Borodin In the Steppes of Central Asia - Svetlanov

[@stoneyjr]

Thank you for sharing this. Love Borodin and really love this piece.

[@lesdotwest]

Beautiful and gently haunting piece of music. Hard to believe that he only composed in his spare time! Think what he could have produced working full time!

[@raymondgood2359]

maybe the greatest mind of any composer- fluent in 6 languages, surgeon, genius chemist, and composer.

[@barbgilbert1038]

Wow - high pitched E on the violin representing heat off the dessert as the Caravan starts coming closer and then disappears into the distance - what an adventure

[@margaretyoung8704]

This is one of my favorite pieces. I think it is just lovely!

[@VenkataramanBalaji]

Borodin's genius gets enhanced in this marvel of an interpretaion by Svetlanov!

[@webbess1]

This is so comforting. This piece is like a warm hug.

[@steveegallo3384]

Sure...if you're freezing in a yurt (or even a ger) way north of Ulan-Batoor

[@georgeberger8974]

Definitely the best performance of this I've heard. Stately yet hhaunting.

[@MrAndieMusik]

Beautiful pictures to a magnificent piece. As for tempo, this is just the tempo required for this dignified music.

[@18roselover]

hauntingly beautiful, the scenery and music

[@fallalloverself]

Of all the solos I've played, the horn solo near the beginning of this may be my favourite

[@ivanoech]

Thanks Mark Farago for this gift. This version of Borodin "In the Steppes of CA" is one of the best with that of the V. Gergiev .

[@JJTownley_Classical-Composer]

Love this slower approach rather than rushing through it.

[@mjecpa]

Easily the best version i have heard of this masterpiece.

[@nanaamaampofo7521]

one of the best Orchestral music to be ever written. This has to be my number one favorite Orchestral music that I have play so far.

[@TheJamesalden]

This is, indeed, one of the best uploads of any that I have heard; including all kinds of music. And what could be more romantic than this?....Thanks again for posting...

[@TheJamesalden]

Thanks so much for posting this wonderful music. Who could be more romantic than the master, Borodin himself? Just listen to his two string quartets, and so too bad that he would only be able to write two!...

[@lsobrien]

I've found a peaceful and beautiful corner of KZbin here, and don't wish to leave.

[@scuunjieng]

this is the version through which I was first introduced to this evocative work when I was a teenager in the 70s. it has remained a favourite work and a preferred interpretation. i am very grateful for your wonderful post.

[@jraldne1]

This is a most wonderful interpretation; and who better than your fellow countryman; one who certainly understands this music as well as anyone...and the tempo is just right...just sit back, for once, and really give it a listen...

[@saffron200]

Absolutely! This wonderful piece should not be rushed. The recorded tempo is perfect!

[@seanmccann8368]

Very atmospheric, a beautiful piece of music.

[@ol1950ga]

C'est vrai excellent tempo...La monotonie et la tranquillité des grandes plaines vue par un grand musicien,enfin c'est ce que je croyais en écoutant cela ,enfant,il y a cinquante ans !

[@johnmarlin7269]

I so love this piece. Thanks for putting it up.

[@debcevans]

This is the piece of music that affects me more than any other.

[@s.r.2367]

One of the most evocative pieces of music ever written, along with ferde grofes on the trail from the grand canyon suite, and sibelius's finlandia.

[@carloso45]

Yes, fine taste! Let me add to this list Smetana's The Moldau...........

[@brit1066]

And Fantasia on a theme of Thomas Tallis by Vaughan Williams.

[@brit1066]

I forgot to add that this is also a fabulous piece.

[@steveegallo3384]

Well....just wait til you hear "Firebird" and Gliere's 2nd!

[@nedhopkins897]

Glière's 3rd?

[@dadthecrewmate1429]

I'm playing the clarinet solo at the beginning

[@steveegallo3384]

True, habibi...the ass you kiss alf leila wLeila!

[@davidmackie8552]

Brad Pilcher kisses

[@steveegallo3384]

Sure....I mean, like, Why would he Lie? Or be Delusional??

[@richardhyde5480]

The old Pretre recording, with the Royal Philharmonic on Angel, was one of my first lps. Love this recording and photographs. Thank you!

[@colintwyman956]

This is so much more than just a piece orchestral music . It has a feeling of so much more

[@evanofelipe]

A wonderful and haunting performance, very evocative and played in a manner that reaches the soul - I love it and thanks

[@MyABCDCBA]

I've played this, it's so beautiful. :')

[@hamblepoint]

Beautiful music and beautiful photographs...

[@cheesemongerinF]

This along with Sibelius' Nightride and Sunrise are the most evocative sonic pictures in the entire musical repertoire, and this is a FANTASTIC performance. The images are great. I have spent time on these steppes in central Asia and these photos brought tears to my eyes. Sleeping in the Yert with smoke from the inside fire, going out into the cold dawn and seeing the endless vista, then a lone horseman coming into view. The totem poles are just like those in British Columbia.WOW.

[@ivanoech]

Beatiful landscapes of Central Asia. Listening this music I can image the landscape.The rainbow add more beauty to this place. Excellent interpretacion of the RSSR Symphony Orchestra. I love this music, so expresive.

[@roxannerocco5403]

Lovely melody. First listened as a child when television exposed the theme for selling on vinyl records in the 50's.

[@PB-ur6jb]

Merci, thanks, I like it, j'aime

[@irdahy]

Beautiful ......Have to listen with closed eyes ....

[@4hotpink10]

such a lovely piece

[@2nickrock]

what a piece of music!!!

[@ecosforever8829]

wonderful!!

[@virginiuspharodor2241]

C'est un des inoubliables chefs-d'oeuvres des compositeurs russes de l'époque...

[@charliebaba]

Because it's perfect ! :-)

[@bloved7615]

What a lovely song, such a beautiful gift for the ear.

[@runyonwoods2682]

this is by far the best recording of the piece i have ever heard. the tempo change brings out a new level of clarity and sensitivity, adding to the piece's innate romance i've been trying to find a reissue cd but haven't succeeded. can anyone tell me where i can get one?

[@notaire2]

Sehr authentische Aufführung dieses Tongedichtes. Einfach schön!

[@gospelbluegrassblog]

I, too, was thrown off by the deliberate pace of this interpretation, but it allows you to feel the shimmering heat evoked by the high strings, to taste the dust, to come to terms with the sheer vastness of the place. This version feels grittier, too, a less-idealized version than, say, Ansermet might do: these musicians have SEEN this place, or know those who have. Thank you for sharing. Borodin could really paint a picture!

[@ncpiedmontone]

the cadence here is spot on--- I heard no better a rendition than this!! can just picture a long camel and horse train along the Silk Road.........

[@kcbathable]

I used to own a CD of this played by the Leningrad Symphony Orchestra (that dates it!) - and I can't find it anywhere. This is the nearest I could find and I chose this exactly BECAUSE I like the slower tempo. It seems to fit with the wide open feel of the steppes, the grandeur of the vast skies.

[@anthonyfromsiny]

Awesome depiction of a region of this world.

[@dmitrimorningstar8092]

Borodin---such exquisite Russian passion in everything he wrote. Gentle, heartfelt, soulful, filled with such beauty and yet so powerful as to reach the hearts of all who hear his music and bring us together in peace. Dmitri Rusov-Morningstar

[@colintwyman956]

A genius in his spare time!

[@2052-...]

His ancestors are Turks, not "Russians". Казакстан!!!

[@marcosPRATA918]

Impossível não se transportar através da música para essa imagem tão bem colocada.

[@denstertube]

Beautiful piece. Although i also prefer it a faster tempo. So uplifting and joyful when it hits the heights. Truly lovely stuff.

[@wesleywilson4380]

I played the cor anglais solo in the nco 2014 summer course at Birmingham town hall. it was SUCH FUN!!

[@brit1066]

I and my family live in the USA and have done for over 45 years, we are from Stourbridge in Worcs my wife and I have very fond memories of Birmingham Town Hall. We once saw a performance of the Mikado there, it was fabulous. Best wishes.

[@cheesemongerinF]

3schwim Good. There is room in this world for everyone's opinion. The bassoon opening of TROS is indeed beautiful as is the rest. Life is not contest , despite what I said before, so let us both enjoy!!!

[@dick12235]

Thanks Much.

[@19BenZ57]

from PERSIA with Passion

[@noriemeha]

Svetlanov has a great feeling for romantic Russian music. Listen to his Raymonda (Glazanov): The Grande Pas D'action of Act 3 is the hottest piece of music I've ever listened to.

[@Iciebleu]

That English horn solo will be the death of me. Yay for Borodin!

[@laurentkarlisch1886]

c'est vraiment une très belle musique classique avec un mélange de musique orientale et de musique occidentale

[@fionajohnston]

This is one of my favourite pieces ever since 1992 when we began our journey from The Hook to Provence in France, I know it is wide of the mark but it went wonderfully with car travel as I was dozing off. I also used it as b/ground music while reading The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk, went very well I have to say. I am going to recommend the piece to Dougie Henshall, the actor and see if he is not stirred by the music as I am

[@Perseus12345678]

best version ever

[@fredericwheeler1038]

Rest in Peace, Yevgeny, Russia's foremost Orchestra conductor...

[@MrDanielBrisk]

I couldn't agree more!!! :)

[@ivanoech]

I agreed, the performer feels to perform this time, besides this is a musical pictures. One does not look at a picture running. I believed the composer composed it in this tempo.

[@raymondgood2359]

takes you to a place long ago and far away

[@moggsy71]

timeless!

[@parzooman]

Sounds like Stravinsky had this in his head when he composed the finale to The Firebird.

[@cheosoo__2810]

Magnifique

[@ntnstern]

And the performer is totally right!-camels are not horses-I never heard it better-and the"mother russia" theme beginning at 4:54 is overwhelming performed-thanks for posting this jewel!!!

[@jean-mariebeaussy6507]

Elle s'appelait "Melle ETCHOUPARE" Professeur de musique au lycée Victor DURUY de BAGNERES de BIGORRE (dans les années 60) Elle avait su nous faire aimer cette merveilleuse musique. Que de regrets avec tous les élèves de 5°Industrielle (1957) de l'avoir ennuyé pendant l'heure de musique. Melle, si vous lisez ce message, je vous dois vous dire que l'écoute tous les jours. Sincères saluations.

[@michelinemaximin]

Jean-Marie, j'ai failli fondre en larmes d'émotion en lisant votre message. j'ai eu le même vécu sur cette oeuvre intemporelle et interculturelle comme l'était la route de la soie. Sauf qu'elle s'appelait Madame LEBERT, brillante brune, raffinée professeur de musique métropolitaine au lycée Michelet de Pointe-à-Pitre en Guadeloupe.Nos musiques étaient plutôt le tambour KA et le rythm'blues, mais elle aussi avait su ouvrir notre sensibilité Créole à cette musique. Aujourd'hui, qu'il m'arrive d'enseigner le management inter-culturel dans des écoles de commerce, je fais aussi écouter cette musique à mes étudiants, toujours en évoquant Mme LEBERT. Vive la musique, qui nous rappelle que nous avons tous une âme humaine, vive les professeurs bienveillants qui éduquent, au sens premier du terme. Vive les musiciens qui nous laissent ces héritages immuables partagés et tout de même l'éducation Nationale dans ce qu'elle a de meilleur.

[@sanfordson2551]

I love this!

[@BlackRaven223]

It's not a difficult piece to play, but I would love to play this in my band class. That would just make my high school experience all the more greater.

[@robertleroy2535]

I'll have the samd refllexion as Musicmaker321 : One of the most evocative pieces of music ever written, along with ferde grofes on the trail from the grand canyon suite, and sibelius's finlandia.

[@BrucknerMotet]

Your comment about camels and Borodin somehow reminded me of how Mahler received inspiration for the opening tempo to his 7th symphony while he was being rowed across a body of water. I suppose nature is constantly assaulting our senses with such potential inspirations.

[@hellomate639]

So perfect that Borodin himself marked it at a faster tempo?

[@javasa50]

Hay que cerrar los ojos, situarse en ésta inmensa estepa y "ver" como a lo lejos dos caravanas de camellos, una proveniente de la estepa rusa y la otra de Persia, se van acercando mientras se va oyendo los distintos sonidos que emiten una y otra hasta que en un momento determinado se entrecruzan llegando su sonido al paroxismo para luego, cada una con su sonido, se van alejando nuevamente en el horizonte. Abre los ojos vuelvelos a cerrar y escuchala de nuevo. Magistral.

[@FailDrummer]

200 likes. I'm honored to be the 201.

[@jimmyratz]

Does anyone know the where abouts of Alexander Stern who used to play second violin for the USSR Symphony Orchestra?

[@fhdmg2k480]

Good is very good 😀😀😀😀😀😀😆😆😆🐾🐪

[@peterlunow]

hilarious your horse-camel comparison and SO true!!!

[@gindou4697]

génial ! !

[@ivanoech]

Sorry I made a mistake. I wrote time instead tempo and picture instead pictures

[@harryandruschak2843]

I once was on a camel (in Algeria) for a few hours. Svetlanov has it right. And I don't want to get started as to camels' defects. But they can handle the Steppes better then horses.

[@rurouninorma]

could you recommend me another one? I remember faster versions as well.

[@hellomate639]

I don't get why this is played at this tempo. A bit more speed I think would give it the rolling feeling of plains.

[@hellomate639]

Listen to other interpretations then. It fails to capture the rolling feeling that this piece possesses because it is played about 40% too slowly. Do you know that the tempo marking for this piece is "Allegretto con moto" which means "relatively fast and with motion?" A tempo marking that may not be original that I found on scores I was researching is 92 bpm. I'm pretty sure Borodin would have liked this interpretation to be sped up by about 50% of what it is, otherwise I think it's great.

[@WolfRanger2008]

The tempo is slow because the composition is a Funeral Dirge in Origin.

[@Sykologist_Music]

I thought I recognize this music from somewhere when I heard it in class. I'm now convinced it was in Jesus's movie.

[@verdew8181]

"the next best thing to being there", actually better.

[@BrucknerMotet]

For some reason this music reminds me of scenes from Hadji Murad, or rather scenes from the Hadji Murad movie I would storyboard if I had any talent.

[@rurouninorma]

I agree with you :( I wish he would had been more prolific...

[@umityalcintunc2879]

Asya steplerine gitmesek, Mardin in güneyin de Mezapotamya ovasında dinlesek aynı dinginliği yaşarmıyız.

[@austinthompson3822]

What instrument is that beinf played at 1:35?

[@Zazzauser]

English horn

[@austinthompson3822]

Thanks!! Riccardo DoctorSax Sasso

[@themusicalgerbil192]

Austin Thompson Or if you want to sound fancy, "Cor anglais"

[@aglowkeys]

How can you guys differentiate between the bassoon and the english horn? They sound the same to me!

[@DanielHernandez-or4pf]

+Drake Shik We just simply know which one is which. They don't sound exactly the same.

[@hellomate639]

It's gotta be a little more heroic. I can see an argument for this speed for many portions of the piece. Tempo is a personal thing, and I find that the more into music I get, the faster of a tempo I prefer. Also, the tempo marking on this piece is faster than this.

[@pburress06]

Son's playing the Violin 2 part to this

[@3schwim]

@cheesemongerinF I have to disagree with you. I believe that Stravinsky's The Rite if Spring has a more evocative sound and a better sonic picture than Sibelius' Nightride and Sunrise. But that's just my opinion.

[@joopmar6]

It's the feeling of russian stepps

[@JIMtheBUM123]

Oliver stone untold history

[@ExVeritateLibertas]

I would like to correct the biography posted on this page which stated Borodin was born to a "Russian nobleman": "Borodin was born in Saint Petersburg, the illegitimate son of a Georgian noble, Luka Gedevanishvili, and a 24-year-old Russian woman, Evdokia Konstantinovna Antonova. The nobleman had him registered as the son of one of his serfs, Porfiry Borodin." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Borodin Borodin's father was Georgian, not Russian. Borodin was a Russian composer, because his music is part of the Russian oeuvre -- in the same way that Gogol is a Russian writer, though his parents were Ukrainian.

[@ivanoech]

ExVeritate.Libertas :Anyway he is half Russian. You said his mother was Russian so he is part of Georgian and part Russian, isn't? I would like to know if his biological father was a musician or his mother to see if his musical genius comes from his mother or from his father. We inherit genes from both parents. .

[@gabintessier211]

ExVeritateLibertas gtgkbu

[@roxannerocco5403]

Everything comes full circle in life's passing parade.

[@steveegallo3384]

True....it's a Pageant of Acrimony....except that Borodin was (like my Father) a Chemist......

[@slapdashsoviet]

Parts of this seem like they inspired the theme from The Right Stuff

[@peppertrout]

C'est aussi la musique des prairies d'Amerique du Nord.