Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens from Prince Igor, by Alexander Borodin

Borodin - Prince Igor, Act II. Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens & Cavatina of Konchakovna

???????: ????? ????? Another excerpt from Borodin's wonderful opera "Prince Igor" - the Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens (which is often played together with the famous Polovtsian Dances), followed by Konchakovna's cavatina. Emil Tchakarov conducts the Sofia Festival Orchestra. Konchakovna: Alexandrina Miltcheva


Check out digitalized sheet music for Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens from Prince Igor, by Alexander Borodin

Borodin's "Polovtsian dances" theme from "Prince Igor" on the Mollenhauer Modern Alto recorder

This snippet from "Polovtsian Dances" or "Dance of the Polovtsian Maidens" is perhaps the most well-known theme from the opera "Prince Igor" by Borodin, even finding its way into mainstream culture with its inclusion in a Warren G song. Borodin, for whom composing was a hobby, never got to finish the score for the opera, and it was later completed by among others Rimsky-Korsakov (he of bumblebee fame)