Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

Alexander Borodin (Composer), Borodin String Quartet (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Borodin String Quartet
• Composer: Alexander Borodin
• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: EMI Classics / Melodiya
• ASIN: B000002ROX
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #78,318 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Divine, delicate sonority, November 22, 2000

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smg (ny, ny) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major (Audio CD)

Borodin's 2nd Quartet is a perfect example of the renaissance principle that beautiful music mimics the human voice. To the credit of the eponymous quartet, while listening to the notturno, I feel as if am being serenaded by a beautiful chanteuse. It is a movement of such profound elegance and feeling that one is disarmed by the experience, while the movements framing it are in turn lyrical and provocative. Certainly a keystone of the repertoire.

36 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Why not be totally changed into fire?", March 23, 2001

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NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major (Audio CD)

Abba Joseph once asked: "Why not be totally changed into fire?"

This disc brings a similar question to mind--Why can't all recordings be this unbelievable?

This is one of the most beautiful discs in my entire collection. I have few that are as near to a realized ideal of perfection as this disc.

The Borodin String Quartet's performance grips one at the outset with the dreamlike opening of Borodin's String Quartet No. 1 in A. It takes complete hold of the listener and does not let them go until the Finale of Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D.

I cannot find words to describe this disc. I recommend it unreservedly. Get a copy today.

17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the most moving performances ever!, October 18, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Borodin: String Quartet No. 1 in A Major; String Quartet No. 2 in D Major (Audio CD)

This is a performance that one simply cannot come close to. The 2nd quartet is one of the most beautiful quartets of all time, played here with profound emotion and a sound that takes one to another world. This CD moved me to tears, I urge you to buy it. This music and the way it is performed by the Borodin String Quartet is simply in a class of it's own.