"The Beauty of Ballet"

"The Beauty of Ballet" is available as an audio CD (reference SDM01CD).

It is also available as an audio cassette (reference SDM01), but only while stocks last. Please contact us directly if you want the cassette version.

This compilation of "tremendous value and interest to all teachers" (Glen Trickett, Dance Teacher magazine) has 21 delightful pieces for ballet classes, festivals and shows. One section is of short, simple pieces aimed at the younger child, and the other has longer, more demanding pieces suitable for the older student.

Solo piano tracks on The Beauty of Ballet have all been performed for us here by Fiona Laskaris. Click on underlined links to hear audio clips of them.

This compilation has the following tracks:-

Section 1 - Nursery Suite no. 1
1 Cherubs 1:08 3/4 Piano Lyrical M.J.Sinclair
2 Mandragora 1:10 4/4 Piano Lyrical R.E.Good
3 The March of the Marchioness 1:17 4/4 Piano Character R.E.Good
4 The Grey Mare mp3 1:30 2/4 Piano Character R.E.Good
5 One Lazy Summers Day 1:30 3/4 Piano Lyrical M.J.Sinclair
6 The Earl of Coventry 0:44 4/4 Piano March R.E.Good
7 Buttercups and Daisies mp3 0:52 12/8 Piano Cheerful R.E.Good
8 Captain Roger 0:53 4/4 Piano Hornpipe R.E.Good
9 Adagio Dolente 1:36 3/4 Piano Lyrical M.J.Sinclair
10 Two Steps Forward 1:27 2/4 Piano Slow March R.E.Good
11 Three Blind Mice 0:41 2/4 Piano Nursery Rhyme
12 Nutshell 1:00 12/8 Piano Light R.E.Good
13 Eight Foot Bob 1:00 2/4 Piano Nautical R.E.Good
14 Sussex Hornpipe 1:05 2/2 Wind Quintet Hornpipe M.J.Sinclair

Section 2 - for the older student
15 Ariel mp3 2:30 4/4 Piano Lyrical R.E.Good
16 Ripples 2:59 4/4 Piano Lyrical R.E.Good
17 Britzska 2:53 4/4 Piano Dramatic R.E.Good
18 Magique 1:28 4/4 Piano Dramatic R.E.Good
19 Willow 2:00 4/4 Piano Strong Lyrical R.E.Good
20 Highlander 2:05 6/8 Small band National R.E.Good
21 Through Russian Snows 2:57 4/4 Orchestra Dramatic R.E.Good