Complete Music for Ballet Vol 1-3

by Ben Socrates

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1.	Alligator Optimist (64 counts + 16 to balance) 02:20	buy track
2.	Beautiful Love (32 counts + 8 to balance) 01:19	buy track
3.	Debussy - Le Plus Que Lente (32 counts) 01:07	buy track
4.	Faites Vibrer (64 counts) 02:08	buy track
5.	Wishing Well Flood (64 counts) 02:11	buy track
6.	Keep on Keeping On (64 counts + 4 to balance) 02:08	buy track
7.	MacDowell - To A Wild Rose (32 counts + 16 to balance) 01:42	buy track
8.	Night & Day (32 counts + 8 to balance) 01:14	buy track
9.	Puccini - Senza Mamma (4/4 time, 32 counts) 01:15	buy track
10.	Brahms Waltz (64 counts) 02:23	buy track
11.	Schubert - Moment in F#m (64 counts) 02:15	buy track
12.	Unravelling (32 counts + 16 to balance) 01:36	buy track
13.	V-I Dreaming (64 counts + 8 to balance) 02:11	buy track
14.	Liszt - Liebestraume II (64 counts) 02:09	buy track
15.	Bach - Air in E Minor 01:12	buy track
16.	Bach - Allemande in C Minor 01:32	buy track
17.	Black & Tan Alfie 01:13	buy track
18.	Borodin - Polovtsian Dance 01:09	buy track
19.	Ellington - Come Sunday 01:20	buy track
20.	Cry Me A River 01:25	buy track
21.	Willow Weep For Me 01:23	buy track
22.	Prokofiev - Gavotte 01:22	buy track
23.	Prokofiev x Puck 01:12	buy track
24.	Shostakovich - Prelude 01:32	buy track
25.	The Only Life 01:13	buy track
26.	Bardi - Tango 01:21	buy track
27.	Brahms - Hungarian Medley 01:30	buy track
28.	Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 01:38	buy track
29.	Ravel - La Valse 01:37	buy track
30.	Rodrigo - Concierto de Aranjuez 01:43	buy track
31.	Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto 01:35	buy track
32.	A Night In Tunisia (fast! 16 x 8 counts) 01:19	buy track
33.	Bizet - Carmen (8 x 8 counts) 00:43	buy track
34.	Byrd - Earl of Salisbury (16 x 8 counts) 01:13	buy track
35.	Felt It (8 x 8 counts) 00:50	buy track
36.	Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 11 (16 x 8 counts) 01:14	buy track
37.	Liszt - Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2 (8 x 8 counts) 00:47	buy track
38.	Mayerls - Song of the Fir Tree (16 x 8 counts) 01:11	buy track
39.	Montuno Ting (8 x 8 counts) 00:46	buy track
40.	Schubert Fm Jumps (8 x 8 counts) 00:45	buy track
41.	Tchaiquesque (16 x 8 counts) 01:17	buy track
42.	Wade in the Water (8 x 8 counts) 00:45	buy track
43.	Chopin - Mazurka in C (8 x 8 counts) 01:24	buy track
44.	Ruiz - La Peruanita (10 x 8 counts) 01:31	buy track
45.	Albeniz - Cordoba (8 x 8 counts) 00:39	buy track
46.	Borodin - Polovtsian Waltz (8 x 8 counts) 00:36	buy track
47.	Brahms - Hungarian Dance No. 9 (16 x 8 counts) 01:10	buy track
48.	Khachaturian - Waltz from Masquerade (8 x 8 counts) 00:39	buy track
49.	Mussorgsky - The Old Castle (16 x 8 counts) 01:14	buy track
50.	Schubert - Fantasia (8 x 8 counts) 00:42	buy track
51.	Schubert - Moment in F Minor (8 x 8 counts) 00:36	buy track

about

Introducing Music for Contemporary Ballet Class Vol 1-3 - the complete series of piano music for dance teachers created in collaboration with an artist, ballerina and teacher whose work I admire immensely. This part is still under wraps but more news on that to come soon.

My music for dance classes always comes from an eclectic range of sources and it is no different here - you'll find 34 classical arrangements and adaptations by composers including Schubert, Liszt, Ravel, Debussy, Brahms, Bach, Shostakovich, Prokofiev, Borodin and Tchaikovsky. Then there are 10 adaptations of jazz and popular standards, and 7 of my own compositions for dance, all recorded at home over several months of lockdown. I then spent some time organising the music into six or so styles commonly used in a class - all becomes clear with the included PDF explainer.

The music was mixed and mastered by my excellent and talented housemate Joonatan Kilpua - www.instagram.com/joonatankilpua/

For the album artwork, I’m so thrilled to get to work with Samantha Lavorato - www.instagram.com/samanthalavoratoartwork/ - an amazing self taught fluid artist whose work I got to know during lockdown #2. I found her paintings such a vivid visual aid to the music making, and perhaps it could also serve as an inspiration for movement.

The 51 tracks are divided into three volumes or you can purchase them in one collection here.

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released December 30, 2020

Recording, arrangements and orginal compositions by Ben Socrates.
Mastered by Joonatan Kilpua @joonatankilpua
Artwork by Samantha Lavorato @samanthalavoratoartwork

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Ben Socrates London, UK

London based pianist. Full time musician for ballet and contemporary dance, part time teacher/composer/accompanist.

IG: @bensoc

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