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Alexander Borodin
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin was a Russian Romantic composer and chemist of Georgian–Russian parentage. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as "The Five", a group dedicated to producing a "uniquely Russian" kind of classical music. Borodin is known best for his symphonies, his two string quartets, the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. A doctor and chemist by profession and training, Borodin made important early contributions to organic chemistry. Although he is presently known better as a composer, he regarded medicine and science as his primary occupations, only practising music and composition in his spare time or when he was ill. As a chemist, Borodin is known best for his work concerning organic synthesis, including being among the first chemists to demonstrate nucleophilic substitution, as well as being the co-discoverer of the aldol reaction. Borodin was a promoter of education in Russia and founded the School of Medicine for Women in Saint Petersburg, where he taught until 1885. In the 1880s pressures of work and ill health left him little time for composition. He died suddenly in 1887 while at a ball. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Borodin: Nocturne (Arr. Cullen for Solo Cello & Strings from Quartet No. 2)
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (Without Chorus)
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Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante
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In the Steppes of Central Asia
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (With Chorus)

Albums

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Canadian Guitar Quartet: Œuvres orchestrales pour quatuor de guitares

2025
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Karajan A-Z: Berg - Borodin

2024
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Elegy: Music by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin

2023
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Borodin: Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor - Balakirev: Symphony No. 1 in C Major (Remastered 2025) (feat. Alexander Borodin, Beecham Choral Society & Mily Balakirev)

2025
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Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major - Dvořák: String Quartet No. 12 in F Major, Op. 96, B. 179 "American"

2024
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Tchaikovsky & Borodin: Symphony NO. 5, OP. 64 - Francesca da Rimini, OP. 32 - Prince Igor

2022
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Capriccio espagnol; Borodin: Prince Igor - Overture, Polovtsian Dances

2025
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Borodin: The Best Symphonic Works

2023
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (Suite); Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

2025
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Pierné, Borodin, Delibes, Sibelius & Rachmaninoff

2023

Singles & EPs

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Polovetsian Dances

Single2024
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Petite Suite: VI. Serenade

Single2021
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Petite Suite: II. Intermezzo

Single2021
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Single2023
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Petite Suite: V. Rêverie

Single2021
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Requiem

Single2020
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Prince Igor: "Polovtsian Dances" (Arr. for Piano by Miguel Carvena)

Single2023
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Petite Suite: IV. Mazurka II

Single2021
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Petite Suite: VII. Nocturn

Single2021
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Petite Suite: III. Mazurka I

Single2021

Videos

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Alexander Borodin: Prince Igor - Polovtsian Dances (Andrzej Kucybała)

Transcendentally Obscure Symbol2.1K views
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Danzas Polovtsianas de El Príncipe Igor - Aleksandr Borodin.

Solimusi Vocesparalapaz977K views
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Borodin - Dance Of The Maidens (Dance No.17) - Polovtsian

Classical Chamber1.2K views
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Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor

inwit287K views
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[Vladimir Fedoseyev] Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, From "Prince Igor"

Vonaroir430K views
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Borodin - String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne (Dover Quartet)

Brooklyn Classical472K views
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Joseph Haydn, String Quartet in C, Op. 33, No. 3, "The Bird": 4. Finale. Rondo - Presto

Selecteum des Arts et des Sciences CCU1.3K views
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Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings, I. Allegro moderato

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center537K views
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Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Slaven Kulenović362K views
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Borodin "Polovtsian Dances" from the opera "Prince Igor" Only children choir

Gatito Melomano601K views

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