The Borodin String quartet performed as part of the International Festival of the Arts and the Chamber Music NZ 2010 programme to a packed Town Hall. The programme was exclusively Russian and featured ...
Though he wrote his String Quartet No. 2 in 1881 and passed away in 1887, in 1954 Russian composer Alexander Borodin won a Tony Award because his music was used as the basis for new songs in the ...
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It's said that the cello in the String Quartet No. 2 is the amorous “voice” of composer Alexander Borodin while the first violin represents his wife, to whom he dedicated the quartet as a 20th ...
It's said that the cello in the String Quartet No. 2 is the amorous “voice” of composer Alexander Borodin while the first violin represents his wife, to whom he dedicated the quartet as a 20th ...
Alexander Borodin was an amateur musician, but you can't tell that from his music. His String Quartet No. 2 is a masterpiece of melody and great compositional skill. The Borgonzi String Quartet plays ...
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Freedom of expression is enjoyed by many, but it is cherished by those who have lived without it. In his early 30s, a leading musical voice was reprimanded by his heads of state for his disapproved ...
This collection of rarely heard late-19th-century Russian chamber music is anything but orthodox. Borodin's 1860 String Sextet No. 2 in D minor is incomplete – only the first two movements survive.