Symphony No. 2 (Borodin)

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Alexander Borodin composed his Symphony No. 2 in B minor from 1869 to 1876, and it was later revised by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov. It received its premiere in 1877 and remains the most well-known symphony by any of the members of the Mighty Five.

Contents 1 Form 2 Selected Recordings 3 External links 4 Bibliography 5 References

[edit] Form

The symphony is written in four movements and lasts approximately 26 minutes:

1. Allegro
2. Scherzo: Prestissimo
3. Andante
4. Finale: Allegro

[edit] Selected Recordings

• Ernest Ansermet conducting Orchestre de la Suisse Romande (Decca)
• Rafael Kubelik conducting the Vienna Philharmonic (EMI)
• Jean Martinon conducting the London Symphony Orchestra (Decca)

[edit] External links

• http://www.answers.com/topic/symphony-no-2-in-b-minor?cat=entertainment

[edit] Bibliography

• Maes, Francis, tr. Pomerans, Arnold J. and Erica Pomerans, A History of Russian Music: From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar (Brekeley, Los Angeles and London: University of California Press, 2002). ISBN 0-520-21815-9.

[edit] References