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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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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (Without Chorus)
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Borodin: Nocturne (Arr. Cullen for Solo Cello & Strings from Quartet No. 2)
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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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The Russian Five

2026
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Debussy - Borodin: String Quartets

2026
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Festival Overture; Capriccio espagnol; Borodin: Prince Igor - Overture, Polovtsian Dances

2025
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Russian String Quartets

2026
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Canadian Guitar Quartet: Œuvres orchestrales pour quatuor de guitares

2025
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Rimsky-Korsakov: Le Coq d'Or (Suite); Borodin: Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

2025
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Borodin - Masterwork

2026
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Overture! (Remastered 2025)

2025
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#nowspinning Borodin

2026
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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

Singles & EPs

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String Quartet No. 2 in D Major

EP2025
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The Ghost Tower

Single2024
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Stranger in Paradise

Single2022
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String Quartet No. 1 in A Major

EP2025
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Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor (piano arr. by L. Faulkner)

Single2023
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Petite Suite: VII. Nocturn

Single2021
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In the Steppes of Central Asia

Single2025
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Single2023
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Polovetsian Dances

Single2024
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Prince Igor: "Polovtsian Dances" (Arr. for Piano by Miguel Carvena)

Single2023

Videos

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

Transcendentally Obscure Symbol2.6K views
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[Vladimir Fedoseyev] ダッタン人の踊り Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, From "Prince Igor"

Vonaroir471K views
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Borodin / F. Noack : Polovtsian Dances | Florian Noack, piano

Florian Noack334K views
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Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor

inwit312K views
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Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings, I. Allegro moderato

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center563K views
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Borodin - String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne (Dover Quartet)

Brooklyn Classical490K views
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Borodin - Dance Of The Maidens (Dance No.17) - Polovtsian

Classical Chamber1.5K views
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Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Slaven Kulenović409K views
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[Yuri Simonov] ダッタン人の踊り Alexander Borodin: Polovtsian Dances, From "Prince Igor"

Vonaroir1.3K views

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