Building a Library: Borodin: String Quartet No.2 in D
Reviewer - Geoffrey Smith
First Choice: Borodin Quartet
(recorded 1960s; c/w String Quartet No.1 in A)
MELODIYA MELCD1000942 (CD)
Also Recommended / Budget Choice: Borodin Quartet
(recorded 1962; c/w Prince Igor (extracts)*, For the shores of your far-off native land; Symphony No.1 in E flat; Symphony No.2 in B minor; Symphony No.3 in A minor; In the Steppes of Central Asia):
London Symphony Orchestra*, London Symphony Chorus*, Sir Georg Solti (conductor)*, Edward Downes (conductor)*, Jean Martinon (conductor), Royal Philharmnic Orchestra, Vladimir Ashkenazy (conductor), L'Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Ernest Ansermet (conductor), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Zlatina Ghiaurov (piano)
DECCA 4556322 (2-CD, budget)
Single Disc / Budget Choice: Russian Quartet
(recorded 1996; c/w String Quartet No.1 in A)
ARTE NOVA 74321516332 (CD, budget)
CD Review BAL Catalogue Data bal.borodin:
bal.borodin.string.quartet.no.2
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Building A Library Recommendations:
BORODIN String Quartet No.2 in D
Reviewer: Geoffrey Smith
First Choice:
Borodin Quartet (recorded 1960s)
(c/w String Quartet No.1 in A)
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Also Recommended / Budget Choice:
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Single Disc / Budget Choice:
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