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Steven V Mitchell
Return to Covent Garden
Genres: Special Interest, Classical

Track Listings (32) - Disc #1
1. Plie (Chopin) Theme from Piano Concerto in E minor.
2. Slow Tendu (Schubert) Waltz in Db major
3. Medium Tendu (Mitchell) Cha-Cha-Cha
4. Quick Tendu (Gauthier) Le Secret
5. Balancoire (Mitchell) Jaunting to Hyde Park
6. Degage (Donizetti) Variation from Don Sebastian
7. Pas de Cheval (Mitchell) Picadilly
8. Degage with Plie in 2nd (Mitchell) Never Moody Judy
9. Pique (Traditional) Nancy Whiskey
10. Ronds de Jambe a terre (Delibes) "Prayer" from Copellia
11. Frappe (Adam) Giselle's Revenge
12. Fondu (Czerny) from Etudes
13. Ronds de Jambe en l'air with Petit Battement (Minkus) "Jota" from Don Quixote
14. Stretch/Adagio (Massenet) "Meditation" from Thais
15. Grand Battement (Novello) "Keep the Homefires Burning"
16. Polonaise (Purcell) Theme from Abdelazar
17. Stretch/Floor exercises (Mitchell) Trafalgar Tranquility
18. Adagio (Mitchell)
19. Center Practice (Birch) "Blue Goose Rag"
20. Slow Waltz (Novello) "Some Day My Heart Will Awake
21. Center Practice - Combination (Tchaikovsky) "Waltz of the Maidens" from Swan Lake
22. Pierouette No. 1 (Milieu) "Over the Great Atlantic"
23. Pirouette No. 2 (Prokofiev) "Montagues and Capulets" from Romeo & Juliet
24. Allegro No. 1/Warm-up jumps (Traditional) Burke's Jig
25. Allegro No. 2 (Drigo) Variation from Harlequinade
26. Allegro No. 3 (Sullivan) "When I Was a Lad" from HMS Pinafore
27. Grand Allegro (Milieu)
28. Traveling Turns (Tchaikovsky) Coda from Swan Lake
29. Pointe (Grieg) "Anitra's Dance" from Peer Gynt Suite #1
30. Echappe (Drigo) Variation from Harlequinade
31. Men's Step (Tchaikovsky) "Black Swan" Men's Variation
32. Reverence (Traditional) "Annie Laurie"

CD Details

All Artists: Steven V Mitchell
Title: Return to Covent Garden
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 0
Label: Danceables
Release Date: 6/30/2006
Genres: Special Interest, Classical
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Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 620953304521

Synopsis

Product Description

Return to Covent Garden is another great collaboration the incomparable working duo of David Howard and Steven Mitchell. After the great success of A Covent Garden Class, they modeled the class structure of this new recording after it. You will hear music from classical ballet, opera melodies, theater favorites and original melodies. Captured on this recording are classics of Romeo and Juliet "Montegues and Capulets" and the ever-necessary Coda from Swan Lake. Advanced dancers will love this music.

CD Reviews

Return to Covent Garden

Julie C. Kenyon | San Diego, CA. USA | 09/14/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"As a ballet teacher, I highly recommend Steven Mitchell's CD "Return to Covent Garden". It is the CD I return to time after time to uplift and motivate my students. The selections are beautifully arranged for barre and center exercises with a variety of classical favorites and modern pieces. Steven Mitchell's rare talent for presenting surprising "spins" on well-known classics is exciting and fun for students and teachers alike. It is indeed one of my favorite CD's from my favorite pianist, Steven Mitchell and director, David Howard."

Lovely, just lovely ...

Maggie | Reston, VA | 08/09/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Like volume one, this CD has wonderful selections for ballet class. Inspiring, danceable, motivating.

As Mr. Howard likes to do, many of the barre selections have extended music for additional port de bras, balances, etc. Unlike volume one, volume two does not repeat selections. A welcome change as far as I'm concerned.

One problem: track two has a brief lapse about half way through. It's not as if the music skips, but rather pauses and then picks up where it left off. Odd. I've only used the CD once and have not heard all of the tracks."