Borodin / Moscow String Quartet Complete Chamber Music CD

Alexander Porfireyevich Borodin was the illegitimate son of a prince and his mistress, educated at home in St Petersburg by his mother. Although music was an early passion, he discovered his avocation once he matriculated at the city's Medical-Surgical Academy. A chemist he became, and a good one, though not without his extra-curricular enthusiasms: the head of department once admonished him thus, mid-lecture: 'Mr Borodin, busy yourself a little less with songs. I'm putting all my hopes in you as my successor, but all you think of is music: you can't hunt two hares at the same time.' This release contains a selection of chamber music, great performances by the Moscow Trio and the Moscow String Quartet.

1. String Quartet No. 1 in a Major: 1. Moderato 2. String Quartet No. 1 in a Major: 2. Andante Con Moto 3. String Quartet No. 1 in a Major: 3. Scherzo: Prestissimo 4. String Quartet No. 1 in a Major: 4. Finale: Andante - Allegro Risoluto 5. Piano Quintet in C minor: 1. Andante 6. Piano Quintet in C minor: 2. Scherzo: Allegro Non Troppo 7. Piano Quintet in C minor: 3. Finale: Allegro Moderato 8. String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: 1. Allegro Moderato 9. String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: 2. Scherzo: Allegro 10. String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: 3. Nocturne: Andante 11. String Quartet No. 2 in D Major: 4. Finale: Andante - Vivace 12. String Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola ; 2 Cellos in F minor (Finale Completed By O. Evlakhov): 1. Allegro Con Brio 13. String Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola ; 2 Cellos in F minor (Finale Completed By O. Evlakhov): 2. Andante Ma Non Troppo 14. String Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola ; 2 Cellos in F minor (Finale Completed By O. Evlakhov): 3. Menuetto 15. String Quintet for 2 Violins, Viola ; 2 Cellos in F minor (Finale Completed By O. Evlakhov): 4. Finale: Prestissimo 16. Spanish Serenade for String Quartet (For the Collaborative String Quartet 'B-La-F' with Rimsky-Korsakov, Glazunov, Lyadov) 17. String Sextet in D minor (3rd ; 4th Movements Lost): 1. Allegro 18. String Sextet in D minor (3rd ; 4th Movements Lost): 2. Andante 19. Trio for 2 Violins ; Cello in G minor (Based on a Russian Song 'How I Did Grieve Thee') 20. Trio for 2 Violins ; Cello in G Major (Fragments): 1. Allegro 21. Trio for 2 Violins ; Cello in G Major (Fragments): 2. Andante 22. Piano Trio in D Major (3 Movements Only): 1. Allegro Con Brio 23. Piano Trio in D Major (3 Movements Only): 2. Romance: Andante 24. Piano Trio in D Major (3 Movements Only): 3. Intermezzo: Tempo Di Minuetto