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Ballet music encompasses orchestral compositions specifically created to accompany classical dance performances, characterized by dramatic dynamics, sweeping melodies, and precise rhythmic structures that support choreographed movement. Originating in European courts and evolving through the Romantic era to modernism, these works range from Tchaikovsky's lush symphonic scores to Stravinsky's revolutionary rhythms. The music balances emotional storytelling with technical precision, designed to enhance the visual spectacle of dance.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
31		1917	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Bartók: The Wooden Prince; Cantata Profana	ballet classical
97		1935	Berliner Philharmoniker	Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring / Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra	ballet classical
67		1949	Boston Symphony Orchestra	Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet, op.64
44		1950	Wiener Philharmoniker	Adam: Giselle	ballet classical musique francaise orchestral
84		1952-11	André Previn	Swan Lake/Sleeping Beauty/The Nutcracker (Excerpts)	ballet classical
34		1954	Leo Delibes	French Ballet Favourites	ballet musique francaise
28		1956-09	Charles Gounod	Famous Ballet Music	ballet classical
4		1957	National Philharmonic Orchestra	Tchaikovsky: The 3 Ballets	ballet classical
89		1960	André Previn	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker / Lovenskiold: La Sylphide	ballet
95		1963	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	The Nutcracker	classical	classical # 59
26		1968	Leo Delibes	DELIBES / ADAM: Ballet Favourites	ballet musique francaise
70		1968	Leo Delibes	DELIBES: Coppelia (Complete Ballet) / La Source Suites	ballet
71		1970	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	TCHAIKOVSKY: Sleeping Beauty (The) (Complete Ballet)	ballet classical
93		1972	George Bruns	Sleeping Beauty	ballet instrumental orchestra	orchestra # 45
2		1973	Jean-Baptiste Lully	Lully: Le triomphe de l'amour	ballet baroque baroque francais musique francaise	baroque francais # 50
25		1974	Arthur Fiedler	Gaité Parisienne	ballet classical parisienne
22		1976	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Ballets	ballet classical
50		1976	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: The Three Ballets	ballet classical
53		1976	The Orchestra Of the Royal Ballet	Elite Syncopations	ballet
98		1976	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Op.20	ballet classical
16		1978	Herbert von Karajan	Adam: Giselle	ballet musique francaise orchestral
19		1979	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	The World´s Greatest Composers: Tchaikovsky (London Festival Orchestra)	ballet orchestra
7		1982	Jean-Philippe Rameau	Rameau: Le Temple de la Gloire Suites; Grétry: Ballet Music From Operas; Charpentier: Medée Suite	ballet baroque
85		1982-12-04	Prince	Kamasutra	ballet classical jazz soul
6		1983	Jean-Philippe Rameau	Les Indes galantes, suites d'orchestre (La Chapelle Royale, feat. conductor: Philippe Herreweghe)		baroque francais # 53
1		1985	Igor Stravinsky	Stravinsky: Le Baiser de la Fée, Symphony in C
66		1986	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Stravinsky: L'Oiseau de Feu; Feu d'artifice; Quatre Etudes pour orchestre	ballet classical orchestra
29		1987	Various Artists	Зимние грёзы	ballet classical jazz
15		1989	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Famous Ballet Music	ballet classical
18		1989	Frédéric Chopin	Famous ballet Music	ballet classical
46		1990	Chicago Symphony Orchestra	Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin	ballet classical contemporary classical orchestra
92		1990	Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Charles Dutoit	Swan Lake
20		1991	Josu Gallastegui	A Journey Home: Music from the Basque Country Arranged for Ballet Barre and Center	ballet
87		1991	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	TCHAIKOVSKY: The Sleeping Beauty (Complete Ballet)	classical
3		1991	Jean-Philippe Rameau	Rameau : Sibaris, acte de ballet
63		1993	Carl Davis	Léo Delibes, Sylvia		musique francaise # 43
23		1993	Jacques Offenbach	Famous Ballet Music	ballet classical
33		1994	Igor Stravinsky	Stravinsky Edition: Vol. I - Ballets Vol. I	ballet
45		1994	Igor Stravinsky	Stravinsky: Mavra & Les Noces	ballet opera russian
77		1994	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Complete Ballets	ballet classical
83		1994	Igor Stravinsky	Stravinsky: Apollo - Agon - Orpheus	ballet classical
96		1994	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake (complete ballet)	ballet classical
69		1995	Leo Delibes	DELIBES: Sylvia (Complete Ballet) / SAINT-SAENS: Henry VIII	ballet musique francaise	musique francaise # 60
78		1995	Sergei Prokofiev	Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet (Complete)	ballet
51		1996	Ludwig Minkus	Minkus: Don Quijote	ballet
57		1997	Seiji Ozawa	Tchaikovsky: Pique dame - The Queen Of Spades	ballet classical orchestral russian
11		1998	Various Artists	Ballet Masterpieces	ballet
5		2000	Various Artists	Ultimate Ballet: The Essential Masterpieces	ballet
8		2000	Léo Delibes	Famous Ballet Music	ballet classical
9		2000	Jacques Offenbach	Offenbach: Gaite Parisienne; Strauss: Le Bue Danube	ballet classical
81		2000	Chris Lowe	The most incredible thing	ballet classical dance instrumental new age new wave pop
55		2002	Adolphe Adam	ADAM: La Filleule des Fees (Complete Ballet)	ballet classical musique francaise	musique francaise # 22
79		2005	Kaliopi	Me, Isadora		macedonian # 76
49		2005	Roland Petit	25éme Anniversaire du Ballet National de Marseille	ballet
76		2006	London Symphony Orchestra	Stravinsky: Le Sacre du Printemps; The Firebird; Pétrouchka; Pulcinella; Jeu de cartes	ballet classical contemporary classical
30		2009	Various Artists	Ballet Class Music Volume 1	ballet classical orchestral potpourri	potpourri # 23
100		2009	Ludwig Minkus	Minkus, L.: Bayadere (La) / Paquita [Ballets]
62		2009-09-10	Aly Tejas	Music For Ballet Class II - Etudes	ballet
86		2009-09-10	Aly Tejas	Ballet Music For Advanced Class I	ballet
94		2011-10-03	Paul McCartney	Ocean's Kingdom	ballet classical contemporary classical oldies
41		2014-03-07	Los Angeles Master Chorale, Gustavo Dudamel & Los Angeles Philharmonic	Thomas Adès: Dante
32		2015-04-06	Martha Argerich	Prokofiev: Cinderella Suite; Ravel: Ma Mère L'Oye	ballet classical piano
54		2016-08-26	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: The Sleeping Beauty Op.66	ballet classical
74		2016-08-26	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky - The Nutcracker	ballet
90		2016-08-26	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Sleeping Beauty (Complete)	ballet classical
99		2016-08-26	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Ballet Suites	ballet classical
91		2016-08-26	Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake, Op. 20 (Remastered)
61		2016-09-14	Color Pointe	Princess's knife	asian ballet girl band idol j-pop japanese
43		2020	Berliner Philharmoniker	Prokofiev: Romeo and Juliet - Highlights	ballet classical orchestra symphony
21			Adolphe Charles Adam	Adam: Giselle	ballet operette	operette # 40
38			Mammute	A Few Beer Tears Remixes	alternative ambience ambient ballet broken beat electro electronic electronica electropop glitch idm indie pop instrumental new rave new wave soul soundtrack	ambience # 25
47			Vassily Nebolsin	Gounod: Faust Ballet Music	ballet classical musique francaise orchestral	musique francaise # 11
52			Bill Lepage	Good-bye, Chunky Rice		american classical # 16 trombone # 23
60			Bill Lepage	Good-bye, Chunky Rice - First Drafts and Fragments		american classical # 33
64			Bill Lepage	Good-bye, Chunky Rice Part 2		trombone # 38
10			Northern Ballet Theater Orchestra	Arnold: The Three Musketeers	ballet soundtrack
14			Christian Matjias	Etoile - Solo Ballet Variations	ballet
24			Mammute	Coitus Hiatus ep	acoustic ballet broken beat electro electronic electronica electropop indie pop indietronica instrumental new rave new wave pop
35			Berliner Philharmoniker - Mstislav Rostropovich	Tschaikowsky : Ballet-Suiten	ballet
36			Carla Montini	Suites De Ballet	ballet classical musique francaise orchestral
37			Northern Ballet Theater Orchestra	Stephen Warbeck: Peter Pan	ballet classical orchestral soundtrack
40			Orquesta Sinfonica De Radio Hamburgo	El Lago De Los Cisnes	ballet classical russian
56			Ferdy Tumakaka	développés: adagios for dance	ballet classical piano
58			The Ballet Kids With The Kids Co And The Playtime Ballet Gang	My First Ballet Album	ballet
59			Mammute	mammute ep	alternative ambient ballet broken beat electro electronic electronica electropop indie pop indietronica instrumental new rave new wave
65			Ferdy Tumakaka	Music for Ballet Class (Cecchetti Method)	ballet
68			Сергей Сергеевич Прокофьев	Romeo And Juliet	ballet classical
72			Reinhold Moritsevich Gliere	GLIERE: The Red Poppy (Complete Ballet)	ballet
73			Adolphe Adam	Adam: Giselle (Highlights)	ballet classical
75			Seiji Ozawa [Conductor]	Der Nussknacker	ballet
82			Lisa Harris	My Favorite Ballet Class	ballet
			Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky	Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake	classical orchestral
12			London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Dorati, London Symphony Chorus, John McCarthy	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71
13			John Pryce-Jones, Northern Ballet Theatre Orchestra & Opera North Chorus	Feeney: Dracula
17			Viktor Simcisko, Shardad Rohani & Slovak Radio New Philharmonic Orchestra	Reader's Digest Music: Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Swan Lake, The Sleeping Beauty: Ballet Suites
27			Tbilisi Symphony Orchestra, Djansug Kakhidze	Tchaikovsky: Nutcracker
39			Chorus of the Kirov Opera, St. Petersburg	Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker
42			Orchestra of Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre of Russia	Ballet Highlights : Adam, Delibes
48			USSR Culture Symphony Orchestra, Emin Khatchaturian	Shostakovich: Ballet Suite No.1
80			Jean-Philippe Rameau	RAMEAU: Pigmalion, Platee and Dardanus Ballet Suites
88			Nate Fifield	Hollywood Hits for Ballet Class, Vol. 1

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