Borodin Quartet plays Borodin Quartet No.2

00:00 - Allegro moderato
07:56 - Scherzo
12:39 - Notturno
20:50 - Finale
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[@joncheskin]

For raw beauty, nothing beats this piece. Every romantic film score ever written wants to sound like it.

[@051963mf]

Somehow, and without realizing it, I found myself closing my eyes and totally concentrated on this outstanding performance...The curious thing was, I was not tired, or sleepy, I was just immersed on it. Thanks.

[@edifyguy]

Great performances of great music have that effect on people with sufficient appreciation for beauty to recognize it. :)

[@pablotarbine8365]

Mi madre escuchaba éste concierto desde que era niño, sobre todo el Notturno. Cada vez que escucho este concierto me transporto a esas bellas épocas. Gracias!.

[@wendyemberson1583]

Beautiful. Warms the heart just listening to such a beautiful piece.

[@jules6534]

+Wendy Emberson r u a scorpio by chance

[@wendyemberson1583]

No pices

[@wendyemberson1583]

Island surgery Canvey island

[@ralphberney7768]

None on earth can beat these fellas, very few can match them: united, with devoted convergence on the music at hand; a daunting blend of mission, with so strong a feel of liberty, discipline, intuition and mutual understanding- impossible without their congregation of the finest musical skills, utter sincerity, to achieve the stunning beauty of their work, above all in reverence and celebration of the composer's creation.

[@Francispia]

warms my heart. Their rendition of Notturno feels so true..

[@SUNRA131]

I just heard the Notturno playing in a record store on Perry Mason! That's why I am here right now.

[@caleborvik4211]

I'm a cellist, so this is fairly cherished from my neck of the woods 😂👍beautiful

[@diegocorrales844]

+Caleb Orvik You and me both man.

[@liampike6745]

This has got to be one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written... cette musique est très belle... esta música es muy bonita :)

[@siew-hongkoe5340]

Liam Pike ppl

[@nataliafranco3471]

i freaking love this song.. probably my favorite!! Its so beautifu!! I can only play some 😅 i wish i could play the whole thing.. but man.. its beautiful..

[@malonogo]

el 1er movimiento es maravilloso melancolico apasionado casi un cuento hablado. los solistas se lucen de la mano deste compositor. la pase estupendo gracias.

[@jingingoo]

00:00 - Allegro moderato 07:56 - Scherzo 12:39 - Notturno 20:50 - Finale (Andante - Vivace)

[@siew-hongkoe5340]

jingingoo m

[@raymondgood6555]

Borodin was a rare double genius, chemistry and music. He was also a medical doctor!!

[@daydays12]

Extraordinarily talented!

[@arsteroh]

There are a few other recordings (at least two that I have listened to) also by the Borodin quartet playing this, but this is definitely the best recording ever. This will forever remain my favourite piece of Chamber music, and the piece I will always seek comfort in. Pure Beauty and Sublime piece of music.

[@gmtoomey]

I heard them play this quartet about 30 years ago.

[@diegocorrales844]

+Gregory Toomey That must have been absolutely amazing!

[@顧廣侖]

I just did last night and it still is just as amazing!

[@diegocorrales844]

顧廣侖 Wow! I actually just played this whole piece with my quartet. I guess we're both enjoying this music a lot.

[@marieroth3940]

Just sat and listened to this during a power outage. Nothing quite like it.

[@gpcrawford8353]

Fantastic to think that Alexandr Borodin was primarily a research organic chemist 🧪 and music comprised about 40 % of his time.

[@daydays12]

Some people are incredibly talented!

[@321abcable]

The Kismet hits Bangles Baubles and Beads and This is My Beloved are lifted from this lovely work.

[@ssmusic214]

Americans are soooooo.... funny! Tchaikovsky Piano concerto is "Tonight we love:! Rachmaninov 2nd concerto "Full moon and empty arms"! Chopin Fantasy Impromptu "I always chasing rainbows"! List goes on.............

[@TiticatFollies]

***** That's a nice way of putting it! Americans always want to turn something into something else, often trivializing it. I'm American, so I can say that.

[@marieroth3940]

We say it often because it affects us by dumbing down our children. I have known many cultured Americans so it is not an American thing it is a popular culture thing.

[@matthewabbott588]

Thankyou for the music Borodin and Thankyou for the Aldol Condensation ;)

[@notaire2]

Sehr authentische Aufführung dieses Streichquartettes. Wunderschön!

[@aQuayQuay]

this is such a lovely piece!! thanks for uploading

[@aQuayQuay]

Still one of my favourite quartets.

[@stefanoperini5589]

Anima russa , la grande anima russa grazie

[@quekcj]

Agreed, most beautiful piece of chamber music, especially the Allegro moderato.

[@orgulloela]

Qué belleza, está como el día fresco e iluminado. Cuerdas que conectan el alma y la mente produciendo una alegría inmensa en el corazón.

[@klimentmilanov]

This piece is absolutely captivating in its elegant melodies and atmosphere it creates. I hope you guys enjoy this piece as much as I did.

[@p38baron]

Kliment Milanov ホール

[@klimentmilanov]

山田隆弘 you're hilarious

[@Xequ]

I was linked here from Abba's 'Voulez-Vous'. I don't regret it for a second, beautiful!

[@ferdinangenius]

Musical genius and a good pal. Dogs and cats walked on his dinner table without him perturbing them.

[@νικοςνικολαου-τ9φ]

Just dived from jazz,to Borodin's quartet!..nothing harmful occured!..:)))

[@jules6534]

im actually digging this music👍

[@lowe5733]

Fantastic valetin Berlinski

[@newyorkmae8455]

Actor, Author Gene Wilder mentions this piece which the narrator & main character, Jeremy Webb, plays in "The Woman Who Wouldn't" ~ a beautiful little love story with a fairy tale ending; somewhat, I suppose, as this beloved actor would have had his own life to be. Rest in Peace & Shalom to your soul, fellow earth dweller.

[@MaggieKrenek]

Utterly gorgeous.

[@southwoodside]

So old Borodin had two big hits in popular music, this, and "Stranger in Paradise". Poor old doc never saw a cent in royalties.

[@Kanonalegria5]

el movimiento notturno, es el que más me gusta!!!!

[@MaggieKrenek]

How wonderful.

[@emnakhemiri1671]

scorpio huh ?

[@MrDrBendy]

Coughy McCoughson is in the house.

[@VanessaFerreira-hx2jf]

Perfect !!!

[@dinshawmuncherjee5123]

Such exquisite sensitive playing of a Borodin classic. I wish you had mentioned the artistes and the year it was recorded.

[@morinoroba]

!!! Beautiful........

[@mason11198]

That moment when Borodin plays Borodin

[@charlottewhyte9804]

this is beautifull

[@lowe5733]

Compared to the quality of playing, the intensity and the soul he puts in every note WHO CARES????

[@hyuglim]

this recording is a beast!

[@mensabs]

They're on tour in the US in 2015.

[@chpicaucasicgirl9312]

Cuando escuches borodin re cuerda :) zzz majestic

[@amberantk1]

TOO Beautiful!

[@siew-hongkoe5340]

Graphix by Kathy r

[@CarlyZarate]

Beautiful

[@hss5675]

awesome. ..

[@brandonkingviolin]

We are working on this now. The only way to REALLY, hear REAL music. Is to Witness and Experience it, in your real life... not over digitalized speakers

[@xtremenortherner]

Beautiful version!Have it saved as a favorite..., 17:42 - Bless You!

[@stephyblues]

Un grande del "Grupo de los cinco" :)

[@MARYGUERREROUSEDA]

Многим удалось работать вместе.

[@Bruchag]

Ohhh, no unnecessary pace.and played eloquently...exquisite

[@maharet0309]

beautiful

[@strutherhill]

Thanks for uploading this. Borodin had a capacity for composing beautiful, haunting melodies. However, as he was a professor of chemistry and therefore had limited time available, the works often needed to be orchestrated. Was it Rimsky-Korsakov in this case? Does anyone know?

[@Pleendriver]

Borodin's music was plundered by the people who wrote the musical 'Kismet'.

[@strutherhill]

Yes, of course, you're absolutely right.

[@Pleendriver]

There was a parody of the 'musical' at the time on BBC entitled 'Borrowed from Borodin'. Probably by Miur and Norden. It was their level of humour. They insisted on introducing what the BBC considered as too advanced intellectually into their scripts. But, Muir and Norden insisted, many people like to have their knowledge extended. I certainly did.

[@peterpickle1187]

Orchestration isn't very difficult with string quartet, since it is mostly decided based on range instead of instrument color, since the quartet's instruments are all generally considered to share one color palette.

[@strutherhill]

Thanks for this.

[@jimmyratz]

Are The Borodin Quartet still with us?

[@almavie6786]

Not with these musicians

[@amberlauren7924]

i got this from buzzfeed and it sounds like something you'd play at a rich persons house lmao

[@배지우-l2q]

loving❤❤❤

[@haddyanne]

Absolutely superb!!! Borodin was a truely inspired composer. I do not understand the reference to Miss Marple. Could someone enlighten me please? I am at a loss.

[@SusanaMaldd]

Beautiful (':

[@SaccidanandaSadasiva]

beauty!! oh my god!!

[@Roberto6474]

ethereal !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@joanalopes6263]

Buzzfeed brought me here! Hello Scorpios

[@dorothypugh2614]

Ah yes, the famous "Baubles, Bangles and Beads" quartet!

[@pedram7sd]

15:04 COUGH

[@Taneyev]

Date of recording? Who was first violin? BTW; The hollywood and the Galimir also had great recordings of this.

[@kevinwhiteman1563]

Not sure. I would love to know. A physical copy of this would be a treasure. I highly recommend the Galimir Debussy/Ravel if you appreciate this sound. I know it is at least available on CD.

[@marjoleindesterke5784]

First violin was Rostislav Dubinsky

[@evelienrozema1487]

Nice

[@TheXanadu88]

Yes, that's pretty unbeatable live performance of this quartet....

[@carlaviolinista]

How you get yourself to play this and don't cry?

[@SaccidanandaSadasiva]

yesss :)

[@sofiagelfand3430]

spacibo!!!!!!

[@siegfriedkoegler1170]

zu welcher Zeit wurde dieses so innig gespielte Werk aufgeführt?

[@hectorfprez]

Borodin es el mas flaquito, en la foto?

[@siew-hongkoe5340]

fabian prez R

[@almavie6786]

No hay Borodin en la foto. Borodin es el autor, en la foto sale el cuarteto que lleva su nombre

[@milesandolivia]

Budapest quartet?

[@TiticatFollies]

+joseph barr Borodin Quartet. The finest string ensemble.

[@henrykmusic]

more free

[@mcrettable]

did they try too hard? they named themselves the borodin quartet after all!

[@Rickriquinho]

Now compare this piece with Arnold Boringberg...

[@Rickriquinho]

***** LOL

[@hyperhavoc5]

+Ricardo da Mata They are both trying to achieve different things in different harmonic languages. Its pretty unfair to compare the two. Its like comparing Ives to Beethoven. They both are innovators given their surroundings at the time.

[@Rickriquinho]

Nikit Desai You are just being relativist, which is an easy thing to be. The comparison is mandatory in stylistic analysis. PS Ives is nothing.

[@hyperhavoc5]

+Ricardo da Mata Yes, the comparison is necessary in stylistic analysis, but that's not really relevant. You've basically just dismissed the works of Schoenberg, which is entirely unfair. Borodin and Schoenberg sought vastly different goals in their music, and whether you enjoy the music or not, Schoenberg accomplished his goals, which is worth crediting him with. Comparing them stylistically is obvious. Like comparing a dog and a cat, the features make them obviously distinguishable, but then asking "Why doesn't my cat bark like a dog?" is a pretty unfair question.

[@Rickriquinho]

Nikit Desai It is totally relevant! You are being manipulative. The fact is that Schoenberg is nothing but a famous name and his works have no value.

[@gabbyrussell2937]

anyone here from buzzfeed

[@StickersAndCookies]

Yooo

[@KoreanLuverNinjaWolf]

My god I was about to comment about it lol Scorpios! :D

[@bea8701]

yep

[@saashairani8187]

Yaas

[@jules6534]

+gabby russell Scorpios unite!!!

[@pogodu59]

13:40 Epic fail by first violin ^^

[@nickyork8901]

Hardly a fail! Perhaps he was distracted by the idiot coughing, in what was a live performance.

[@henrykmusic]

who care?

[@ghtsw11]

Beautiful