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I have been a fan of Borodin ever since playing this piece in high school and then hearing his music in the musical "Kismet". The Symphony is wonderfully played and well extracted into the MP3 format. It seems however that someone made a major BOO-BOO in the extraction of "In the Steppes of Central Asia" The piece just stops in the middle of a phrase, only to begin at that point in the Prince Igor Overture track. If you want to listen to just the "Steppes" you will be cheated out of approximately 1 minute 30 seconds worth of music (the etherial ending of the piece). Conversely, if you wish to listen to the Prince Igor segments you will hear 1 minute 30 seconds worth of music that will make no sense whatsoever, followed by about a 15 seconds of silence before the overture begins. I hope this is an electronic transfer problem and not a problem with the CD itself.
If you wish to purchase this recording, which by the way is excellent in all respects, I would STRONGLY recommend getting the CD and waiting the 4 or 5 day is takes the mail to get it to you, then make your own transfer to your MP3 player, or maybe purchase the piece recorded by a different artist.
Again, the music is wonderful and the recording is terrific, but the MP3 editing leaves something to be desired.
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