“Prince Igor”: Polovetsian Dances (with chorus)

Name: “Prince Igor”: Polovetsian Dances (with chorus)
Duration: 11 min 19 s

Annotation

The chorus on this 1956 recording is unnamed. It is not the London Symphony Chorus (formed in 1966) as the credit might imply.

Annotation last modified on 2025-03-11 16:33 UTC.

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
7.11	Polovtsian Dances from "Prince Igor"	11:19	Alexander Borodin	Mercury Living Presence: The Collector's Edition, Vol. 3	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	XE2015	Mercury Records (or just “Mercury”; a UMG imprint, do not use it for ©/℗ credits)	478 7896
3.5	Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances	11:18	Alexander Borodin	The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London - Volume 1	London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti	Album + Compilation	-2025-03-07	Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using)	ELQ 4847015
18.8	Prince Igor: Polovtsian Dances	11:21	Alexander Borodin	The Mercury Masters: Antal Dorati in London - Volume 1	London Symphony Orchestra, Antal Doráti	Album + Compilation	-2025-03-07	Universal Music Australia (see annotation before using)	ELQ 4847015

engineer:	C. Robert Fine (on 1956-07-04)
producer:	Alan Melville (British producer)
choir vocals:	Chorus ([unknown], Special Purpose Artist – Do not add releases here, if possible.)
orchestra:	London Symphony Orchestra (on 1956-07-04)
conductor:	Antal Doráti (conductor) (on 1956-07-04)

phonographic copyright (℗) by:	Universal International Music B.V. (not for release label use, for ℗ & © rights holder use only) (in 1959, in 1960)

recorded at:	Walthamstow Town Hall (Walthamstow Assembly Hall) in London (Greater London) (on 1956-07-04)

recording of:	Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus” (on 1956-07-04)

orchestrator:	Александр Константинович Глазунов (Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer, 1865–1936) Николай Андреевич Римский‐Корсаков (Nikolai Rimsky‐Korsakov, Russian composer)
composer:	Александр Порфирьевич Бородин (Alexander Borodin, Russian composer)

part of:	Polovtsian Dances (from Prince Igor, completed after Borodin's death, ca. 1890) (order: 2)
parts:	1. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: I. Introduction: Andantino, 4/4, A major (no choir) 2. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: II. Gliding Dance of the Maidens: Andantino, 4/4, A major 3. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: III. Wild Dance of the Men: Allegro vivo, 4/4, F major (no choir) 4. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: IV. General Dance: Allegro, 3/4, D major 5. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: V. Dance of the Boys and 2nd Dance of the Men: Presto, 6/8, D minor 6. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: VI. Gliding Dance of the Maidens (reprise, soon combined with the faster dancing of the boys): Moderato alla breve, 2/2, A major 7. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: VII. Dance of the Boys and 2nd Dance of the Men (reprise): Presto, 6/8, D minor 8. Polovtsian Dances no. 17, “Polovtsian Dance with Chorus”: VIII. General Dance: Allegro con spirito, 4/4, A major
arrangement of:	Prince Igor: Act II. Polovtsian Dance with Choir
arrangements:	Polovtsian Dances no. 17 (for piano, arr. F. Blumenfeld)