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Release Date: 27th Apr 2009
Catalogue No: 93894
Label: Brilliant Classics
Length: 78 minutes

Borodin: Petite Suite

Work length23:40

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Marco Rapetti

I. In the Monastery

Track length6:03

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II. Intermezzo

Track length3:29

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III. Mazurka

Track length2:50

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IV. Mazurka

Track length3:58

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V. Reverie

Track length2:07

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VI. Serenade

Track length2:11

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VII. Nocturne

Track length3:02

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Borodin: Scherzo in A flat

Work length3:21

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Marco Rapetti

Borodin: V sredney Azii (In Central Asia), "In the Steppes of Central Asia" [version for piano 4 hands]

Work length7:39

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Marco Rapetti, Giampaolo Nuti

Borodin: Paraphrases

Work length25:01

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Marco Rapetti, Daniela de Santis

Prelude

Track length0:45

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Polka

Track length1:16

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Marche Funebre

Track length1:40

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Valse

Track length1:58

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Berceuse

Track length2:34

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Galop

Track length1:03

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Gigue

Track length0:47

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Fughetta on B-a-C-H

Track length0:39

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Tarantella

Track length1:22

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Menuetto

Track length0:55

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Valse

Track length2:03

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Requiem

Track length3:43

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Carillon

Track length1:36

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Mazurka

Track length1:28

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Fugue Grotesque

Track length0:42

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Cortege Triomphal

Track length2:30

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Borodin: Tarantella

Work length4:27

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Marco Rapetti, Giampaolo Nuti

Borodin: Allegretto in D flat for piano 4 hands

Work length1:43

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Marco Rapetti, Daniela de Santis

Borodin: Scherzo in E Major

Work length5:00

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Marco Rapetti, Daniela de Santis

Borodin: Adagio patetico in A-Flat Major

Work length4:06

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Marco Rapetti

Borodin: Polka Hélène in D minor for piano 4 hands

Work length2:14

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Marco Rapetti

Ravel: A la manière de Borodine

Work length1:44

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Marco Rapetti

A la manière de Borodine

Track length1:44

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Alexander Borodin was a part-time composer whose primary career was in science. Borodin was a member of the ‘Mighty Handful’, the group of five Russian composers which included Balakirev, Cui, Rimsky Korsakov and Mussorgsky, who established a Russian school of composition building on the legacy of Mikhail Glinka.

Borodin liked to joke, ‘I compose only when I am ill’, and he left a small body of work, much of it in a fragmentary state at his death, which was later edited and completed by Rimsky and Glazunov. However, such is the quality of these works that his place among the greatest of Russian composers is assured. The three symphonies, In the Steppes of central Asia, the opera Prince Igor and the two string quartets are masterpieces.

Borodin studied the piano as a small child, and the earliest work on this survey of his complete output for piano is the Polka Helene, composed when he was just 9 years old. Paraphrases on a Simple Theme was a venture with Lyadov, Rimsky-Korsakov and Cui, with Liszt providing the prelude. Written for fun, they are delightfully witty.

The Petite Suite is a collection of short works Borodin composed over a number of years, an example of high class salon music – Borodin knew his Kalkbrenner, Field and Hummel well. The Scherzo in A flat from 1885 is a wonderful work, often played as an encore by Rachmaninov. Ravel admired Borodin, and had studied his music as a teenager, and his affectionate tribute to Borodin is included in the little Waltz in the manner of Borodin.

Contains the premiere recordings of ‘In the Steppes of central Asia’ in the composers arrangement for 4 hands, plus premier recordings for the Scherzo in E, Allegretto in D flat, Polka Helene, and Adagio Patetico in A flat

Comprehensive booklet note

Marco Rapetti has recorded the piano music of Lyapunov, as well as the sonata by Dukas and works for two pianos by Malipiero

Recording made in 2008

Borodin - Complete Piano Works

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