow 6/8-Baker
    5. Ronds de Jambe a Terre - moderate 3/4-Pacher
    6. Adagio - slow 6/8-Wagner
    7. Battements Frappes - moderate 2/4-Strauss
    8. Petits Battements sur le Cou-de-Pied - moderately fast 4/4-Gluck
    9. Ronds de Jambe en l'air- moderate 3/4-Bohm
    10. Grands Battements - moderately slow 4/4-Gluck
    11. Exercice au Milieu - andante 4/4-Mozart
    12. Adagio - moderately slow 6/8-Auber
    13. Pirouette sur Place - moderate 3/4-Lumbye
    14. Allegro Technique #1 - moderate 3/4-Tchaikovsky
    15. Allegro Technique #2 - moderate 6/8-Auber
    16. Allegro Technique #3 - moderately fast 3/4-Minkus
    17. Allegro Technique #4 - moderately fast 6/8-Glazounov
    18. Allegro Technique #5 - moderately fast 3/4-Glazounov
    19. Technique en Diagonale - 64 bars,moderate 6/8-Auber
    20. Technique for Big Jumps - moderately fast 2/4-Paulli
    21. Technique for Smalll Jumps - moderate 2/4-Mendelssohn
    22. Port de Bras & Reverence - slow 4/4-Martini
    Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Excellent performer
    • A unique project
    • Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival
    • Definative
    		 Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4

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    ASIN: B0001Z2RSC
    Release Date: 2004-08-24

    Tracks:

    1. Swanee
    2. Come To the Moon
    3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
    4. Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
    5. Nobody But You
    6. Limehouse Nights
    7. Drifting Along With The Tide
    8. Rhapsody In Blue
    9. Oh Lady Be Good!
    10. Fascinating Rhythm
    11. Hang On To Me
    12. I'd Rather Charleston
    13. The Man I Love
    14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
    15. So Am I
    16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
    17. Concerto In F

    Tracks:

    1. Sweet And Low-Down (I)
    2. That Certain Feeling (I)
    3. Looking For A Boy
    4. When Do We Dance?
    5. Sweet And Low-Down (II)
    6. That Certain Feeling (II)
    7. Irish Waltz
    8. Do, Do, Do
    9. Someone To Watch Over Me
    10. Clap Yo' Hands
    11. Maybe
    12. Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
    13. Meadow Serenade
    14. My One And Only
    15. 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
    16. He Loves And She Loves
    17. An American In Paris
    18. Liza
    19. Strike Up The Band
    20. Embraceable You
    21. I Got Rhythm (I)
    22. I Got Rhythm (II)

    Tracks:

    1. Of Thee I Sing
    2. Jilted
    3. Second Rhapsody
    4. For You, For Me, For Evermore
    5. Cuban Overture
    6. Isn't It A Pity?
    7. Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
    8. I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
    9. II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
    10. III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
    11. IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
    12. V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
    13. They Can't Take That Away From Me
    14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
    15. Our Love Is Here To Stay

    Tracks:

    1. Girl Crazy Overture
    2. French Ballet Class
    3. Dance Of The Waves
    4. Slap That Bass
    5. Walking The Dog
    6. I've Got Beginner's Luck
    7. They All Laughed
    8. They Can't Take That Away From Me
    9. Shall We Dance
    10. By Strauss
    11. I Can't Be Bothered Now
    12. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
    13. Put Me To The Test
    14. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
    15. Stiff Upper Lip
    16. A Foggy day (In London Town)
    17. Nice Work If You Can Get It
    18. Things Are Looking Up
    19. I Was Doing All Right
    20. Love Walked In

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

    This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
    I'm fascinating.

    5 out of 5 stars A unique project.......2006-11-23

    Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

    5 out of 5 stars Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

    First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
    Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
    Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
    Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

    5 out of 5 stars Definative.......2005-07-23

    Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

    Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
    Music for the Ballet Class-Vol.1 & 2
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      		Music for the Ballet Class-Vol.1 & 2

      Manufacturer: Kimbo
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD
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      1. A Ballet Class with Music By Gershwin
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      ASIN: B0007D5ZE6
      Release Date: 2004-06-15

      Tracks:

      1. Plies - Rimsky-Korsakoff
      2. Battements Tendus - Tchaikovsky
      3. Battements Tendus Degages - Brahms
      4. Battements Tendus Fondus - Rossini
      5. Ronds a Jambe a Terre - Tchaikovsky
      6. Adagio - Massenet
      7. Battements Frappes - Grieg
      8. Petit Battements sur le cou-de-pied - Brahms
      9. Ronds de Jambe en l'air - Scriabin
      10. Grands Battements - Wagner
      11. Epaulement Exercise - Tchaikovsky
      12. Adagio - Rimsky-Korsakoff
      13. Allegro #1 - Tchaikovsky
      14. Allegro #2 - Drigo
      15. Allegro #3 - Solow
      16. Allegro #4 - Offenbach
      17. Allegro #5 - Moszkowski
      18. Tour en Diagonale - Verdi
      19. Pirouette sur Place - Blumenfeld
      20. Big Jumps - Tchaikovsky
      21. Small Jumps - Chopin
      22. Port de Bras & Reverence - Offenbach
      23. Plies - Liszt
      24. Battements Tendus - Beethoven
      25. Battements Tendus Degages - Rossini
      26. Battements Tendus Fondus - Rebikoff
      27. Ronds de Jambe a Terre - Brahms
      28. Adagio - Puccini
      29. Battements Frappes - Rimsky-Korsakoff
      30. Petits Battements sur le cou-de-pied - Rubenstein
      31. Ronds de Jambe en l'air - Tchaikovsky
      32. Grands Battements - Wagner
      33. Epaulement Exercise - Verdi
      34. Adagio - Rimsky-Korsakoff
      35. Allegro #1 - Gounod
      36. Allegro #2 - Borodin
      37. Allegro #3 - Borodin
      38. Allegro #4 - Rossini
      39. Allegro #5 - Suk
      40. Tour en Diagonale - Nicolai
      41. Pirouette sur Place - Beethoven
      42. Big Jumps - Chopin
      43. Small Jumps - Mendelssohn
      44. Port de Bras & Reverence - Puccini

      Album Description

      Barre & Centre Floor Technique for Beginner - Intermediate - Advanced students. Double length CD.
      Music for Classical Ballet Class Technique-Vol.2
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        		Music for Classical Ballet Class Technique-Vol.2

        Manufacturer: Kimbo
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B0007G8ROS
        Release Date: 1970-06-15

        Tracks:

        1. Plies - Moderate 6/8 (Bellini)
        2. Battements Pointe Tendus - Allegro 2/4 (Albeniz)
        3. Battements Tendus Degages - Allegro 2/4 (Grieg)
        4. Battements Tendus Fondus - Moderate 3/4 (Delibes)
        5. Ronds de Jambe a Terre - Moderate 3/4 (Bodansky)
        6. Adagio - Andante Lento 2/4 (Boito)
        7. Battements Frappes - Moderately Fast 4/4 (Beethoven)
        8. Petits Battements sur le Cou-de-Pied - ModeratelyFast 4/4 (Mendelssohn)
        9. Ronds de Jambe en l'air - Allegro 3/4 (Bodansky)
        10. Grands Battements - Moderate 4/4 (Glazounov)
        11. Epaulement Exercice - Moderate 4/4 (Schubert)
        12. Adagio - Moderate 4/4 (Glazounov)
        13. Allegro #1 - Flowing 3/4 (Jadassohn)
        14. Allegro #2 - Moderately Fast 2/4 (Bizet)
        15. Allegro #3 - Moderately Fast 3/4 (Offenbach)
        16. Allegro #4 - Fast 6/8 (Bastida)
        17. Allegro #5 - Bright 3/4 (Chabrier)
        18. Tour en Diagonale - Fast 2/4 (Tchaikovsky)
        19. Pirouette sur Place - Moderately Fast 4/4 (Bodansky)
        20. Big Jumps - Moderate 3/4 (Schumann)
        21. Small Jumps - Moderately Fast 2/4 (Schumann)

        Album Description

        The music on this recording provides the basis for a complete academic ballet class - elementary, intermediate & advanced. The selections are in 32 and 64 bar phrases with repeats. Double length CD.

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