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Russian voices
From Glinka to Shostakovich: a century of Russian music, in the order it was written.
Glinka → Balakirev → Mussorgsky → Borodin → Rimsky-Korsakov → Tchaikovsky → Rachmaninoff → Scriabin → Prokofiev → Shostakovich
Symphony No. 2 in B minor
This guide follows Borodin’s Symphony No. 2 in B minor (1876) in four parts: Allegro moderato (sonata form), Scherzo: Prestissimo – Allegretto – Tempo I (minuet and trio), Andante and Finale: Allegro (sonata form).
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Follow all 39 sections as they play
- I
- II: – –
- III
- IV:
The alternates major and minor thirds above the , B minor, and that idea shapes the whole symphony. The lyrical is in D major. Then come the and the . The brings the back, and the in E-flat, so the plan passes through E-flat and C instead of going straight home.
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III12:31–21:45
Section boundaries in music are not always sharp; a transition may be felt over a pause or a held chord.
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