Seattle Symphony, Gerard Schwarz - Borodin: Symphonies Nos. 1-3 (2011)

Tracklist

01. Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major: I. Adagio - Allegro - Andantino
02. Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major: II. Scherzo (Prestissimo) - Trio (Allegro)
03. Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major: III. Andante
04. Symphony No. 1 in E-Flat Major: IV. Alegro molto vivo
05. Symphony No. 2 in B Minor: I. Allegro
06. Symphony No. 2 in B Minor: II. Scherzo (Prestissimo) - Trio (Allegretto)
07. Symphony No. 2 in B Minor: III. Andante
08. Symphony No. 2 in B Minor: IV. Finale: Allegro
09. Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Unfinished (Orch. A.K. Glazunov): I. Moderato assai
10. Symphony No. 3 in A Minor, Unfinished (Orch. A.K. Glazunov): II. Scherzo: Vivo - Trio (Moderato)

A new recording of key Russian Romantic repertoire, Borodin’s symphonies exude lyricism and panache.

The First took five years to complete but is a work of seamless melodic invention owing something to Mendelssohn, whose influence infuses it with delicious lightness. The Second Symphony is a more explicitly Russian work, pulsing with festive and march-like elements, high-spirited and boldly nationalistic. The Third was left incomplete, and was reconstructed and orchestrated by Glazunov with considerable facility and imagination.

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