Help Needed (Classical Music)

[Chris]

I need help identifying the opening compostion in this video. My guess is Tjajkovskij, but I'm not sure. Can anyone help me out? Nik?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWCAg_4tgl0

[eestlinc]

That's by Alexander Borodin. It's the nocture from the opera Prince Igor, also famously included in the set of Polovetsian Dances taken from that opera.

[Chris]

Thank you so much! Now I need to hunt down a CD, if possible. :)

[eestlinc]

the whole set of Polovetsian dances is about 12 minutes long, but I found a track of just that theme for sale in the iTunes store.