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In the Steppes of Central Asia - Borodin - Mongolia

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Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia (V sredney Azii)

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Borodin In the Steppes of Central asia

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Usual Name Alexander Borodin
Alternative Spellings Alexandre, Alexander Borodine, A. P. Borogyin, A. Borodine, Aleksandr P. Borodin, Alexandr Borodin, A. Borodin, Alexander Borodin, Alexandre Borodine, Alejandro Borodin, Alexander P. Borodin, Alessandro Borodine, Aleksandr Borodin, A. P. Borodin, Александр Порфирьевич Бородин, Aleksandr Porfir'evich Borodin
On Wikipedia Alexander_Borodin
Dedicated pieces Modest Mussorgsky: Intermezzo in modo classico
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Title Subname Catalogue Key Year Type
In the Steppes of Central Asia 1880 Symphonic Poem
Symphony #2 B Minor 1876 Symphony
Symphony #1 E-flat Major 1867 Symphony
Petite suite 1885 Suite
Scherzo A-flat Major 1885 Scherzo
String Quartet #2 D Major 1881 String Quartet
Symphony #3 A Minor 1882 Symphony
Piano Trio 1860 Piano Trio
Quartet for flute, oboe, viola, and cello 1856 Quartet
String Trio in G minor for 2 violins and cello G Minor 1855 String Trio
String Trio in G major for 2 violins and cello G Major 1856 String Trio
String Quintet in F minor for 2 violins, viola and 2 cellos F Minor 1860 String Quintet
String Sextet D Minor 1861 Sextet
Sonata in B minor for cello and piano B Minor 1860 Sonata
Piano Trio D Major 1861 Piano Trio
Piano Quintet C Minor 1862 Quintet
String Quartet #1 A Major 1879 String Quartet
Scherzo for String Quartet 1882 Scherzo
Serenata alla spagnola for String Quartet 1886 String Quartet
Paraphrases on Chopsticks 1878
Hélène-Polka D Minor 1861 Polka
Allegretto D-flat D-flat Major 1861
Scherzo E Major 1861 Scherzo
Tarantella D Major 1862 Tarantella
Why did you grow pale early 1855 Song(s)
The beautiful girl does not love me 1855 Song(s)
Listen to my song, my friends 1855 Song(s)
Thou lovely fisher-girl 1855 Song(s)
The Sleeping Princess 1867 Song(s)
The Tsar's Bride 1868 Opera
Bogatyri 1878 Opera
Prince Igor 1887
My songs are full of poison 1868 Song(s)
The Sea Princess 1868 Song(s)
Song of the Dark Woods (Old song) 1868 Song(s)
The False Note 1868 Song(s)
The Sea 1884 Song(s)
From my tears 187 Song(s)
For the shores of your far homeland 1881 Song(s)
To the people at home 1881 Song(s)
Arabian melody 1881 Song(s)
Pride 1885 Song(s)
The Magic Garden 1885 Song(s)
Serenade of Four Knights for One Lady 1870 Serenade
God save Kyril! God save Methodius! 1885
Transcription from Allegretto in D-flat 1861
Transcription from Symphony no. 1 1875
Transcription from Symphony no. 2 1878
Transcription from the Steppes of Central Asia 1882
Transcription from String Quartet no. 1 1887
Concerto in D for flute and piano D Major 1847 Concerto
String Trio for 2 violins and cello 1847 String Trio
Le Courant – etude for piano 1849 Etude
Fantasy on a theme by Hummel 1849 Fantasy (Fantasia)
Fugues for piano 1852 Fugue
Scherzo in B minor for piano B Minor 1852 Scherzo
Fugue for piano 1862 Fugue

In the Steppes of Central Asia - Borodin - Mongolia

A musical journey to Mongolia. Dresden Staatskapelle conducted by Kurt Sanderling.

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Alexander Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia (V sredney Azii)

Aexander Borodin USSR State Academic Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov In 1880, as part of the celebrations for the 25th year of Tsar Alexander II's reign, two producers were supposed to contribute a series of small dramas glorifying Alexander's successes. Twelve Russian composers were contacted to provide incidental music for these scenes. The producers dropped out of sight before the festival, and Borodin seems to have been the only composer who responded to the call. The musical picture he wrote for the occasion, In the Steppes of Central Asia, became famous in its own right almost immediately, both at home and elsewhere. The work is dedicated to Franz Liszt, master of the programmatic orchestral tone poem, a form to which Borodin brings a distinctly Russian slant. The program depicts a caravan of Central Asian traders, escorted across the desert by Russian soldiers. A quiet, bare high E on the violins, suggesting the desolation of the landscape, opens the work. A Russian folk song representing the military guard plays as if from a distance, first on clarinet, then on horn. The English horn then plays a lilting, oriental-inflected theme representing the native merchants, while a chromatic pizzicato accompaniment in the strings suggests the tread of camels across the desert. Each theme becomes more elaborate and louder as the trading party approaches, until finally the two tunes interweave in counterpoint, representing (in Borodin's words) "the peace-loving songs of the conquered and their conquerors join[ed] in harmony." After this climax, both themes recede, leaving the high E alone in the desert. Borodin's original program, particularly the part quoted above and a reference to the "terrible fighting force" of the Russian army, was considerably altered by the time of an 1882 performance in Moscow, as the tsar's government was ill disposed to discussing its colonial designs on Central Asia. To modern listeners, however, In the Steppes of Central Asia is simply a charming, well-crafted, exotically inflected sonic portrait.

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Borodin In the Steppes of Central asia

Alexander Borodin (1833 - 1887) In the Steppes of Central asia Valery Gergiev Mariinsky Theatre Orchestra

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Borodin - In the Steppes of Central Asia

Arthur Fiedler - Boston Pops Orchestra 1957

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IN THE STEPPES OF CENTRAL ASIA - A. BORODIN

"En las estepas de Asia Central" de Alexander Borodin, interpretada por la Orquesta Sinfónica de la UMSCO y la Orquesta de la OFMiSV, dirigida por Carmen Más Arocas en el Auditorio y Palacio de Congresos de Castellón.

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