Essential Ballet

An invitation to the dance in its many ballet forms, this collection ranges panoramically across cultures and styles. From the lustrous scores of the Russian tradition - Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Prokofiev and Khachaturian - to the masters of sensual Gallic elegance - Ravel, Satie, Fauré, Delibes, Bizet, Poulenc, Adam and Hérold, from the idiosyncratic British charm of Sullivan to Copland's swaggering cowboys, Essential Ballet captures the spirit and spectacle of the art.