This is undoubtedly the old USSR Symphony Orchestra recording with Gennady Rozhdestvensky by Melodiya that was released in the U.S. by Angel Records. I always thought it was a wonderful performance of a truly great symphony.
Thanks for this info. It's nice to know who is performing and who the music director is, but these days, people pos on RUclips with no or very little info. What a lazy world we've created thanks to computers and dumbed-down high school graduation requirements. Now the RETARDS are the majority.
Other than his two mesmerising string quartets, I hadn't really ventured too much into the whole Borodin'ian realm, but boy, am I glad that I finally have! Come to think of it, his String sextet is really beautiful as well; and his three symphonies, even if the 3rd be incomplete, are so lyrical and well-layered, one can't help but wonder why he didn't get to be an even bigger phenomena than what he was whilst he walked this green good planet!
Check out his Scherzo in D-Major for String Quartet: A complete sketch for the second movement of his Third Symphony. Also listen to his Petite Suite for Piano, and his Scherzo in A-flat for piano. As to his modest output, You have to remember that he was a Professor of Chemistry, a civil servant, he lived in a flat bisected by a public hallway that was the only access some of the students had to their dormitory, his wife was an insomniac who considered it rude that some people around her tried to sleep at night, and his quarters were often infested with relatives and friends and cats, any combination of which slept on any available horizontal surface, including the piano. He lived a short life by 21st Century standards (he died at the age of fifty-three years and a bit more than three months), he discovered the significance of differing fluorides of benzene, he promoted medical training for women as physicians, and he was mostly self-taught as a musician and composer. He was a true polymath and a genius, and by all accounts, a truly nice guy.
Cats! :-D poor fellow never really had a chance, did he? Still, he did all of that and had time enough to compose such heavenly pieces, too, whenever he did venture into the whole composition side of his genius. I knew his main profession wasn't music and all but when the talent is this great, ye can't help but wonder why; that why wasn't he given a little more time in the composition realm of his life as well; especially because of how beyond abominable today's so-called 'music' hath turned out to be -- the exact opposite of that. The human plane sure could use a lot more of his ilk; with NONE of those 'minimalist' jokers as well. :-D
Hi this symphony is so strong and fiery with this great conductor and on my LP its:Great Moscow RSO,MelodiaLP:CM 01947-48,russian orchestras are the best for russian music,greatings from Berlin !!!
Con esta 1a sinfoniìa de Borodin me inicio en su mundo sinfònico luego de haber escuchado sus famosìsimas danzas polovsianas en la seguridad de que me proporcionarà el sosiego tan necesario en mi vida de melòmano pro ruso
Magnificent expression of the 1860's of Russian heritage, folk music with the mixture of the romantics. Wonderful music for a "scientific" mind? or expression of the human soul for wherever it comes? He was a good chemist, too! Untimely death, I wonder what else me might have bee able to enjoy from him. As with others, I wish we knew the orchestra and conductor, and it were more popular in the current repertoire.
I like both the First and the Second. Liszt praised the Second as "...entirely new. Nobody has ever written anything like it..." Borodin was not particularly young when he wrote this, though you can hear how it influenced his student Glazounov's First symphony (Glazounov was sixteen when he wrote his first). Here's another observation: I prefer Borodin's String Quartet No. 1 in A Major as far more daring and symphonic in its structure than his more popular Quartet No. 2 in D. And, of course, Borodin sketched the Scherzo for his "Unfinished" Third Symphony as a score for string quartet (and, yes, he did intend it for the symphony, and included margin notes of the orchestration he had in mind). Glazounov didn't do badly in realizing his master's intention, but for some reason, Glazounov interrupted the graceful 5/8 rhythm with a clumsy 2/4 eighth-eighth-triplet-eighth figure that reminds me of a drunk stumbling through the string section.
5610winston I believe Glazunov was actually Rimsky-Korsakov's pupil. The two of them worked together to realize performable versions of much of Borodin's work that lay unfinished. And as far as that goes, Glazunov may have done well in his realizations, given the material he had to work with - of course, some of his own idiosyncracies come out in his work on Borodin - not only in the Third Symphony but in much of Prince Igor as well. I for one would much rather hear Glazunov as a composer in his own right, and, once again stressing that we each receive this music in our own manner, I will take the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Symphonies of Glazunov any time over anything in Borodin's output, and even, at least for myself - I know many will disagree, but I place him well above any of the Five Nationalists, by his ability to speak musically a lot more literately and articulately than any of them, and I do not consider him that much if at all inferior to Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninov. But to each his own. By the way, I do agree regarding the two Borodin String Quartets, finding the First far more interesting.
I always hear the 3rd movt.as a rRequiem, half a century in advance, for all the deaths, an suffering of the Russian people under the Soviets. If music can be prescient, this is.
This is a wonderful symphony, filled with youthful melodic inspiration and a real originality in rhythmical patterns. Many unexpected syncopations! It should definitely be known as well as Borodin's 2nd. The more I listen the more I love it, especially the joyous 2nd mvmt and the soulful, deeply Russian 3rd. Thank you very much for introducing this great work to me! It's a solid performance, though differing in some details from the printed score. Who is conducting and what is the orchestra?
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Thank you for the appreciation. I know neither the conductor nor the orchestra. I don't remember where I got this file from.
I imagine this recording was performed by Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. I have that CD and this performance sounds very similar.
Thanks for posting this symphony which does not seem to be available elsewhere in its entirety. It is a good piece of work, certainly worthy to stand alongside the more popular second. A spirited performance, but it sounds like it may be a very old recording, or else recorded by a provincial orchestra in some far outpost. Especially the brass sounds real horrible in places. I live in hope for a sumptuous recording by, say, the KCO.
And I hope, I would, one day soon, be able to catch a live rendition of it; from Kitajenko or Zdenek Kosler, before I breathe me last; for that'd be Heaven enough for me humble self, says i.
Not bad for a symphony written by a chemist. Of course, Borodin was friends with Rimsky and Glazunov. As for the trombones, Borodin knew how to write for them, 32:20 , for example.
@@pod831 For me the Russian greats were Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. That is my opinion, and others are free to argue differently all they want.
Incredible that he was a chemist who composed part-time!
2:13
3:25
3:47
13:25 2 часть
15:37 трио
20:21 3 часть
21:55 2я тема
27:12 4 я часть
27:59 пп
This is undoubtedly the old USSR Symphony Orchestra recording with Gennady Rozhdestvensky by Melodiya that was released in the U.S. by Angel Records. I always thought it was a wonderful performance of a truly great symphony.
Thanks for this info. It's nice to know who is performing and who the music director is, but these days, people pos on RUclips with no or very little info. What a lazy world we've created thanks to computers and dumbed-down high school graduation requirements. Now the RETARDS are the majority.
I had that LP. This performance sounds identical, as far as ear and memory can hold.
Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin - Symphony no. 1 in E-flat major
1. - Adagio - Allegro- Andantino: 0:00
2. - Scherzo: Prestissimo; Trio: Allegro: 13:25
3. - Andante: 20:25
4. - Finale: Allegro molto vivo: 27:10
Theodore Servin Good work. Thanks!
@ROBERT FRANK GILL Your welcome! :)
@@robertfrankgill5962 THANK YOU!!!!....
@@jraldne1 What are you thanking me for?
Thank you!
Little known fact, Mr. Borodin jogged several kilometers a day.
I keep going back to hear this work --- it has an enduring appeal and should be performed by today's orchestras in concert .
From the first note forward -- Borodin thrusts us forward into an epic journey of delight . This work exceeds the "greats" in many ways .
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Other than his two mesmerising string quartets, I hadn't really ventured too much into the whole Borodin'ian realm, but boy, am I glad that I finally have! Come to think of it, his String sextet is really beautiful as well; and his three symphonies, even if the 3rd be incomplete, are so lyrical and well-layered, one can't help but wonder why he didn't get to be an even bigger phenomena than what he was whilst he walked this green good planet!
Check out his Scherzo in D-Major for String Quartet: A complete sketch for the second movement of his Third Symphony. Also listen to his Petite Suite for Piano, and his Scherzo in A-flat for piano. As to his modest output, You have to remember that he was a Professor of Chemistry, a civil servant, he lived in a flat bisected by a public hallway that was the only access some of the students had to their dormitory, his wife was an insomniac who considered it rude that some people around her tried to sleep at night, and his quarters were often infested with relatives and friends and cats, any combination of which slept on any available horizontal surface, including the piano. He lived a short life by 21st Century standards (he died at the age of fifty-three years and a bit more than three months), he discovered the significance of differing fluorides of benzene, he promoted medical training for women as physicians, and he was mostly self-taught as a musician and composer. He was a true polymath and a genius, and by all accounts, a truly nice guy.
Cats! :-D poor fellow never really had a chance, did he? Still, he did all of that and had time enough to compose such heavenly pieces, too, whenever he did venture into the whole composition side of his genius. I knew his main profession wasn't music and all but when the talent is this great, ye can't help but wonder why; that why wasn't he given a little more time in the composition realm of his life as well; especially because of how beyond abominable today's so-called 'music' hath turned out to be -- the exact opposite of that. The human plane sure could use a lot more of his ilk; with NONE of those 'minimalist' jokers as well. :-D
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The four movements of Borodin's first symphony:
1 - Adagio
2 - Prestissimo
3 - Andante
4 - Allegro Molto Vivo
Hi this symphony is so strong and fiery with this great conductor and on my LP its:Great Moscow RSO,MelodiaLP:CM 01947-48,russian orchestras are the best for russian music,greatings from Berlin !!!
Magnificent score! Great power in the outer movements and a beautifully lyric Andante.
Well expressed .
And...NOT A ONE COUGHED during the sympathy session! Thank you zoos!
Con esta 1a sinfoniìa de Borodin me inicio en su mundo sinfònico luego de haber escuchado sus famosìsimas danzas polovsianas en la seguridad de que me proporcionarà el sosiego tan necesario en mi vida de melòmano pro ruso
Magnificent expression of the 1860's of Russian heritage, folk music with the mixture of the romantics. Wonderful music for a "scientific" mind? or expression of the human soul for wherever it comes? He was a good chemist, too! Untimely death, I wonder what else me might have bee able to enjoy from him. As with others, I wish we knew the orchestra and conductor, and it were more popular in the current repertoire.
He's one of the top composers of the Romantic era --- that puts you in very lofty company ..
Magnífica sinfonía digna de uno de los cinco grandes de la música rusa.
I love this symphony. Oddly enough, there doesn't seem to be a video recording of it being performed on RUclips or elsewhere
Performance videos add to the experience of listening .
The most real music will ever get in history
I actually like this First of Borodin better than his more popular Second - all according to the way one individually receives any piece of music.
I like both the First and the Second. Liszt praised the Second as "...entirely new. Nobody has ever written anything like it..." Borodin was not particularly young when he wrote this, though you can hear how it influenced his student Glazounov's First symphony (Glazounov was sixteen when he wrote his first).
Here's another observation: I prefer Borodin's String Quartet No. 1 in A Major as far more daring and symphonic in its structure than his more popular Quartet No. 2 in D. And, of course, Borodin sketched the Scherzo for his "Unfinished" Third Symphony as a score for string quartet (and, yes, he did intend it for the symphony, and included margin notes of the orchestration he had in mind). Glazounov didn't do badly in realizing his master's intention, but for some reason, Glazounov interrupted the graceful 5/8 rhythm with a clumsy 2/4 eighth-eighth-triplet-eighth figure that reminds me of a drunk stumbling through the string section.
5610winston I believe Glazunov was actually Rimsky-Korsakov's pupil. The two of them worked together to realize performable versions of much of Borodin's work that lay unfinished. And as far as that goes, Glazunov may have done well in his realizations, given the material he had to work with - of course, some of his own idiosyncracies come out in his work on Borodin - not only in the Third Symphony but in much of Prince Igor as well.
I for one would much rather hear Glazunov as a composer in his own right, and, once again stressing that we each receive this music in our own manner, I will take the Fifth, Sixth, and Seventh Symphonies of Glazunov any time over anything in Borodin's output, and even, at least for myself - I know many will disagree, but I place him well above any of the Five Nationalists, by his ability to speak musically a lot more literately and articulately than any of them, and I do not consider him that much if at all inferior to Tchaikovsky or Rachmaninov. But to each his own. By the way, I do agree regarding the two Borodin String Quartets, finding the First far more interesting.
I agree. This first symphony has more depth, diversity, and contrasts than his second. Why the second is more popular is beyond me.
You're right, it's all in the ear of the listener.
@@alger3041 Rankings are better for sporting teams than composers.
I always hear the 3rd movt.as a rRequiem, half a century in advance, for all the deaths, an suffering of the Russian people under the Soviets. If music can be prescient, this is.
El tercer movimiento tiene una intensidad tal como no he escuchado nunca. Es mi sinfonía preferida de las tres.
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This is a wonderful symphony, filled with youthful melodic inspiration and a real originality in rhythmical patterns. Many unexpected syncopations! It should definitely be known as well as Borodin's 2nd. The more I listen the more I love it, especially the joyous 2nd mvmt and the soulful, deeply Russian 3rd. Thank you very much for introducing this great work to me! It's a solid performance, though differing in some details from the printed score. Who is conducting and what is the orchestra?
Thank you for the appreciation. I know neither the conductor nor the orchestra. I don't remember where I got this file from.
Sérgio SC but be that not of any concern to ye, for 'tis quite a beautiful rendition; and thanks very much for uploading it!
USSR State TV and Radio Symphony Orchestra, Gennady Rozhdestvensky
@@vladimirsaenko215 Mercy bocoo fir info einstein.
I imagine this recording was performed by Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra conducted by Gennady Rozhdestvensky. I have that CD and this performance sounds very similar.
Partly right! Rozhdestvensky, yes; USSR State TV and Radio Symphony Orch.
Thanks for posting this symphony which does not seem to be available elsewhere in its entirety. It is a good piece of work, certainly worthy to stand alongside the more popular second. A spirited performance, but it sounds like it may be a very old recording, or else recorded by a provincial orchestra in some far outpost. Especially the brass sounds real horrible in places. I live in hope for a sumptuous recording by, say, the KCO.
And I hope, I would, one day soon, be able to catch a live rendition of it; from Kitajenko or Zdenek Kosler, before I breathe me last; for that'd be Heaven enough for me humble self, says i.
And who is making all this beautiful music? Please provide performance credits in your posts. Thanks.
30:25 sounds very familiar. Rimsky-Korsakov 1st Symphony? Glazunov 5th Symphony?
edit: Borodin's own Prince Igor overture. Descending tritone - semitone. - tritone - semitone figure.
Not bad for a symphony written by a chemist. Of course, Borodin was friends with Rimsky and Glazunov. As for the trombones, Borodin knew how to write for them, 32:20 , for example.
In today's dehumanized world Borodin offers us true respite from the crass, loud and ugly so prevalent in our culture.
13:28 I think I heard this before, but I cannot remember where...
Con esta sinfonìa 1
0:01 is a good place to start.
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Ну такое..) не сильно впечатлила. Но слышны задатки чего то нового, что повлияло на американскую музыку 20в в частности. Ну и рус нар темы, конечно
а вот все западные слушатели ю-туба в восторге!
Max Sko Так и я ж об этом)
@@slakva.school мне понравились 2-я и особенно 3-я части. финал явно напоминает увертюру к Кн Игорю.
Borodin is underrated...I would rank only Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev above him among the great Russian composers
No way...he is just as good as Tchaikovsky and Prokofiev!
@@pod831 For me the Russian greats were Tchaikovsky, Glazunov, Rachmaninov and Shostakovich. That is my opinion, and others are free to argue differently all they want.
Don't omit Rachmaninoff .
@@paulbeard4218 You forgot to mention Stravinsky.