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Excellent Dance Music

05/04/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This CD is professionally recorded and very enjoyable to listen to. It's perfect to practice your dancing skills. The music is grouped in 3 or 4 of the same dance so that you can practice a particular type of dance several times in a row. I highly recommend this CD, along with Let's Dance - Latin Collection(see review)."

Superb CD for both Listening & Dancing

Alan S Wilson | Peterborough Ontario Canada | 12/12/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I DJ for Social Ballroom dancing here in Peterborough Ontario and am always on the lookout for new music. This and the other Columbia Ballroom Orchestra CDs that I have just received (5 in number) are superb. The music is in strict tempo for dancing and the songs are ones that all my dancers can relate to and sing along with. I just hope there are more Columbia Ballroom Orchestra CDs around that I can get my hands on."

Actually, this is 3 and a half stars

J. Wakefield | SLC, Utah | 04/04/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Lots of good instrumental dance music at a very reasonable price. This is full orchestra dance music and the strings often carry the melody line. The beat, provided by plucked bass or bass guitar, is easy to hear. The cover lists the appropriate dance and the tempo (bpm). The tempos are appropriate to the suggested dance, with the exception of tracks 23, 24, and 25. I suggest foxtrot for tracks 23 and 24. Track 25 works with West Coast Swing. Oh, and track 14 (Liebesträume) has some slightly sour strings.



Here is the title, duration, suggested dance, and tempo:



Around the world, 2:27 Waltz, 30

Fly me to the moon, 2:28, Waltz, 30

Charade, 2:27, Waltz, 30

Rosita, La, 2:13, Tango, 33

Amanecer, El, 2:12, Tango, 33

Michelle, 2:26, Foxtrot, 30

Autumn leaves, 2:28, Foxtrot30

Summertime, 2:28, Foxtrot, 30

Moonlight serenade, 2:28, Foxtrot, 30

This masquerade, 2:26, Foxtrot, 30

Nocturne, 2:26, Foxtrot, 30

Top of the world, 2:08, Quickstep, 52

Sing, 2:05, Quickstep, 52

Liebesträume, 2:29, Waltz, 30

Mozart's concerto for piano & orchestra, 2:29, Waltz, 30

Professionnel, Le, 2:32, Waltz, 30

Amazing grace, 2:27, Waltz, 30

Tango notturno, 2:44, Tango, 33

Blue tango, 2:13, Tango, 33

Felicia, 2:11, Tango, 33

Yapeyu, 2:12, Tango, 33

Huracan, El 2:12, Tango, 33

Wonderland by night, 2:03, Foxtrot, 28

Smoke gets in your eyes, 2:07, Foxtrot, 28

St. Louis blues, 3:05, WCSwing, 28

S'Wonderful, 2:05, Quickstep, 52

Walk in the Black Forest, A, 2:03, Quickstep, 52"