Canon
Where to start with Borodin
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralIn the Steppes of Central Asia
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StagePrince Igor — Opera
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ChamberString Quartet no. 2 in D
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VocalArabskaya melodiya
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KeyboardHélèné, polka in D minor
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OrchestralPolovtsian Dances — From the opera "Prince Igor"
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OrchestralSymphony no. 2 in B minor
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ChamberCello Sonata in B minor
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VocalChto tï rano, zoren'ka
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VocalDlya beregov otchiznï dal'noy
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VocalFal'shivaya nota
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VocalIz slyoz moikh
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VocalKrasavitsa-rïbachka
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VocalMore
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VocalMorskaya tsarevna
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Borodin's catalogueMost Popular
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Prince Igor — Polovtsian Dances
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String Quartet No. 2 in D major (Nocturne)
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Symphony No. 2 in B minor
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In the Steppes of Central Asia
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String Quartet No. 1 in A major
Most Acclaimed
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String Quartet No. 2
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Symphony No. 2
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Prince Igor (opera — unfinished)
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In the Steppes of Central Asia
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String Quartet No. 1
Most Weird
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Prince Igorunfinished at his death — Rimsky-Korsakov and Glazunov completed it; Glazunov claimed to have memorized the overture from hearing Borodin play it drunk at a party
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Symphony No. 3 (unfinished)only 2 movements; completed by Glazunov
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Paraphrasesvariations on Chopsticks by Borodin, Cui, Lyadov and Rimsky-Korsakov — collaborative joke composition
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Mladacollaborative opera-ballet with the rest of the Mighty Five — each wrote acts; the project collapsed
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Scherzo in A-flat major for pianothe most sophisticated thing he wrote for piano
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 33
- Orchestral
- ● In the Steppes of Central Asia
- ● Polovtsian Dances — From the opera "Prince Igor"
- ● Symphony no. 2 in B minor
- Symphony no. 1 in E flat major
- Stage
- Prince Igor — Opera
- Chamber
- String Quartet no. 2 in D
- Cello Sonata in B minor
- Piano Quintet in C minor
- Piano Trio in D
- Scherzo in D for String Quartet
- String Quartet no. 1 in A
- String Quintet in F minor
- Vocal
- Arabskaya melodiya
- Chto tï rano, zoren'ka
- Dlya beregov otchiznï dal'noy
- Fal'shivaya nota
- Iz slyoz moikh
- Krasavitsa-rïbachka
- More
- Morskaya tsarevna
- Otravoy polnï moi pesni
- Pesnya tyomnogo lesa
- Razlyubila krasna devitsa
- Romance, for baritone and orchestra
- Septain or Chudnïy sad
- Slushayte, podruzhen'ki, pesenku moyu
- Spes'
- Spyashchaya knyazhna
- U lyudey-to v domu, for voice and orchestra
- Keyboard
- Hélèné, polka in D minor
- Petite Suite
- Scherzo in A flat major
- Tarantella in D