Alexander Borodin - Cello Sonata in B minor (1860)

Alexander Porfiryevich Borodin (Russian: Александр Порфирьевич Бородин. 12 November 1833 – 27 February 1887) was a Russian chemist and Romantic musical composer of Georgian ancestry. He was one of the prominent 19th-century composers known as “The Five“, a group dedicated to producing a uniquely Russian kind of Classical music. Borodin is known best for his symphonies, his two string quartets, the symphonic poem In the Steppes of Central Asia and his opera Prince Igor. A doctor and chemist by profession and training, Borodin made important early contributions to organic chemistry. Please support my channel: Cello Sonata in B minor (1860) 1. Allegro (0:00) 2. Pastorale: Andante dolce (8:26) 3. Maestoso - Presto (14:43) Alexander Chaushian, cello and Yevgeny Sudbin, piano The Sonata is based on the Fugue from J. S. Bach’s Violin Sonata no. 1 in G minor BWV 1001