From the exquisite elegance of Swan Lake to the riot-inducing dissonance of the Rite of Spring, these 5 CDs highlight the astonishing variety of colors, moods and tonalities that lie within the world of ballet music. Excerpts of Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake; Sleeping Beauty, and the Nutcracker and Stravinsky's entire Firebird and the Rite of Spring join Romeo and Juliet (excerpts) Prokofiev; Faust: Ballet Music; Act 2 "Waltz" Gounod; Coppelia Delibes, and Les Sylphides Chopin.