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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]
for string quartet and piano String Quartet No. 1 in A: 1874: 1879: String Quartet No. 2 in D: 1881: 1881: Scherzo for String Quartet: 1882: 1882: from Mitrofan Belyayev's collection "Fridays". Also used by Glazunov in his completion of Borodin's 3rd Symphony Serenata alla spagnola for String Quartet: 1886: 1886: From the collective quartet "B ...
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During 1875 Borodin started his First String Quartet, much to the displeasure of Mussorgsky and Vladimir Stasov; the other members of The Five were known to be hostile to chamber music. The First Quartet demonstrates mastery of the string quartet form. Borodin's Second Quartet, written in 1881, displays strong lyricism, as in the third movement ...
"And This Is My Beloved" is a popular song from the 1953 musical Kismet, credited to Robert Wright and George Forrest. Like most other music in the show, this melody was based on music composed by Alexander Borodin, in this case the nocturne from the third movement of Borodin's String Quartet No. 2 in D.
Valentin Berlinsky (January 19, 1925 – December 15, 2008) was a Russian cellist.He was a member of the Borodin Quartet in 1945 and was a member until 2007. By that time, he was the only member to have played in the Borodin Quartet from the beginning.
Alexander Borodin (1833–1887): Two string quartets: No. 1 in A (1879) and No. 2 in D (1881) ... Cliché Music for String Quartet (2012), A Mortuis Resurgere: The ...
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.