Symphony No.3 in A minor “Unfinished“ - Alexander Borodin

The USSR Symphony Orchestra conducted by Evgeny Svetlanov. [Completed and orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov]. I - Moderato assai - Animato - Tempo I. Moderato - Animato - Sostenuto e tranquillo: 0:00 II - Scherzo. Vivo - Sostenuto e pesante - Tempo I - Trio. Moderato - Tempo I: 9:15 The third symphony of Borodin was being written in the last years of life of the composer. During a celebration of a party in his house, Borodin played on the piano several fragments of the symphony, intended as a four movement work which was fully conceived in the mind of the composer, only having to put it on the paper. Unfortunately, Borodin suffered a rupture of the coronary artery during the party, dying that same day. From the four movements idea, seems like only written parts of the first two movements were left, of course without any orchestration. The composer Alexander Glazunov completed the movements, which were originally conceived for a string quartet, and then he orchestrated them. The