Symphony 2 "Bogatyrskaya" / Petite Suite

Borodin (Artist), Svetlanov (Artist), Ssor (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 15, 1994)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003FO5
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #358,845 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars For Borodin lovers, September 16, 2011

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This review is from: Symphony 2 "Bogatyrskaya" / Petite Suite (Audio CD)

Alexander Borodin was a chemist and physician who composed music in his spare time. Despite this limitation Borodin wrote quite a lot of very good music. The music in the movie Kismet is based on various compositions by Borodin. The popular song Stranger in Paradise from Kismet is based on a theme from the Polovetsian dances of Borodin's opera Prince Igor. Borodin wrote three symphonies, of which his 2nd Symphony, presented herein, is the most popular. Evgeny Svetlanov, a Russian conductor with a genius for conducting Russian music, gives an outstanding performance of this symphony on this CD. Also included is Borodin's attractive Petite Suite. Recommended.