Dennis Brain Homage
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Label: Warner
Cat No: 9029501992
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 11
Release Date: 14th May 2021
Contents
Works
Serenade for 10 winds and double bass, op.57Sonatas (6) for 7 wind instruments, Wq184
Mass in B minor, BWV232
Modlinger Tanze (11), WoO17
Chanson et danses, op.50
A Mass of Life
Villanelle
Serenade for Winds in D minor, op.44
Petite Symphonie pour vents
Air in F major, HWV410
Air in F major, HWV411
Overture in D major, HWV424 (arr. for 2 clarinets and horn)
Divertimento in C major 'Feldparthie'
Nocturnes (8), Hob.II:25-32
Pieces breves (3)
Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, op.3
Miniature Quartet for Winds
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
Divertimento in E flat major, K289
Divertimento no.15 in B flat major, K287
Divertimento no.17 in D major, K334
Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
Horn Concertos nos.1-4 (complete)
Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, K452
Serenade no.11 in E flat major, K375
Serenade no.12 in C minor, K388 'Nacht Musique'
Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major, K297b
Adagio and Allegro, op.70
Horn Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.11
Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, TRV283
Sonatina no.2 in E flat major for 16 wind instruments, AV143 'Frohliche Werkstatt'
Suite in B flat major, op.4
Siegfried
Artists
Dennis Brain (horn)Richard Adeney (flute)
Ian Beers (horn)
Aubrey Brain (horn)
Leonard Brain (oboe)
Jack Brymer (clarinet)
Edmund Chapman (horn)
Joan Cross (soprano)
Alfred Cursue (horn)
Michael Dobson (oboe)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Colin Horsley (piano)
Cecil James (bassoon)
Natalie James (oboe)
Sena Jurinac (soprano)
Val Kennedy (bassoon)
George Malcolm (piano)
Denis Matthews (piano)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Manoug Parikian (violin)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Neils Sanders (horn)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Edward Selwyn (oboe)
Stanley Smith (oboe)
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
Basil Tchaikov (clarinet)
Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
Bernard Walton (clarinet)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Ray White (horn)
Edward Wilson (bassoon)
Lener Quartet
Dennis Brain Ensemble
Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
London Baroque Ensemble
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Halle Orchestra
Morley College Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors
Thomas BeechamFritz Busch
Guido Cantelli
Lawrance Collingwood
Alceo Galliera
Karl Haas
Paul Hindemith
Herbert von Karajan
Paul Kletzki
Rafael Kubelik
Norman Del Mar
Malcolm Sargent
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Walter Susskind
Laurance Turner
Jack Westrup
Works
Serenade for 10 winds and double bass, op.57Sonatas (6) for 7 wind instruments, Wq184
Mass in B minor, BWV232
Modlinger Tanze (11), WoO17
Chanson et danses, op.50
A Mass of Life
Villanelle
Serenade for Winds in D minor, op.44
Petite Symphonie pour vents
Air in F major, HWV410
Air in F major, HWV411
Overture in D major, HWV424 (arr. for 2 clarinets and horn)
Divertimento in C major 'Feldparthie'
Nocturnes (8), Hob.II:25-32
Pieces breves (3)
Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano, op.3
Miniature Quartet for Winds
A Midsummer Night's Dream: Incidental Music, op.61
Divertimento in E flat major, K289
Divertimento no.15 in B flat major, K287
Divertimento no.17 in D major, K334
Ein musikalischer Spass (A Musical Joke), K522
Horn Concertos nos.1-4 (complete)
Quintet in E flat major for piano and winds, K452
Serenade no.11 in E flat major, K375
Serenade no.12 in C minor, K388 'Nacht Musique'
Sinfonia concertante for oboe, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major, K297b
Adagio and Allegro, op.70
Horn Concerto no.1 in E flat major, op.11
Horn Concerto no.2 in E flat major, TRV283
Sonatina no.2 in E flat major for 16 wind instruments, AV143 'Frohliche Werkstatt'
Suite in B flat major, op.4
Siegfried
Artists
Dennis Brain (horn)Richard Adeney (flute)
Ian Beers (horn)
Aubrey Brain (horn)
Leonard Brain (oboe)
Jack Brymer (clarinet)
Edmund Chapman (horn)
Joan Cross (soprano)
Alfred Cursue (horn)
Michael Dobson (oboe)
Walter Gieseking (piano)
Colin Horsley (piano)
Cecil James (bassoon)
Natalie James (oboe)
Sena Jurinac (soprano)
Val Kennedy (bassoon)
George Malcolm (piano)
Denis Matthews (piano)
Gerald Moore (piano)
Gareth Morris (flute)
Manoug Parikian (violin)
Gervase de Peyer (clarinet)
Neils Sanders (horn)
Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (soprano)
Edward Selwyn (oboe)
Stanley Smith (oboe)
Sidney Sutcliffe (oboe)
Basil Tchaikov (clarinet)
Frederick Thurston (clarinet)
Bernard Walton (clarinet)
Stephen Waters (clarinet)
Ray White (horn)
Edward Wilson (bassoon)
Lener Quartet
Dennis Brain Ensemble
Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
London Baroque Ensemble
Glyndebourne Festival Orchestra
Halle Orchestra
Morley College Symphony Orchestra
Philharmonia Orchestra
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductors
Thomas BeechamFritz Busch
Guido Cantelli
Lawrance Collingwood
Alceo Galliera
Karl Haas
Paul Hindemith
Herbert von Karajan
Paul Kletzki
Rafael Kubelik
Norman Del Mar
Malcolm Sargent
Wolfgang Sawallisch
Walter Susskind
Laurance Turner
Jack Westrup
About
17 May 2021 marks the centenary of Dennis Brain’s, the greatest horn-player of the 20th century. Member of a famous horn-player dynasty and son of Aubrey Brain, he was discovered at the age 16 of by the legendary EMI producer Walter Legge. When the latter founded the Philharmonia Orchestra in 1945, he immediately hired Dennis Brain as principal horn.
In a moving obituary published in Gramophone – fully included in the booklet – Walter Legge said: “Over his instrument’s whole range he had a mastery of intonation, of legato, of staccato, of dynamic range and, above all, of expressiveness that no other horn player has matched. But neither the listing of his qualities nor their sum explains the essential quality of his magic. That all these attributes should be embodied in one young man was miracle enough. But there was a still greater magic — the personality of his tone.
“Even among experts opinions differ on the respective and comparative merits of half a dozen conductors, singers, violinists and pianists, but since the days when he first became internationally known there was no voice to dispute that Dennis Brain had achieved unequalled pre-eminence in his art.”
His mastery convinced the best conductors of his time: Beecham, Sawallisch, Stokowski, Sargent, Karajan… and inspired many composers who dedicated works to him: Britten, Arnold, Hindemith, Jacob, Berkeley, Poulenc…
“His only interests in life, apart from music, were his family and motor-cars,” also wrote Legge. The latter unfortunately cost him his life: he tragically died in a car crash on 1 September 1957.
The present collection gathers all his recordings for EMI as soloist, principal member in chamber music and in chamber orchestras – from 1938 to 1957. Remarkable participations in opera and symphonic music have also been added.
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