Dancers: Martha Leebolt & Tobias Batley    Photo Credit: © Bill Cooper

New Classics

David Plumpton, Pianist, Composer, &Arranger

Contemporary interpretations from the U.K.!

This CD offers some favorite composers - Bizet, Delibes, Joplin, Rossini, Shostakovich -

along with more current pieces to delight and support your classes. Mr. Plumpton's

arrangements are fresh and endearing and beautifully played.

        "David's talent lies in playing inspirational and beautiful music for both

the student and the teacher."

                                                     Marguerite Porter

                                            Director of Yorkshire Ballet Seminars, UK

                                                       Formerly Principal, Royal Ballet

Music for Barre
1.  Warm Up - 'Habenera' from Carmen	2/4, 64 bars	1:17 min.
2.  Pliés - 'Maude' from A Simple Man	3/8, 128 bars	3:49 min.
3.  Battements Tendus 1 - La Sylphide	2/4, 64 bars	1:16 min.
4.  Battements Tendus 2 - Bouncing Feet - Plumpton	2/4, 64 bars	0:55 min.
5.  Glissés - 'Jig'olo - Plumpton	6/8, 64 bars	0:43 min.
6.  Ronds de Jambe à terre - 'The Flower Duet' from Lakme	6/8, 64 bars	2:27 min.
7.  Fondus - 'Nessun Dorma' from Tourandot	4/4, 64 bars	1:57 min.
8.  Battements Frappés - Fanny Ellsler Pas de Deux	2/4, 80 bars	1:00 min.
9.  Ronds de Jambe en l'air -'Waltz Song' from Romeo & Juliet	4/4, 40 bars	1:19 min.
10. Développés - Gymnopedie No. 1- Satie	3/4, 32 bars	1:14 min.
11. Adagio - 'Romance' from The Gadfly	4/4, 64 bars	2:40 min.
12. Grands Battements - Battement Rouge! - Plumpton	4/4, 64 bars	1:11 min.
13. Gr Battements en Cloche - 'Passion Waltz' from Onegin	3/4, 32 bars	0:39 min.
14. Stretch - 'Pas de Deux' from Alice in Wonderland	4/4, 64 bars	2:41 min.
Music for Centre
15. Tendus Combination - Sassy Rag - Plumpton	4/4, 32 bars	1:02 min.
16. Port de Bras - 'Love Theme' from Spartacus	3/4, 64 bars	2:37 min.
17. Fondus/Adage - 'Variation IV' from La Bayadère	6/8, 32 bars	2:15 min.
18. Adage - Cynthia - Plumpton	4/4, 32 bars	2:59 min.
19. Pirouette 1 - 'Waltz' from Sylvia - Delibes	3/4, 128 bars	2:43 min.
20. Pirouette 2 - Fantasy Waltz - Plumpton	3/4, 128 bars	3:28 min.
21. Grand Pirouette - 'The Thieving Magpie' - Rossini	4/4, 32 bars	0:49 min.
22. Warm Up Jump 1- Caprice No. 24 - Pagannini	2/4, 64 bars	0:43 min.
23. Warm Up Jump 2- Rag'gedy Doll - Plumpton	2/4, 64 bars	0:46 min.
24. Petit Allegro 1 - 'Celebration' from Billy the Kid	2/4, 64 bars	0:45 min.
25. Petit Allegro 2 - 'Hoe-Down' from Rodeo	2/4, 64 bars	0:46 min.
26. Petit Allegro 3 - 'Calliope Rag' from Elite Syncopations	4/4, 64 bars	1:33 min.
27. Petit Batterie - Tico Tico - Abreu	2/4, 64 bars	0:50 min.
28. Medium Allegro  1 - 'Male Var' from Flower Festival Pas	6/8, 32 bars	1:05 min.
29. Medium Allegro  2 - 'Jeremy Goes Fishing' fm Beatrix Potter	6/8, 64 bars	1:38 min.
30. Medium Allegro 3 - Swish It! - Plumpton	6/8, 32 bars	0:50 min.
31. Grand Allegro 1 - Spanische Tanz	3/8, 128 bars	2:06 min.
32. Grand Allegro 2 - Variation of Acteon	3/4, 128 bars	2:18 min.
33. Coda - La Fille Mal Gardée	2/4, 64 bars	1:05 min.
34. Révérence - Heartsrings - Plumpton	4/4, 42 bars	0:44 min.
Tracks are not repeated.		Total Time:  53:53 min.