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Topic: Borodin - Polovtsian Dances #17 - Gliding Dance of the Maidens  (Read 751 times)

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very nice! Never listened to Borodin before, maybe I should explore more of his repertory.

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Thanks!!! Borodin was a great genius. He not only composed amazing music, but he was also a very important chemist in his day! This particular piece is an excerpt from his opera Prince Igor. Here's a few other works of his that I'd recommend :)

Overture to Prince Igor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbFly9b-9Dg

In the Steppes of Central Asia and the Polovtsian Dances (as written with orchestra + chorus)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WJWmZzVi_c

String Quartet No. 2
https://youtu.be/2YAzUC6LzNk

Scherzo in A flat Major
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3mkuLjAEqg

 

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