The Serenade from the Petite Suite by Alexander Borodin, originally for piano, is here arranged for cello duet. This lively tune is well suited to string instruments, and the pulsing rhythmic accompaniment works well as pizzicato. For less advanced players, double stops can be simplified or eliminated, and some parts can be taken down an octave.

Song List: Vincenzo Capirola (1474?1548) Tres Piezas Del Libro De Capirola: Ricercare X, La Villanela, Balletto Daniel Bacheler (1572?1619) Fantasy Cesare Negri (C.1535?A.1604) Le Gratie D?Amore John Dowland (1563?1626) Semper Dowland, Semper Dolens John Dowland A Fancy John Dowland Lord D?Lisle?S Galliard Alfonso Ferrabosco (1543?1588) Pavana / Pavane Louis Couperin (1626?1661) Chacona / Chaconne Henry Purcell (1659?1695) Suite Iv Johann Sebastian Bach (1685?1750) Suite Para Laúd No. 1 / Lute Suite No. 1 Bwv 996 Joseph Haydn (1732?1809) Sonatina Pastorale Pjotr Tchaikowsky (1840?1893) Canción Triste / Chanson Triste Op. 40, No. 2 Alexander Borodin (1833?1887) Serenata Isaac Albéniz (1860?1909) Zambra Granadina Enrique Granados (1867?1916) Danza Española No. 5 Maurice Ravel (1875?1937) Pavane Pour Une Infante Défunte Isaac Albéniz (1860?1909) Torre Bermeja Frederic Mompou (1893?1987) Canción Y Danza No. 10

The Polovtsian Dances, or Polovetsian Dances form an exotic scene at the end of act 2 of Alexander Borodin's opera Prince Igor. The work remained unfinished when the composer died in 1887, although he had worked on it for more than a decade. A performing version was prepared by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov and Alexander Glazunov.

In this arrangement for clarinet quartet (Bb Clarinet 1 or Eb Clarinet, Bb Clarinet 2, Bb Clarinet 3 or Eb Alto Clarinet, Bb Bass Clarinet) we have a selections of the most famous dances: 1) Introduction, 2) Gliding Dance of the Maidens, 3) Wild Dance of the Men, 4) General Dance.

Borodin's String Trio in G minor dates from 1855, one of his early works for 2 Violins and Cello. It is based on the once well-known Russian folk song Chem tebya ya ogorchila (What have I done to hurt you?). The music is about 7 minutes in length in one movement with the lovely bitter-sweet theme and eight variations.

The Trio in G minor was largely forgotten until the mid 20th Century. Justin Chiang's lovely arrangement for Brass Quintet for advanced performers works exceptionally well.

Instrumentation is for 2 Trumpets in C, Horn, Trombone, and Tuba.

Polovetsian Dances from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin. Complete No. 17 arranged for Clarinet Quartet.1 Clarinet in Eb;2 Clarinets in Bb;1 Bass Clarinet in Bb.Score and parts.