Episode 4
Donald Macleod introduces extended excerpts from Borodin's great national opera Prince Igor. Including a performance of the Polovtsian Dances.
For more than a century, the "Polovtsian Dances" from Borodin's great national opera "Prince Igor" have been better known than the opera itself, the composer's greatest work for the stage. Today, Donald Macleod sets about putting that right, as he introduces extended excerpts from Act 2 of the opera, from which the famous orchestral showpiece hails.
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Alexander Borodin
Stranger In Paradise
Performer: Tony Bennett
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Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Opera in Four Acts and Prologue (excerpts) Completed and orchestrated by Nico
Performer: Polovtsian Maiden – Elena Stoyanova - soprano Performer: Konchakovna - Alexandrina Milcheva-Nonova - contralto Performer: Vladimir Igoryevich – Kaludi Kaludov – tenor Performer: Prince Igor – Boris Martinovich – baritone Performer: Sofia National Opera Chorus, Sofia Festival Orchestra Performer: Emil Tchakarov
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Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor: Opera in Four Acts and Prologue
Performer: Skula – Stoil Georgiev - bass Performer: Yeroshka – Angel Petkov - tenor Performer: Sofia National Opera Chorus Performer: Sofia Festival Orchestra Performer: Emil Tchakarov
- SONY CLASSICAL S3K44878.
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- Thu 28 Jan 201012:00BBC Radio 3
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