Alexander Borodine: String Quartet N°2
) | Label: Praga Catalog: 250282 Format: SACD / CD Hybrid Prazak Quartet: Vaclav Remes, violin; Vlastimil Holek, violin; Josef Kluson, viola; Michal Kanka, cello; Jaromir Klepac, pianoAlexander Borodine An amateur cellist, the composer of Prince Igor was the only one of the Group of Five to have written some ten chamber works for his personal pleasure in keeping with the laws of Germanic rhetoric - to Balakirev's great displeasure. One of them is a pure masterpiece: his Quartet in D, featuring an irresistible Nocturne, which has been played round the world in various arrangements.  Price: $22.98 |