BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian

Catalog Number: RRC1215
Label: Regis Records
Format: CD

Categories: Orchestral Music
Budget Periods: Romantic

Composers: Aleksandr Borodin
Directors: Ole Schmidt
Performers: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Available: 3
Price: $8.99

BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian

Aleksandr Borodin (1833-1887)

Symphony No. 2 in B Minor
Overture "Prince Igor"
Polovtsian Dances: Polovtsian March
In the Steppes of Central Asia

Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ole Schmidt

Track ListingTimeMP3
From Prince Igor
1Overture from "Prince Igor" (completed Glazunov)11:00BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - Overture from "Prince Igor" (completed Glazunov)
2Polovtsian Dances14:08BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - Polovtsian Dances
3Polovtsian March5:19BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - Polovtsian March
4In the Steppes of Central Asia7:18BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - In the Steppes of Central Asia
Symphony No 2 in B minor
5Allegro7:03BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - Allegro
6Scherzo, Prestissimo5:18BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - Scherzo, Prestissimo
7Andante7:48BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian - Andante
8 Finale - Allegro7:07BORODIN: Symphony No. 2 - Prince Igor - Polovtsian -  Finale - Allegro

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