Alexander Borodin Essentials

Alexander Borodin Essentials

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A distinguished scientific career (as a doctor and professor of chemistry) didn't stop Borodin from writing music that dug deep into the Russian soul. The Polovtsian Dances (from the opera Prince Igor) and the languid, faintly oriental In the Steppes of Central Asia have long been orchestral staples, and his Second Symphony (1877), his masterpiece, never fails to thrill. Pungent melodies and muscular string writing are his trademark, and he is definitely one of music's originals. Try the Second String Quartet for its gorgeous melodies and really assured writing. No wonder that his best tunes were borrowed for the musical Kismet.

No. 17. Polovtsian Dances, "Uletay na krylyakh vetra" (Chorus)

Iván Fischer, Budapest Festival Orchestra, Czech Philharmonic Choir of Brno

11:53

Notturno: Andante

Borodin Quartet

8:37

I. Allegro

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian

7:00

Scherzo in A-Flat Major

3:21

In the Steppes of Central Asia

Staatskapelle Dresden, Kurt Sanderling

8:05

V. Rêverie

2:22

IV. Allegro molto vivace

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy

7:06

III. Scherzo. Prestissimo

Borodin Quartet

5:25

Arabian Melody

Alexander Vedernikov (Sr.), Igor Guselnikov

2:19

Polovtsian March

Ukrainian National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Theodore Kuchar, Kiev Chamber Choir

5:00

III. Funeral March

Antoni Lichomanow, Roma Orłowska

2:11

IV. Mazurka II

Philip Edward Fisher

3:25

Requiem

Geoffrey Simon, BBC Symphony Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Ian Boughton

5:33

I. Moderato assai

Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony

7:59

Duet: "Ty li, Vladimir moj"

Gegam Grigorian, Mariinsky Orchestra, Olga Borodina, Valery Gergiev

4:22

II. Scherzo

Takács Quartet

4:27

Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major - III. Andante

Norwegian Radio Orchestra, Ari Rasilainen

7:14

For the Shores of Your Distant Homeland

Mikhail Arkadiev, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

4:55

Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

Herbert von Karajan, Berlin Philharmonic

2:15

II. Andante con moto - Fugato. Un poco più moso

Barchet-Quartett

7:02

VII. Finale: Scherzo

Tchaikovsky Symphony Orchestra, Genadi Cherkasov

6:39

II. Scherzo (Vivo) - Trio (Moderato)

National Philharmonic Orchestra, Loris Tjeknavorian

9:41

Serenata Alla Spagnola

Borodin Quartet

2:35

III. Andante

Ole Schmidt, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

7:49

Overture Prince Igor

London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti

10:45