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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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Nocturne
HAUSER
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Borodin: Nocturne (Arr. Cullen for Cello and Orchestra)
Julian Lloyd Webber
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances (Without Chorus)
Berliner Philharmoniker
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Borodin: String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: III. Notturno. Andante
Borodin Quartet
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In the Steppes of Central Asia
Czech National Symphony Orchestra

Albums

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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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Elegy: Music by Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin

2023
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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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Tchaikovsky & Borodin: Symphony NO. 5, OP. 64 - Francesca da Rimini, OP. 32 - Prince Igor

2022
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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
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Karajan A-Z: Berg - Borodin

2024
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Mendelssohn / Ravel / Borodin (Live - 100th Anniversary)

2023

Singles & EPs

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Polovetsian Dances

Single • 2024
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Petite Suite: VI. Serenade

Single • 2021
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Petite Suite: II. Intermezzo

Single • 2021
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Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Single • 2023
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Petite Suite: V. Rêverie

Single • 2021
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Requiem

Single • 2020
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Prince Igor: "Polovtsian Dances" (Arr. for Piano by Miguel Carvena)

Single • 2023
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Petite Suite: IV. Mazurka II

Single • 2021
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Petite Suite: VII. Nocturn

Single • 2021
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Petite Suite: III. Mazurka I

Single • 2021

Videos

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Alexander Borodin Polovtsian Dances (Prince Igor)

Christiaan Janssens • 2.3K views
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[Fedoseyev] ボロディン／ポロヴェツ人の踊り（ダッタン人の踊り）　Borodin: Polovetsian Dances

Vonaroir • 390K views
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Borodin - String Quartet No. 2: Nocturne (Dover Quartet)

Brooklyn Classical • 457K views
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Alexander Borodin - Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances

Slaven Kulenović • 322K views
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Borodin "Polovtsian Dances" from the opera "Prince Igor" Only children choir

Gatito Melomano • 584K views
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ダッタン人の踊り／歌劇「イーゴリ公」より【木管五重奏】

アンサンブル ロジエ • 286K views
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Borodin: Quartet No. 2 in D major for Strings, I. Allegro moderato

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center • 512K views
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Polovtsian Dances from Borodin's Prince Igor

inwit • 269K views

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Classical for Dining

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Classical Chamber Music

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Mellow Cello

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