Four of the best Borodin recordings

Borodin String Quartets Nos 1 & 2

Haydn Quartet, Budapest
Naxos 8.550850

One of Borodin’s most neglected masterpieces, the First String Quartet, here coupled with his Second.

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Borodin Symphonies Nos 1-3

Seattle Symphony Orchestra/Gerard Schwarz
Naxos 8.572786

This new recording of the symphonies, including the incomplete Third, does full justice to these engaging and hauntingly inspired works.

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• A guide to Borodin

Borodin Prince Igor

Ivan Petrov, Tatyana Tugarinova etc; Bolshoi Theatre Chorus & Orchestra/Mark Ermler
Melodiya MELCD 1000413

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Borodin Complete Piano Music

Marco Rapetti (piano)
Brilliant 93894

A fascinating collection, which ranges from Borodin’s earliest piece of juvenilia, a Polka composed aged nine, to one of his last completed works, the Petite Suite.

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• The best recordings of Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 2