Borodin: Symphonies Nos 1-3 / Schwarz
 | Label: NAXOS Catalog: 8572786 Format: CD SCHWARZ; SEATTLE SYMPHONYA new recording of key Russian Romantic repertoire, Borodin’s symphonies exude lyricism and panache. The First took five years to complete but is a work of seamless melodic invention owing something to Mendelssohn, whose influence infuses it with delicious lightness. The Second Symphony is a more explicitly Russian work, pulsing with festive and march-like elements, high-spirited and boldly nationalistic. The Third was left incomplete, and was reconstructed and orchestrated by Glazunov with considerable facility and imagination.  Price: $19.98 |