Borodin reviews
A guide to Borodin's Symphony No. 2 and its best recordings
Daniel Jaffé discovers the best recordings of Borodin's Symphony No. 2, a bravely experimental and colourful work that changed the course of orchestral music
History of the Russian Piano Trio, Vol. 3
The Brahms Trio (Naxos)
Accents (Ensemble K)
Ensemble K/Simone Menezes, et al (Aparté)
Hymns of Love (Dmytro Popov)
Dmytro Popov (tenor); Deutsches Symphonie-Orchester Berlin/Mikhail Simonyan (Orchid Classics)
Russian Colours
Camerata Tchaikovsky/Yuri Zhislin (Orchid Classics)
Escher String Quartet perform works by Borodin, Dvořák and Tchaikovsky
This is something of a standard ‘top hits’ compilation of soulful Slavic quartets.