Borodin
Alexander Borodin (1833-1887) was a Russian composer and chemist, and one of the group known as The Five, who sought to create a distinctively Russian school of composition. Remarkably, he maintained a major scientific career alongside his musical work.
His best-known compositions include the opera Prince Igor, the Polovtsian Dances, two completed symphonies, chamber music and songs. Because composition had to fit ar...
DEBUSSY Petite Suite
OFFENBACH Tales of Hoffman
STRAVINSKY The Firebird - Suite
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6 "Pathétique"
and many more
Studio recordings, 1910-1918
Total duration: 2hr 32:36 (CD) or 2hr 39:21 (download)
Beecham Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Thomas Beecham
BORODIN Prince Igor – Polovtsian March
BRAHMS Tragic Overture, 3 Hungarian Dances
HUMPERDINCK Hansel und Gretel - Overture & Dream Pantomime
SAINT-SAËNS Samson et Dalila - Bacchanale
SIBELIUS The Oceanides, Night Ride & Sunrise
TCHAIKOVSKY Serenade for Strings, Eugene Onegin - Polonaise
WAGNER Die Meistersinger, Tristan und Isolde, Parsifal excerpts
Studio recordings, 1932-1937
Total duration: 2hr 4:45
BBC Symphony Orchestra
conducted by Sir Adrian Boult
HAYDN Quartet in G, Op. 76, No. 1
MOZART “Hunt” Quartet
SCHUBERT “Death and the Maiden” Quartet
DVOŘÁK “American” Quartet
TCHAIKOVSKY Quartet No. 2 in F, Op. 22
Encores by Dittersdorf, Mendelssohn and Borodin
Studio recordings, 1926-29
Total duration: 2hr 35:50
The Budapest Quartet
BORODIN Prince Igor - excerpts
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Czar Sultan - Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night - Overture
MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina: Persian Dances
Electric HMV recordings 1926-30
Total duration: 73:15
London Symphony Orchestra
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini
BORODIN - Prince Igor - Ballet
Acoustic HMV recordings 1922-1924
Total duration: 68:50
The Symphony Orchestra
Albert Coates, conductor
BACH (arr Elgar) - Fantasia and Fugue in C minor
BEETHOVEN - Gratulations-Menuett
BEETHOVEN The Creatures of Prometheus - Overture
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 'Choral'
TCHAIKOVSKY - Symphony No. 5
TCHAIKOVSKY - Francesca da Rimini
BORODIN - Prince Igor - Ballet
MOZART - Symphony No. 41, 'Jupiter'
MOZART - Der Schauspieldirektor - Overture
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7
TCHAIKOVSKY Symphony No. 6, "Pathétique"
TCHAIKOVSKY March Slave
TCHAIKOVSKY Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
GLINKA Ruslan and Lyudmila Overture
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Coq d'Or - suite
STRAVINSKY Firebird Suite
RAVEL Ma Mère l'Oye - Suite
Music by Glinka, Liadov, Debussy
STRAVINSKY Petrushka Ballet
BORODIN Prince Igor - excerpts
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Czar Sultan - Suite
RIMSKY-KORSAKOV May Night - Overture
MUSSORGSKY Khovanshchina: Persian Dances
