Notes & Reviews:
Alexander Porfir'yevich Borodin, inarguably best known for his membership in the Russian Mighty Handful, was a chemist by profession and composed in his spare time. Despite the hint toward dilettantism that might be suggested, nothing amateurish can be traced in the small but sophisticated opus left to us. This near-complete edition comprehends his three highly original symphonies, complete chamber music, songs, piano music, and his unfinished masterpiece opera Prince Igor. Mostly Russian performers execute flawless performances with distinct national flavor.
Works:
Symphony no 1 in E flat major by Alexander Borodin
Conductor: Mark Ermler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862-1867; Russia
Symphony no 2 in B minor by Alexander Borodin
Conductor: Mark Ermler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869-1876; Russia
Symphony no 3 in A minor by Alexander Borodin
Conductor: Mark Ermler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1882; Russia
In the steppes of central Asia by Alexander Borodin
Conductor: Mark Ermler
Orchestra/Ensemble: Bolshoi Symphony Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia
Quintet for Strings in F minor by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Alexander Gotthelf (Cello)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1853-1854; Russia
Quartet for Strings no 1 in A major by Alexander Borodin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1874-1879; Russia
Quartet for Strings no 2 in D major by Alexander Borodin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Russia
Serenata alla spagnola by Alexander Borodin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1886; Russia
Sextet for Strings in d [2 movements] by Alexander Borodin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1860-1861; Russia
Trio for Piano and Strings in D major by Alexander Borodin
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow Trio
Period: Romantic
Written: 1860-1861; Moscow
Quintet for Piano and Strings in C minor by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Alexander Mndoiantz (Piano)
Orchestra/Ensemble: Moscow String Quartet
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862; Russia
Petite Suite for Piano by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Russia
Scherzo for Piano in A flat major by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Russia
In the steppes of central Asia by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Giampaolo Nuti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1880; Russia
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Prelude to a Polka by Borodin, S 207a by Franz Liszt
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Polka in C major by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Marche funèbre in A minorby Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Valse in C major by Anatole Liadov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Berceuse in C major by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Galop in C major by Anatole Liadov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Gigue in C major by Anatole Liadov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Fughetta on B-A-C-H by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Tarantella in A minor by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Menuetto in C major by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Valse in C major by César Cui
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Requiem in A minor by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Carillon in C major by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Daniela De Santis (Piano), Marco Rapetti (Piano), Giampaolo Nuti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Mazurka in C major by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Fugue grotesque in C majorby Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Paraphrases [collab. work by Borodin, Liadov, et al]: Cortège triomphal by Anatole Liadov
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1879
Tarantella for Piano 4 hands in D major by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Giampaolo Nuti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1862; Russia
Allegretto in D flat major for Piano 4 Hands by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861; Russia
Scherzo for Piano 4 hands in E major by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1861
Adagio patetico for Piano in A flat major by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: ?1849
Polka Hélène for Piano 4 hands by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano), Daniela De Santis (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1843; Moscow
A la manière de Borodine by Maurice Ravel
Performer: Marco Rapetti (Piano)
Period: 20th Century
Written: 1913; France
The pretty girl no longer loves me by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass), Irina Molokina (Cello)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1854; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 4 Minutes 6 Secs.
Language: Russian
Listen to my song, little friend by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Irina Molokina (Cello), Marianna Tarasova (Mezzo Soprano), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1854; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: Russian
Fishermaiden by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Tenor), Irina Molokina (Cello), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: circa 1854; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 1 Minutes 32 Secs.
Language: Russian
Why art thou so early, dawn? by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Andrei Slavny (Baritone), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1852-1855; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 2 Minutes 28 Secs.
Language: Russian
Sleeping Princess by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marianna Tarasova (Mezzo Soprano), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1867; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 5 Minutes 31 Secs.
Language: Russian
My songs are poisoned by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 1 Minutes 34 Secs.
Language: Russian
Sea Princess by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marianna Tarasova (Mezzo Soprano), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 2 Minutes 40 Secs.
Language: Russian
False note by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 1 Minutes 18 Secs.
Language: Russian
Song of the dark forest by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1868; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 11 Secs.
Language: Russian
From my tears by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870-1871; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 1 Minutes 43 Secs.
Language: Russian
Sea by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Konstantin Pluzhnikov (Tenor)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1870; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 48 Secs.
Language: Russian
Pride by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1884-1885; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 25 Secs.
Language: Russian
For the shores of thy far native land by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 4 Minutes 5 Secs.
Language: Russian
Those folk by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Andrei Slavny (Baritone), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs.
Language: Russian
Septain by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Marianna Tarasova (Mezzo Soprano), Yuri Serov (Piano)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1885; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 2 Minutes 15 Secs.
Language: Russian
Arabian melody by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Yuri Serov (Piano), Nikolai Okhotnikov (Bass)
Period: Romantic
Written: 1881; Russia
Date of Recording: 03/1995
Venue: St Catherine Church, St Petersburg
Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.
Language: Russian
Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin
Performer: Kaludi Kaludov (Tenor), Boris Martinovich (Baritone), Nicolai Ghiuselev (Bass),
Nicolai Ghiaurov (Bass), Alexandrina Milcheva (Mezzo Soprano), Stoil Georgiev (Bass),
Mincho Popov (Tenor), Angel Petkov (Tenor), Elena Stoyanova (Soprano),
Stefka Evstatieva (Soprano)
Conductor: Emil Tchakarov
Orchestra/Ensemble: Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia Festival Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1869-1887; Russia
Date of Recording: 07/1987
Venue: National Palace of Culture, Sofia
Length: 209 Minutes 50 Secs.
Language: Russian
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