Denes Agay has once again selected and arranged pieces in "The Joy of Ballet Music" so an intermediate player as myself can sit down, and with a little practice play the ballet melodies I so love.
Selections include: Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy from The Nutcracker; Russian Dance from The Nutcracker; Waltz of the Flowers from The Nutcracker; Sheherazade from The Young Prince and The Young Princess; Mazurka from Coppelia; Czardas from Coppelia; Valse Lente from Coppelia; The Sleeping Beauty Waltz from Aurora's Wedding; The Rose Adagio from The Sleeping Beauty; Scene from Swan Lake; Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake; Pas de Deux from Giselle; Grand Valse excerpt from Giselle; Pas de Fleurs from Naila; Scene from Bluebeard; Russian Sailor's Dance from The Red Poppy; Hesitation Waltz from The Red Poppy.
And, Prelude from Les Sylphides; Nocturne from Les Sylphides; Saber Dance from Gayne; Theme from Prince Igor; Polovetzian Dance from Prince Igor; Can-Can from La Vie Parisienne; Pizzicato Polka from Sylvia; Aragonaise from Le Cid; Dance of the Hours from la Gioconda; Mirror Dance from Faust; Danse Antique from Faust; Dance of the Priestesses from Aida; Dance of the Princess from The Firebird; Finale from The Firebird; Pas de Six from William Tell; Polka from the Golden Age; Folk Dance from Romeo and Juliet; Bacchanale from Samson and Delilah; Valse Grotesque from Petroushka and Dance of the Ballerina from Petroushka.
I highly recommend this collection of ballet music that will never go out of style!
Details - 80 pages by Yorktown Press (January, 1997); 11.9 x 9.0 inches; ISBN: 0825680352
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The Joy of Ballet Music - Piano Music
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