For 8 minutes I felt totally in the air. The music did not once not go where i thought it was going to go and I couldnt feel anything but peace. this is what a quartet is sopposed to sound like.
Found out a few days ago that I'm playing this on Sunday for a wedding, and now that I've heard it I'm excited :) it's so beautiful, wow. Thanks for uploading :)
I recently suggested to mention this piece of music in the last pages of a forthcoming novel about the life of the anarchist Nestor Makhno's partisan leader, who fled Ukraine in Paris in 1922, when Makhno ephemeral relives his great season with a few friends escaped hunting of Soviet agents. The mood of tender melancholy that characterizes the song suggests, the player who obviously knows him, a sense of tenderness toward utopian defeated by History.
Lovely interpretation - having heard the viola player from this quartet in an intimate recital setting a couple of years ago - I'm not surprised! He was pretty amazing.
Such an emotional music for me, one which tugs at my heart, and I can't explain to you the reason why... It's something you feel or don't, and I just love it.
But then I say this about S. Barber's Adagio for strings as well... Already tearing up here. *wink*
I agree, comments should be disbanded, only video comments.. not too many people do those anyway. Words are not necessary, nor are likes and dislikes just take it or leave it.,....don't like it? Just click on something you want to watch instead ... take the discussions to your facebook if you want!
An excellent comment. The reason I call it that comes from my perception of this work in a classical-concert setting. The mass popularity of it may be reflected in movies (which I was curious to learn about), but, as a unique and beautiful quartet from 19th century, it deserves more sophisticated exposure. I also believe that it is truly "underplayed" in terms of being played as wonderfully as it is in the recording that I posted.
By this I mean an exposure that is desired by a specific kind of audience, either trained in classical music, or simply appreciative enough to love it. Music used in movies is heard by anyone, whether they want to hear it or not, whether they like it or not, and it finds itself the same attention that a Coke commercial before the previews would. I hope this clarifies my answer.
Try finding it played by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Now, that really will leave you breathless. I hope you can track it down because I feel sure you would agree.
@daredash2005 I like it, but it's hugely popular, especially in comparison to much much better pieces that nobody knows. It's beautiful, a bit cheesy and not very interestingly written. Actually, I played it day before yesterday in concert =)
@MrConsumerWhore1 I don't know where you got the idea that this was used in Schindler's List, for the entire score as well as the main theme was composed by John Williams. It can be found on numerous recordings here on YouTube.
@MrConsumerWhore1 I have seen Schindler's List many times, and i can assure u this piece is not played in it, let alone being the theme song. All the music was written by John Williams, except for two songs, and they were present-day composer
Many years ago The Glassmen played this very piece this on the field, simply one of the most fantastic drum corp performances I have seen. Wish I could find a video of it.
@foolishginger My opinion is that a melody like this accompanies us from our birth. All we have to do is just "remember" it. A melody like this reaches the core of our very existence. This is what happens with real music...
I have loved Alexander Borodin's music ever since I first heard it as a small boy in South Africa. This is sweet and sublime. You can hear the ice and joy of Russia. I am astounded by the sterile discussions about "who is better than whom" The answer is simple. The world is a better place because of the lives of Borodin, Shostakovich, Rachmaninof and Tchaikovsky well as Beethoven, Mozart and Bach. They are all demi gods
Why dont you all stop arguing and just listen to this lovely music,I dont care what nationality the human being is who wrote it,why cant we all enjoy it together.Is it really worth it aguing over music in this sad mad world we live in.
@foolishginger ,,, your story is beautiful, heartfelt and shows the love you had for your Father. I hope you play it for your children...As long as you remember the music, your Father will live in you
this for me is one of the sweetest string quartets(sp?) that never gets played enough. Russian saccharine(sp?) at it's finest. god bless the russian 5 . they pull at the heartstrings with such effortless ease,that it never becomes overplayed in my ears
Borodin "rocks" musically that much more because of his day job as a noted and accomplished chemist. He is basically the Buckaroo Banzai of Nineteenth Century Russia. And his unorthodox championing of chamber music as a member of the famous Five speaks even more highly in his favor. Just an amazing life and contribution to human kind, plain and simple.
It's funny, I've never thought of Borodin's no. 2 as underplayed...among most of the people I know, it's actually very common and oft played. Still beautiful, though. My favorite will always be the first movement, though.
Another thing about this piece: it's incredibly difficult to make it sound as it should. There are tons of chamber pieces that are "easier to please" than this one...
Russian music is underrated severely because of an entrenched German-centric bias to the field of classical music. The truth is that Tchaikovsky was very much equal to Mozart, and Rachmaninov was in every way equal to Beethoven. Russian music has more HEART, whereas German music has more sophisticated musical architecture. Bach was, admittedly, the greatest of all, but besides him and Beethoven, German music is pretty boring.
@KhagarBalugrak: Schubert is anything but boring. I'm sorry but I just can't let that slide. His music is immensely intimate and subtle, in spite of having less technical facility than, say, Beethoven. One of the most powerful composers in my opinion.
@KhagarBalugrak Russian music surely is underrated and the Glinka School is perhaps my favorite in classical music. There is a Germanic bias, as you say, and it has many causes. One such cause is that Mozart and Beethoven truly do not find full equals anywhere else and cast an imposing shadow over the art. Still, Slavic music--particularly Russian & Czech--seems to have a special quality you call "heart." This why Korsakov and Dvorak, etc., will always have a special place in my heart.
It's so obvious Glinka, Chaikovskiy, Borodin, Musorgskiy, Hachaturyan, Prokofiev, Shostakovich is a level up compared to german composers, it's the music of higher class, especially of last two. The only german of their level was Beethoven.
@ahbahpuh And I missed some of our great composers. They are defenitely better, germans forgot how to write great music in XIX, we are taught how to do :)
Dear fool! So, you only think that Beethoven was a German composer up to the level of the names that you mentioned. I suppose that you never heard of two particular composers named Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Both composers were born in Germany. To people who study and have collegiate degrees in music, Bach and Mozart are in the top 5 of all-time greatest musicians. From your post it appears that you are clueless when it comes to music history!
Unbelievably beautiful. Such sweet strings. Reaches into the heart with it's melancholy repetition and holds you spellbound. You are even sadder when it ends because it touches the soul. My goodness, the power of music, the universal language...........
Oooh, if you like cello stuff, definitely listen to the Marcia mvmt of Dohnanyi's trio in C major; also, Shostakovich's 11th quartet has a GREAT cello solo in the Conclusion. Enjoy! (And I do agree about this piece's beauty--I play it!)
Dawn's promising skies Petals on a pool drifting Imagine these in one pair of eyes And this is my beloved Strange spice from the south Honey through the comb sifting Imagine these in one eager mouth And this is my beloved And when she speaks and when she talks to me Music Mystery And when she moves And when she walks with me Paradise comes suddenly near All that can stir All that can stun All thats for the heart's lifting Imagine these in one perfect one And this is my beloved
There were words put to this melody ... the recurring phrase is "for this is my beloved". Wish I could remember all the worlds, but it has been a very long time since I've them. It was a very romantic song.
I think they were...I mean...my quartet is playing it and we got the sheet music from the Peabody Conservatory library...does that mean it was published?
His blood mother was russian. Mother genes > 50% in their children, father genes are always in minority. More over, he was brought up by russian family. Georgian only shew he was a scum :)
I remember hanging out in an upper east side 4th-floor walkup in 1993 NYC with my girlfriend at that time. We had some wonderful times listening to this music. And, would you believe it, but I miss three things very deeply: (1) that time in my life, (2) that woman, and (3) that CD which contained this piece with some other gorgeous music (by Grieg, Bach, Faure, Albinoni, and Tchaikovsky.)
Gorgeous album . . . and a gorgeous time of my life with a gorgeous woman.
As a child I loved the musical Kismet.. and my favourite piece was the duet based on this melody (..'and that is my beloved'). I'm not sure whether it is a good thing or not, but now I can't help but hear the lyrics when I listen to this! 'petals on a pool drifting..' It is a gorgeous, lush and intoxicating melody. One of my all time favourites.. THankyou Borodin
This is beautiful..it reminds me of my mother who used to hum this tune when I was young..Wow!! that was a good few years back!! Thanks for the memory jolt..thanks for sharing this with us
My attention was drawn to this particular quartet by the James Bond movie 'The Living Daylights' and I must say, it is one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. Great played, just appropriate for this music. I enjoy hearing it every time!
Our string orchestra is playing this right now and as a second violin (which I am), this is actually a bit boring to play ^^'. Yes, the solo has some tricky changes and you have to manage the nuances well, but otherwise it's basically just the same rhythm through the whole thing (ta-taa-taa-ta, ta-taa-taa-ta, taa-aa-aa etc.)...
It might be a slightly different arrangement though.
despite my name, I enjoy classical music very much....and this piece is wonderful...
thank you for posting...:))
focuselp 1 month ago
Not a word was spoken, yet so much was said.
punkypenguin321 4 months ago
For 8 minutes I felt totally in the air. The music did not once not go where i thought it was going to go and I couldnt feel anything but peace. this is what a quartet is sopposed to sound like.
onagoodday1 5 months ago
My absolutel favourite piece of music.
ScarlettBerries 5 months ago
Found out a few days ago that I'm playing this on Sunday for a wedding, and now that I've heard it I'm excited :) it's so beautiful, wow. Thanks for uploading :)
vanessatoula 7 months ago
Who is playing first violin?? It must be her female touch that grabbed my attention.. Gorgeous interpretation...
javilack 7 months ago
a beautiful exposition of a theme
DrewBledsoe07 7 months ago
I recently suggested to mention this piece of music in the last pages of a forthcoming novel about the life of the anarchist Nestor Makhno's partisan leader, who fled Ukraine in Paris in 1922, when Makhno ephemeral relives his great season with a few friends escaped hunting of Soviet agents. The mood of tender melancholy that characterizes the song suggests, the player who obviously knows him, a sense of tenderness toward utopian defeated by History.
TheMadrigalista 7 months ago
This really is a breath taking version of this piece. May I ask who is playing?
FISHFACEmatt 9 months ago
Can anyone recommend me some classical music similar to this? I really enjoy piano trios, so if anyone has some good recommendations let me know. :)
pauldz44 10 months ago
For those that know what the cello says here and also for the cellist who in turn knows......
Kilchattan7 10 months ago
I have this Borodin quartet played by "the" Borodin Quartet with Igor Oistrakh on 1st violin.
gmtoomey 11 months ago
Lovely interpretation - having heard the viola player from this quartet in an intimate recital setting a couple of years ago - I'm not surprised! He was pretty amazing.
bubblybassoonist 11 months ago
4:38 sends shivers down my spine.
GripTightThin 11 months ago
Such an emotional music for me, one which tugs at my heart, and I can't explain to you the reason why... It's something you feel or don't, and I just love it.
But then I say this about S. Barber's Adagio for strings as well... Already tearing up here. *wink*
Many thanks for posting this one, DD.
LaniElkhart 11 months ago
One of those bits of music so beautiful it soothes the cares of the world while telling you the worl is too beautiful to last.
haywardgirl78 1 year ago
One of those bits of music so beautiful it soothes the cares of the world while telling you the world is too beautiful to last.
haywardgirl78 1 year ago
I agree, comments should be disbanded, only video comments.. not too many people do those anyway. Words are not necessary, nor are likes and dislikes just take it or leave it.,....don't like it? Just click on something you want to watch instead ... take the discussions to your facebook if you want!
dunavbalkan 1 year ago
Lovely music for late evening.
WPGS25041941 1 year ago
I can't get enough of the section starting at 2:40. 3:17 is a great moment!
jglsd1 1 year ago
I love it how you call this "the gem of under played" when it was the theme song for 3 different movies, including schnidlers list.
MrConsumerWhore1 1 year ago 7
@MrConsumerWhore1 :
An excellent comment. The reason I call it that comes from my perception of this work in a classical-concert setting. The mass popularity of it may be reflected in movies (which I was curious to learn about), but, as a unique and beautiful quartet from 19th century, it deserves more sophisticated exposure. I also believe that it is truly "underplayed" in terms of being played as wonderfully as it is in the recording that I posted.
daredash2005 1 year ago 23
@daredash2005
Fair enough, tell me; what do you consider "sophisticated exposure"?
MrConsumerWhore1 1 year ago
@MrConsumerWhore1 :
By this I mean an exposure that is desired by a specific kind of audience, either trained in classical music, or simply appreciative enough to love it. Music used in movies is heard by anyone, whether they want to hear it or not, whether they like it or not, and it finds itself the same attention that a Coke commercial before the previews would. I hope this clarifies my answer.
daredash2005 1 year ago 20
@daredash2005 Is was what became "Baubles bangles and beads" originally by Borodin? if so what was it called in it's classic form?
mrboppman1 5 months ago
@daredash2005
Try finding it played by the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic. Now, that really will leave you breathless. I hope you can track it down because I feel sure you would agree.
woodspeight 1 year ago
@daredash2005 I like it, but it's hugely popular, especially in comparison to much much better pieces that nobody knows. It's beautiful, a bit cheesy and not very interestingly written. Actually, I played it day before yesterday in concert =)
IZn0g0uDatAll 2 months ago
@MrConsumerWhore1 I have no clue what you are referring to. As far as I can find or remember, this was never used in Schindler's list
VenndorBrine 9 months ago
@MrConsumerWhore1 I don't know where you got the idea that this was used in Schindler's List, for the entire score as well as the main theme was composed by John Williams. It can be found on numerous recordings here on YouTube.
wanzenettl 8 months ago 7
@MrConsumerWhore1
reneghe 4 months ago
@MrConsumerWhore1 I have seen Schindler's List many times, and i can assure u this piece is not played in it, let alone being the theme song. All the music was written by John Williams, except for two songs, and they were present-day composer
MrViolinGuy 3 months ago
Its an alright song
JuxtapositionJavy 1 year ago
Love this particular work of Borodin.
Many years ago The Glassmen played this very piece this on the field, simply one of the most fantastic drum corp performances I have seen. Wish I could find a video of it.
Thanks for the post!
LaniElkhart 1 year ago
Which quartet is playing?
TheKazdog 1 year ago
@TheKazdog
It is the wonderful Lindsay Quartet which discontinued performing as a group in 2005.
daredash2005 1 year ago
@daredash2005 I love how you guys argue over the music instead of enjoying it...
THECLOSETWRITER 2 months ago
this is featured in disney's short "the little match girl" I highly suggest people take a look at it. saddest movie ever.
watch?v=yUSzQBaWq0Q
ImSoOffended 1 year ago 5
IMy socks just melt at this one, the unspoken words are achingly beautiful.
Kenentigern7 1 year ago
In my top 5 string quartets of all time. Superb.
2009Bolero 1 year ago
@foolishginger My opinion is that a melody like this accompanies us from our birth. All we have to do is just "remember" it. A melody like this reaches the core of our very existence. This is what happens with real music...
goujohn 1 year ago
i wan his moustache... no srsly D: hiter one's good too :D
TheLadyInTheDark 1 year ago
I have loved Alexander Borodin's music ever since I first heard it as a small boy in South Africa. This is sweet and sublime. You can hear the ice and joy of Russia. I am astounded by the sterile discussions about "who is better than whom" The answer is simple. The world is a better place because of the lives of Borodin, Shostakovich, Rachmaninof and Tchaikovsky well as Beethoven, Mozart and Bach. They are all demi gods
SuperSunshineguy 1 year ago
@plugthemad Yes, you're right, this comes from the evil side of human nature... they discuss trivialities as the sublime music goes on
er38 1 year ago
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@plugthemad Yes, you're right, this comes from the evil side of human nature... they discuss trivialities as the sublime music goes on
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er38 1 year ago
UNA VERDADERA JOYA!!! MARAVILLOSO!!!
musclas 1 year ago
Why dont you all stop arguing and just listen to this lovely music,I dont care what nationality the human being is who wrote it,why cant we all enjoy it together.Is it really worth it aguing over music in this sad mad world we live in.
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er38 1 year ago
this has been on my mp3 for years - never knew the name till it was magicaly linked from shostakovich's 8th completely by chance! what do you know
Schmofz 1 year ago
"And this is my beloved". Kismet :)
jc19940 1 year ago
@foolishginger ,,, your story is beautiful, heartfelt and shows the love you had for your Father. I hope you play it for your children...As long as you remember the music, your Father will live in you
weepingboy3 1 year ago
Oh, German vs. Russian vs. Italian vs. French vs. British vs. American... When will it ever end...?
BenjaminGessel 1 year ago
@BenjaminGessel when kim jong-ill 's boredom overwhelms his last bits of common sense ^_^!
IskArioT27 1 year ago
@IskArioT27 True that. Mr. Kim needs some more worthwhile hobbies perhaps... Like playing battleship or risk...
BenjaminGessel 1 year ago
Now I know where the background music for "Son of Stimpy" came from.
glynbrain 1 year ago
@glynbrain the fart episode.
superficialWounds 1 year ago
@superficialWounds Right. It's good to meet a fellow intellectual.
glynbrain 1 year ago
woow!!
Musicalaga 1 year ago
Ironicly the majority of the russian "kuchka" were mentaly unstable but managed to make more masterpieces then the majority of compositors
pelegoshko 1 year ago
@pelegoshko
"mentaly unstable"
I wonder why jews always talk abusive shit about Russia? As if Russia is responsible for f@cking holocaust =)))
dicthash 1 year ago
@dicthash dude...I am russian :S and I have never told anything abusive about Russia..I am actualy very proud that i was born in Russia
pelegoshko 1 year ago
@pelegoshko
that is the only thing you can be proud of? )))
but what about your words "mentaly unstable"? These words can only be applyed in some degree to Mussorgsky as he was a bad drunker.
dicthash 1 year ago
@dicthash Well that is sort of what i meant
pelegoshko 1 year ago
this for me is one of the sweetest string quartets(sp?) that never gets played enough. Russian saccharine(sp?) at it's finest. god bless the russian 5 . they pull at the heartstrings with such effortless ease,that it never becomes overplayed in my ears
Puppies4everr 1 year ago
Borodin "rocks" musically that much more because of his day job as a noted and accomplished chemist. He is basically the Buckaroo Banzai of Nineteenth Century Russia. And his unorthodox championing of chamber music as a member of the famous Five speaks even more highly in his favor. Just an amazing life and contribution to human kind, plain and simple.
BrucknerMotet 1 year ago
Thanks for uploading
LazyJLazy 1 year ago
It's funny, I've never thought of Borodin's no. 2 as underplayed...among most of the people I know, it's actually very common and oft played. Still beautiful, though. My favorite will always be the first movement, though.
azof02 2 years ago 3
Piercingly sweet
ludieludes 2 years ago
Another thing about this piece: it's incredibly difficult to make it sound as it should. There are tons of chamber pieces that are "easier to please" than this one...
KhagarBalugrak 2 years ago
Interesting comments. Um, tell me, apropos of nothing, um... what color is the sky in your world????
ISISBellydance 2 years ago
Russian music is underrated severely because of an entrenched German-centric bias to the field of classical music. The truth is that Tchaikovsky was very much equal to Mozart, and Rachmaninov was in every way equal to Beethoven. Russian music has more HEART, whereas German music has more sophisticated musical architecture. Bach was, admittedly, the greatest of all, but besides him and Beethoven, German music is pretty boring.
KhagarBalugrak 2 years ago
@KhagarBalugrak Schubert, Haendel, Schumann, Wagner, Mahler, Bruckner, Richard Strauss, Berg ?
rssothon 2 years ago
Schumann was admittedly great, but Schubert, Handel, Bruckner and the rest are boring, as far as I can tell.
KhagarBalugrak 2 years ago
@KhagarBalugrak: Schubert is anything but boring. I'm sorry but I just can't let that slide. His music is immensely intimate and subtle, in spite of having less technical facility than, say, Beethoven. One of the most powerful composers in my opinion.
wogandmush 1 year ago
@KhagarBalugrak Russian music surely is underrated and the Glinka School is perhaps my favorite in classical music. There is a Germanic bias, as you say, and it has many causes. One such cause is that Mozart and Beethoven truly do not find full equals anywhere else and cast an imposing shadow over the art. Still, Slavic music--particularly Russian & Czech--seems to have a special quality you call "heart." This why Korsakov and Dvorak, etc., will always have a special place in my heart.
jeselmira2 1 year ago 2
@jeselmira2 agree
It's so obvious Glinka, Chaikovskiy, Borodin, Musorgskiy, Hachaturyan, Prokofiev, Shostakovich is a level up compared to german composers, it's the music of higher class, especially of last two. The only german of their level was Beethoven.
ahbahpuh 1 year ago
@ahbahpuh And I missed some of our great composers. They are defenitely better, germans forgot how to write great music in XIX, we are taught how to do :)
ahbahpuh 1 year ago
@ahbahpuh
Dear fool! So, you only think that Beethoven was a German composer up to the level of the names that you mentioned. I suppose that you never heard of two particular composers named Johann Sebastian Bach and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart? Both composers were born in Germany. To people who study and have collegiate degrees in music, Bach and Mozart are in the top 5 of all-time greatest musicians. From your post it appears that you are clueless when it comes to music history!
jlmusicfan57 1 year ago
@jlmusicfan57 Mozart was born in Salzburg, Austria, tyvm. And try Brahms or Wagner. Bah and Mozart are painfully overrated anyway.
malikrox 1 year ago
> German music has more sophisticated musical architecture
Compared to Shostakovich or Prokofiev? I dont' think so.
ahbahpuh 1 year ago
This is a truly beautiful and original piece...incredibly lyrical and rich. Favorited, 5 starred.
KhagarBalugrak 2 years ago
Borodin... why do I hear so little of this?? It's fantastic music.
7sonfilms 2 years ago 3
Exactly what I was thinking.
aarandir 2 years ago
heogaines, you're such a barbarian!!
Obviously YOU don't know what good music is.
DarlingLove121 2 years ago
Unbelievably beautiful. Such sweet strings. Reaches into the heart with it's melancholy repetition and holds you spellbound. You are even sadder when it ends because it touches the soul. My goodness, the power of music, the universal language...........
temp7819 2 years ago 2
this is THE most beatiful cello piece I ear in my life
22louiso 2 years ago 3
Oooh, if you like cello stuff, definitely listen to the Marcia mvmt of Dohnanyi's trio in C major; also, Shostakovich's 11th quartet has a GREAT cello solo in the Conclusion. Enjoy! (And I do agree about this piece's beauty--I play it!)
hithererandom 2 years ago
And the first movement of this quartet is FABULOUS! Stunningly beautiful.
hithererandom 2 years ago
mmwiz 2 years ago 2
And this is my beloved is correct.He also wrote stranger in paradise"" in his Polovtsian dances.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Wonderful!
MrCafiero 2 years ago
I never tire of listening to this wonderful music! I always feel better after hearing this musical gem! TY!
CanadaPisces 2 years ago
CanadaPisces-Thank you for this wonderful music James.
paulostroff99 2 years ago
Beautiful~
laypingtee 2 years ago 4
There were words put to this melody ... the recurring phrase is "for this is my beloved". Wish I could remember all the worlds, but it has been a very long time since I've them. It was a very romantic song.
MikiD1954 2 years ago
I would love to know which string quartet is playing!
If anyone knows, I would appreciate it tremendously!!!
27u7 2 years ago
as a cellist, that solo is amazing to play...
jesterette123 2 years ago 4
simply gorgeous
happycadaver 2 years ago 8
you are totaly right
22louiso 2 years ago
Does anyone know the opus?
TomSaunders89 2 years ago
I don't believe either of his string quartets were published.
herogaines 2 years ago
I think they were...I mean...my quartet is playing it and we got the sheet music from the Peabody Conservatory library...does that mean it was published?
pppsssssssss 2 years ago 3
My fault, they are published, but I meant they lack opus numbers.
herogaines 2 years ago
I think this is the most beautiful song in the world.
KatherineXIX 2 years ago 5
I aggree !!!!!!!!! SOO SWEEEEEEEEEEET
22louiso 2 years ago
I love the più mosso part it's so lovely
22louiso 2 years ago
haargr love this song
22louiso 2 years ago
I love the interpretation so lovely, Great the sound of the cello, the other instrument in the back are a little bit late bot it's very good :D
22louiso 2 years ago
its a sad melody
this remember me the disney cort film
the little match girl is soo sad
sramojon 2 years ago 6
Yes, exquisitely beautiful melody, and he REALLY squeezes every drop from it.
LazlosPlane 2 years ago 4
Best melody by Borodin it captures a longing heart,very warm cello very unique and uncomplicated style. One of my top favorites!!!
tuers4026 2 years ago 2
Just asking can this guy shoot lazers out of his eyes cause that would be awesome :P
theturkeyclub 2 years ago 2
He can do whatever he wants. He's Borodin.
Rkmajora 2 years ago 3
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babablacksheep288 2 years ago
I worship Borodin.
xingsheng1 2 years ago
i love love love this song
bplainfieldgirl 2 years ago
Just heard this on Classic FM and thought oh my God what is that-I heard it years ago.
I never thought I would ever hear the equal to Scheherezade Part 111 Rimsky-K. So hauntingly soothing and full of erotic redolence for lost love.
letsseeee 2 years ago
great , heartbreaking , beautiful :)
nocturne163 2 years ago
@ Gvelus:
no, he was a russian, wikipedia could help you at this point.
igorsamoruchow 2 years ago
Borodin is great.
Composer1990 2 years ago 2
specific movement is actually in the key of A Major
Kiwi2375 2 years ago
I'm proud je was georgian :)
Gvelus 2 years ago
@Gvelus
georgian is your tie eating brave president but not Borodin
dicthash 1 year ago
@Gvelus you are retard :)
His blood mother was russian. Mother genes > 50% in their children, father genes are always in minority. More over, he was brought up by russian family. Georgian only shew he was a scum :)
ahbahpuh 1 year ago
this is what beauty sounds like.
maryruthanne 2 years ago 3
recording level a bit low, but nicely-focused playing
prawncymbal 2 years ago
This song is king of erotic.
melissaissexy1 2 years ago 2
This is perfect music to listen to between classes.
melissaissexy1 2 years ago
Borodin rules!!!
jimmyratz 2 years ago 4
This is so sweet.
melissaissexy1 3 years ago 5
I want to get an license plate that says: BORODIN
jimmyratz 3 years ago 15
@jimmyratz -- haha!
Suckyea 1 year ago
I am glad Borodin took time from chemistry to write music. One of my favorite composers and this is one of the loveliest things ever written.
sasha42196 3 years ago 8
I remember hanging out in an upper east side 4th-floor walkup in 1993 NYC with my girlfriend at that time. We had some wonderful times listening to this music. And, would you believe it, but I miss three things very deeply: (1) that time in my life, (2) that woman, and (3) that CD which contained this piece with some other gorgeous music (by Grieg, Bach, Faure, Albinoni, and Tchaikovsky.)
Gorgeous album . . . and a gorgeous time of my life with a gorgeous woman.
GoobieDoober 3 years ago 8
Beautiful piece. It's so soothing.
lissykw 3 years ago 4
As a child I loved the musical Kismet.. and my favourite piece was the duet based on this melody (..'and that is my beloved'). I'm not sure whether it is a good thing or not, but now I can't help but hear the lyrics when I listen to this! 'petals on a pool drifting..' It is a gorgeous, lush and intoxicating melody. One of my all time favourites.. THankyou Borodin
thedimgoddess 3 years ago
this is so beautiful!!!!!! i absolutely love it.
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GEEZER666666 3 years ago
Why did it stop? That spoiled it somewhat, it should continue at least 10 seconds after the last note =/
JarichHa 3 years ago
love it
LouBilici 3 years ago
This is a very melodic piece and one that sends shivers down my spine..because my mother used to hum to this music...
jonny7classics 3 years ago 2
Wow that's great thanks for that very personal story.
lkdsjflskdfj 3 years ago
Heard this played last week on my 50th birthday in Sainte Chapelle, Paris, WOW what an experience.
anyear 3 years ago
This is beautiful..it reminds me of my mother who used to hum this tune when I was young..Wow!! that was a good few years back!! Thanks for the memory jolt..thanks for sharing this with us
jonny7england 3 years ago
grande anima... merita una lacrima grande di commozione
eliofontana1 3 years ago
Lovely! Bravo! TY.
paulostroff99 3 years ago
Thanks to James for sharing...
vereiana 3 years ago
@gemgym18:
yep! that's the 3rd mov, the quartet is in D major
marta1386 3 years ago
Classical music is so beautiful and breathtaking will NEVER be forgotten.
Zsamila 3 years ago 3
nice, really nice ;)
Murawski 3 years ago
Thank you Mr. Borodin for this delectable piece of music, which definitely qualifies as the most romantic piece of music ever written.
jimmyratz 3 years ago 3
Such an excellent piece.
Theotokos86 3 years ago 3
Wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
pipeman126 3 years ago
My attention was drawn to this particular quartet by the James Bond movie 'The Living Daylights' and I must say, it is one of the most beautiful pieces I've ever heard. Great played, just appropriate for this music. I enjoy hearing it every time!
riffelsriffels 3 years ago
he was a millitary surgion,mr borodin.
kharlamych 4 years ago
Lovely. Definately my favorite quartet music. Well played!
mangochicken16 4 years ago
natterbox,nice to know about any other russian introduction.
kharlamych 4 years ago
which quartet recorded this?
Malibucat1 4 years ago
This is remarkably well-played! It is not a difficult piece, but this ensemble has a good ensemble coordination and sways the rhythm just right.
pinchetele 4 years ago
Ask someone who plays violin or cello whether it is a difficult piece! It is a very technically challenging piece!
mbmsv 3 years ago
Well, that depends.
Our string orchestra is playing this right now and as a second violin (which I am), this is actually a bit boring to play ^^'. Yes, the solo has some tricky changes and you have to manage the nuances well, but otherwise it's basically just the same rhythm through the whole thing (ta-taa-taa-ta, ta-taa-taa-ta, taa-aa-aa etc.)...
It might be a slightly different arrangement though.
Ginatus 2 years ago
But why would you play this piece in a string orchestra? :O
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