Original Music for Ballet Class - Volume 7
by ballet pianist Michael Roberts
Michael Roberts' new CD release is 76+ minutes long with 36 tracks. The Barre exercises repeat a track for the second side and are arranged by Margaret Graham Hills, former member of the Sadlers Wells Ballet (now the Royal Ballet) and Claire Bloom, a former member of the Israel National Opera Ballet. Center Practice combinations (tracks 24 -36) are arranged by Michael Roberts. Selections are original piano compositions.
Michael is currently a faculty member at the California Institute of the Arts, Music Director of Pasadena Dance Theatre and a fauclty member of the American Ballet Theatre Summer Intensives.
Selections Include:
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Barre Exercises |
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Time |
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1. |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
32 bar + 8 bar Balance |
2:41 |
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2. |
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2:41 |
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3. |
Battements Tendus |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
64 bars (2nd half faster) |
2:48 |
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4. |
Battements Tendus (repeat) |
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2:48 |
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5. |
Battements Tendus |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
32 bars |
1:19 |
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6. |
Battements Tendus (repeat) |
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1:19 |
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7. |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
64 bars (2nd half faster) |
1:46 |
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8. |
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1:46 |
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9. |
Rond de Jambes a Terre |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
128 bars |
4:56 |
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10. |
Rond de Jambes a Terre (repeat) |
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4:56 |
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11. |
Battements Fondus (Tango) |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
64 bars |
2:54 |
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12. |
Battements Fondus (Tango) -repeat |
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2:54 |
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13. |
Battements Frappes |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
32 bars |
1:09 |
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14. |
Battements Frappes (repeat) |
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1:09 |
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15. |
Rond de Jambes en L'air |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
64 bars |
1:53 |
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16. |
Rond de Jambes en L'air (repeat) |
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1:53 |
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17. |
Petits Battements |
4 bar intro 2/4 fast |
64 bars |
1:00 |
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18. |
Petits Battements (repeat) |
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1:00 |
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19. |
Adage |
4 bar intro 3/4 slow |
64 bars |
2:49 |
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20. |
Adage (repeat) |
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2:49 |
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21. |
2 bar intro 6/8 moderate |
64 bars |
1:56 |
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22. |
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1:56 |
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23. |
Stretch |
4 bar intro 3/4 slow |
64 bars |
2:44 |
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Center Practice |
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24. |
Port de Bras |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
64 bars |
2:24 |
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25. |
Battements Tendu |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
32 bars |
1:16 |
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26. |
Pirouettes |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
64 bars |
1:55 |
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27. |
Pirouettes |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
64 bars |
1:46 |
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28. |
Adage #1 |
2 bar intro 4/4 slow |
64 bars |
3:31 |
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29. |
Adage #2 (Bolero) |
2 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
64 bars |
2:56 |
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30. |
4 bar intro 2/4 fast |
32 bars |
0:29 |
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31. |
Allegro #2 (Hornpipe) |
4 bar intro 2/4 moderate |
64 bars |
0:42 |
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32. |
Allegro #3 (Grande Waltz) |
4 bar intro 3/4 moderate |
128 bars |
2:11 |
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33. |
Tours en Diagonale |
4 bar intro 2/4 fast |
128 bars |
2:14 |
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34. |
Petite Batterie |
4 bar intro 2/4 fast |
32 bars |
0:25 |
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35. |
Grande Battements |
2 bar intro 4/4 moderate |
16 bars |
0:47 |
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36. |
Port de Bras / Reverence |
4 bar intro 3/4 slow |
32 bars |
1:29 |
Excerpts of Original Music
for the Ballet Class - Volume 7 are in MP3 format.
If you need a free MP3 player or more information on how to play an MP3 file, Click Here.
Play or Download an excerpt of Plies (track 1&2)
Play or Download an excerpt of Battement Glisses (Mazurka) (track 7&8)
Play or Download an excerpt of Grande Battements (track 21&22 )
Play or Download an excerpt of Allegro #1 (track 30 )
Original Music for the Ballet Class - Vol 7 is $23.00 for the CD.
See Michael's other CDs:
Music for Ballet
Class - Vol 4
Original
Music for the Ballet Class - Vol 7
Original
Music for the Modern Dance Class - Vol 1
Between
the Barres
Farther
Than the Sun
Dancing
Scores
For other Ballet CD Selections
ORDERING INFORMATION : PRODUCTS & PRICE LIST : BALLET CDs : MODERN DANCE CDs : CREATIVE MOVEMENT CDs : REPERTORY CDs : OTHER DANCE MUSIC & INFO : MP3 INFO
MP3 files of DANCE PHRASES : MP3 files of DANCE PHRASES II - VARIATIONS : MP3 files of Fast Dragon : MP3 file on Using the Count Books : MP3 files for DANCE PHRASES Singles : MP3 files for Listening to the Earth
