Alexander Borodin was an amateur musician, but you can't tell that from his music. His String Quartet No. 2 is a masterpiece of melody and great compositional skill. The Borgonzi String Quartet plays ...

Freedom of expression is enjoyed by many, but it is cherished by those who have lived without it. In his early 30s, a leading musical voice was reprimanded by his heads of state for his disapproved ...

MIchal Kanka (cello), Jaromir Klepac (piano), Prazak Quartet Praga Digitals PRD/DSD 250282* * * ...

(Da Sallo Quartet; Conquest Records 250-16). The performance is adequate, but what makes this interesting is its sound, for it was recorded without microphones through a “vibration sensor” attached to ...

This collection of rarely heard late-19th-century Russian chamber music is anything but orthodox. Borodin's 1860 String Sextet No. 2 in D minor is incomplete – only the first two movements survive.

Simply sign up to the Life & Arts myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox. Uniquely among the creatures of God’s musical kingdom, a string quartet can have nine lives. Since it was first ...

Russia’s Borodin Quartet returns to Hong Kong this week with a programme that marks the chamber music ensemble’s 80th anniversary. Comprising two violinists, a violist and a cellist, the quartet ...

The Borodin Quartet is a string quartet that was founded in 1945 in the former Soviet Union. It is one of the world's longest lasting string quartets, marking its 60th anniversary season in 2005. The ...

In 2010 the Borodin Quartet gave concerts by candlelight on what was to be one of the most memorable Musica Viva Australia tours of the past few decades. Musica Viva Australia and the Borodin Quartet ...