Borodin String Qtt 2

Have I posted this in the wrong area?
Or ?? Is Borodin not that popular?
Or--is it just string quartets...

Ptss, Your post is kind of a mixed bag, in that it deals with both performance quality of a relatively obscure piece, recording quality, and power conditioning. It is not surprising to me that no one responded to a post requesting comments on the effect of power conditioning on a particular recording of a fairly obscure piece of chamber music, not to put to fine of an edge on it. Believe me, I have spent most of my life trying to understand why everyone was looking at me like I had giant lobsters crawling out of my ears, so I feel your pain!

I am a lover of chamber music. I don't own a single recording of any of the Borodin Quartets. I would have expected any comments might have come from some of the more knowledgable members with respect to serious music, i.e, Frogman, Learsfool, or Schubert.

I have only a latent interest in Borodin, stemming principally from his primary occupation as organic chemist. I take your post as a cattle prod to investigate his music further. I will take a look at what is out there and perhaps place some orders.

Do not let the lack of response dissuade you. I would very much love to see more discussion of chamber works on this site. Even better from my point of view would be a sudden surge in interest in the music of Heinrich Schutz!

Darn, there go those lobsters again.

Personally, I consider it a minor masterpiece forever ruined, for me at least , by the theft of the slow melody for the corny "This is My Beloved" from the musical "Kismet" .

That said, one of the finest sounding chamber CD's I ever heard was the 2nd by the St. Petersburg Qt on the Dorian label. Dorian is defunct but usually can be found used on Amazon.
I haven't heard it but the Naxos version got good reviews in the British press.

I thought it was a well-known piece. Another movement was pirated to make the pop tune "Baubles, Bangles and Beads."
Regardless, it's a nice piece of music
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I only have one disc of Borodin, his Symphonies 1 & 2. Honestly, I'm with Brownsfan - Borodin is somewhat obscure, and definitely isn't a name I would search for actively with regards to chamber music.

I will, however, look for your subject disc - if I find it, I'll give it a listen.