Dorian Recordings
DOR-90307
The Two String Quartets
St. Petersburg String Quartet
Alla Aranivska, First Violin; IlyaTeplyakov, Second Violin;
Aleksey Koptev, Viola; Leonid Shukaev, Violoncello.
As the hometown to both composer Alexander Borodin and the ensemble performing his works on this disc, St. Petersburg resonates throughout this recording. It was where Borodin was born, on November 12, 1833, to an elderly nobleman - although not officially. Tolstoy's Anna Karenina reminds us that it was the fashion of aristocrats in that time and place to keep young mistresses. When Prince Gedianov's son was born to his 24-year-old concubine, the boy was officially registered as the scion of one of the Prince's serfs, Porfiry Borodin.
- B. A Nilsson
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String Quartet No. 1 in A Major 1. Moderato - Allegro 2. Andante con moto 3. Scherzo: Prestissimo - Trio: Moderato 4. Andante - Allegro risoluto |
String Quartet No. 2 in D Major 5. Allegro moderato 6. Scherzo: Allegro 7. Notturno: Andante 8. Finale: Andante - Vivace Total Program Length: 65:05 |
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