Borodin: Chamber Music
Composer
Alexander Borodin
Artist
Moscow Trio
Format
3 CD
Cat. number
93973
EAN code
5028421939735
Release
October 2009
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About this release
Alexander Porfireyevich Borodin was the illegitimate son of a prince and his mistress, educated at home in St Petersburg by his mother. Although music was an early passion, he discovered his avocation once he matriculated at the city's Medical-Surgical Academy. A chemist he became, and a good one, though not without his extra-curricular enthusiasms: the head of department once admonished him thus, mid-lecture: 'Mr Borodin, busy yourself a little less with songs. I’m putting all my hopes in you as my successor, but all you think of is music: you can’t hunt two hares at the same time.'
Track list
Disk 1
1 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.1 in A: I. Moderato
2 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.1 in A: II. Andante con moto
3 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.1 in A: III. Scherzo: Prestissimo
4 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.1 in A: IV. Finale: Andante – Allegro risoluto
5 Alexander Borodin: Piano Quintet in C Minor: I. Andante
6 Alexander Borodin: Piano Quintet in C Minor: II. Scherzo: Allegro non troppo
7 Alexander Borodin: Piano Quintet in C Minor: III. Finale: Allegro moderato
Disk 2
1 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D: I. Allegro moderato
2 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D: II. Scherzo: Allegro
3 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D: III. Nocturne: Andante
4 Alexander Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D: IV. Finale: Andante – Vivace
5 Alexander Borodin: String Quintet in F Minor: I. Allegro con brio
6 Alexander Borodin: String Quintet in F Minor: II. Andante ma non troppo
7 Alexander Borodin: String Quintet in F Minor: III. Menuetto
8 Alexander Borodin: String Quintet in F Minor: IV. Finale: Prestissimo
9 Alexander Borodin: String Quintet in F Minor: Serenata alla spagnola for string quartet
Disk 3
1 Alexander Borodin: Sextet in D Minor: I. Allegro
2 Alexander Borodin: Sextet in D Minor: II. Andante
3 Alexander Borodin: Sextet in D Minor: Trio in G Minor for two violins and cello on a Russian song ‘What have I done to hurt you?’
4 Alexander Borodin: Trio in G for two violins and cello: I. Allegro
5 Alexander Borodin: Trio in G for two violins and cello: II. Andante
6 Alexander Borodin: Piano Trio in D: I. Allegro con brio
7 Alexander Borodin: Piano Trio in D: II. Romance: Andante
8 Alexander Borodin: Piano Trio in D: III. Intermezzo: Tempo di minuetto
