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Part of unperformed collaborative ballet-opera-spectacle by Cui (Act 1), Mussorgsky and Rimsky-Korsakov (Acts 2 and 3), and Borodin (Act 4), with ballet music by Minkus. Borodin used material from his unfinished Prince Igor as the basis for Act 4. Finale orchestrated by Rimsky-Korsakov as a concert piece (1892)
As a cellist, he was an enthusiastic chamber music player, an interest that increased during his chemical studies in Heidelberg between 1859 and 1861. This early period yielded, among other chamber works, a string sextet and a piano quintet. Borodin based the thematic structure and instrumental texture of his pieces on those of Felix ...
String Sextet No. 1; String Sextet No. 2; Boccherini, Luigi. 6 String Sextets, Op. 23 (1776) Borodin, Aleksandr. String Sextet in D minor; Børresen, Hakon. String Sextet in G major, Op. 5 (1901) Brahms, Johannes. String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 18 (1860) String Sextet No. 2 in G major, Op. 36 (1864-1865) Bridge, Frank. String sextet ...
In classical music, a string sextet is a composition written for six string instruments, or a group of six musicians who perform such a composition. Most string sextets have been written for an ensemble consisting of two violins , two violas , and two cellos .
Symphony No. 2 (Borodin) This page was last edited on 18 April 2020, at 02:30 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 ...
The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the then Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest-lasting string quartets, having marked its 70th-anniversary season in 2015. It is one of the world's longest-lasting string quartets, having marked its 70th-anniversary season in 2015.
BORODIN: String Quartets Nos. 1 & 2, String Sextet (with L. Williams, R. Wallfisch) CD DCA 1143 BRAHMS / SCHUMANN: Piano Quintets (with P. Frankl) CD DCA 728 MENDELSSOHN : String Quartet No. 6 & BRAHMS : String Quartet No. 2 CD QS 6173 HAYDN: The Seven Last Words CD DCA 853 HAYDN: String Quartets "Sun" Op. 20 – Nos. 1, 3 & 4 CD DCA 1027
The String Quartet No. 2 is a string quartet in D major written by Alexander Borodin in 1881. It was dedicated to his wife Ekaterina Protopova. Some scholars, such as Borodin's biographer Serge Dianin, suggest that the quartet was a 20th anniversary gift and that it has a program evoking the couple's first meeting in Heidelberg. [1]