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1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
 Somebody Goofed Somewhere Jul 09, 2009
I have been a fan of Borodin ever since playing this piece in high school and then hearing his music in the musical "Kismet". The Symphony is wonderfully played and well extracted into the MP3 format. It seems however that someone made a major BOO-BOO in the extraction of "In the Steppes of Central Asia" The piece just stops in the middle of a phrase, only to begin at that point in the Prince Igor Overture track. If you want to listen to just the "Steppes" you will be cheated out of approximately 1 minute 30 seconds worth of music (the etherial ending of the piece). Conversely, if you wish to listen to the Prince Igor segments you will hear 1 minute 30 seconds worth of music that will make no sense whatsoever, followed by about a 15 seconds of silence before the overture begins. I hope this is an electronic transfer problem and not a problem with the CD itself.
If you wish to purchase this recording, which by the way is excellent in all respects, I would STRONGLY recommend getting the CD and waiting the 4 or 5 day is takes the mail to get it to you, then make your own transfer to your MP3 player, or maybe purchase the piece recorded by a different artist.
Again, the music is wonderful and the recording is terrific, but the MP3 editing leaves something to be desired.
 Wonderful & deeply felt recording of Prince Igor Feb 11, 2008
Borodin's Prince Igor with choir is my favourite music, having once sung myself in Chesterton Choir Cambridge, and I've been searching for definitive recording. Most of recommended recordings hurry the music along spoiling the beautiful melody and intricate harmony. Solti's Formula One rendition is the worst one even though highly recommended by Penguin Guide.
I picked up this CD in a second-hand shop in London simply because it was cheap, and got a nice surprise. This unkown conductor paces each section of the music wisely and manages to bring best out of the music, achieving both nostalgic beauty of the female chorus and excitement of the fast sections. Male chorus blends beautifully with orchestra and female chorus. This might not be definitive version, but in the same class as Stokowski's famous DECCA Phase4 recording and BBC Legend live recording.
2 of 10 found the following review helpful:
An Okay Buy - Not Spectacular May 23, 2007
This CD wasn't as good as I anticipated. It had what I wanted on it, but not much more. I'm glad that I bought it, but I wasn't blown away by it.
3 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Borodin... Feb 03, 2007
I did enjoy this disc. I got it at a bargain price to boot! Classical music with real musicians showing us their skills. My only complaint is that I wished that the recording was of better quality! Five stars for the music - Three stars for the disc!
2 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Borodin: In the Steppes of Central Asia Nov 10, 2006
This is where the music from the musical "Kismet" came from. Very Melodic and beautiful. CD arrived very timely and was pristine. Thank you.
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