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)

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

11:53

Notturno: Andante

Borodin Quartet

8:37

I. Allegro

Loris Tjeknavorian, National Philharmonic Orchestra

7:00

Scherzo In a Flat

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

Igor Guselnikov, Alexander Vedernikov I

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

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

5:33

I. Moderato assai

Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz

7:59

Duet: "Ty li, Vladimir moj"

Valery Gergiev, Olga Borodina, Mariinsky Orchestra, Gegam Grigorian

4:22

II. Scherzo

Takács Quartet

4:27

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

Ari Rasilainen, Norwegian Radio Orchestra

7:14

For the Shores of Your Distant Homeland

Mikhail Arkadiev, Dmitri Hvorostovsky

4:55

Prince Igor: Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens

Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan

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)

Loris Tjeknavorian, National Philharmonic Orchestra

9:41

Serenata Alla Spagnola

Borodin Quartet

2:35

III. Andante

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Ole Schmidt

7:49

Overture Prince Igor

London Symphony Orchestra, Georg Solti

10:45