A good quartet takes chemistry. Good thing Borodin had a PhD in it.

What does it take to achieve immortality? In the case of Alexander Borodin, it takes the likes of Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Isaac Hayes, and Sarah Brightman singing your music in arenas you never intended. Like his opera Prince Igor, Borodin’s String Quartet No. 2 in D provided much fodder for the hit musical Kismet.

WWCMF visits the stunning Spring Valley Vineyards estate to explore the primary source... Accept no substitutes. Hear Borodin as Borodin intended. No Tony Awards. No hit singles. Just plain gorgeous classical chamber music!

Artists: Timothy Christie, Norbert Lewandowski, Philip Payton and Stephen Miahky