Dennis Brain
Born: 17th May 1921, London
Died: 1st September 1957, London
Nationality: British
Dennis Brain was a British horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, playing in its band and orchestra. After the war he was principal horn of the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, and played in chamber ensembles.
Among the works written for Brain is Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1944).
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BBC Legends, Volume 4
Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Heather Harper (soloist), Clifford Curzon (piano), Nadia Boulanger, Ian Partridge (soloist), Bernadette Greevy (soloist), John Carol Case (soloist), Janet Price (soloist), Karl Engel, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (soloist), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Peter Pears (soloist), Hans Wilbrink (soloist), Stefania Woytowicz (soloist), John Ogdon (piano), Dame Janet Baker (soloist), Ronald Dowd (soloist), Franz Crass (soloist), Dennis Brain (horn), Edith Peinemann, Paul Tortelier (cello), Ernest Lush, Rudolf Serkin (piano), London Philharmonic Orchestra, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Melos Ensemble, Wandsworth School Boys’ Choir, New Philharmonia Chorus, London Symphony Orchestra, USSR State Symphony Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Quintet, Klaus Tennstedt, Constantin Silvestri, Sir John Barbirolli, Pierre Boulez, Jascha Horenstein, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Sir Adrian Boult, Benjamin Britten, Evgeny Svetlanov, Geroge Szell, George Szell, Sir Malcolm Sargent, John Hollingsworth, Rudolf Kempe, Yan Pascal Tortelier, Sir John Pritchard
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Dennis Brain (horn)
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Diapason d'Or, September 2021, Réédition
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BBC Legends Volume 1
Joyce Barker (Magna Peccatrix), Beryl Hatt (Mater Gloriosa), Agnes Giebel (Una Poenitentium), Kerstin Meyer (Mulier Samaritana), Helen Watts (Maria Aegyptiaca), Kenneth Neate (Doctor Marianus), Alfred Orda (Pater Ecstaticus), Arnold van Mill (Pater Profundus), Emil Gilels (piano), Zinka Milanov (soprano), Kerstin Thorborg (contralto), Koloman von Pataky (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass), Sviatoslav Richter (piano), Mstislav Rostropovich (cello), Leonid Kogan (violin), Dennis Brain (horn), Wilfrid Parry (piano), Cyril Preedy (piano), Max Salpeter (violin), Galina Vishnevskaya (soprano), Janet Baker (mezzo), Graham Johnson (piano), Martin Isepp (piano), Geoffrey Parsons (piano), Clifford Curzon (piano), David Oistrakh (violin), Arthur Rubinstein (piano), Wilhelm Kempff (piano), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (piano), Annie Fischer (piano) London Symphony Orchestra, BBC Chorus, BBC Choral Society, Hampstead Choral Society, Emanuel School Boys' Choir, Orptington Junior Singers, Goldsmith's Choral Union, Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra, BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, English String Quartet, Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Jascha Horenstein, Evgeny Mravinsky, Arturo Toscanini, Kyrill Kondrashin, Carlo Maria Giulini, Gennadi Rozhdestvensky, Benjamin Britten, Igor Markevitch, Norman del Mar, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Pierre Monteux, Sir Thomas Beecham
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Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 & Quintet K452
Dennis Brain (horn), Colin Horsley (piano) Philharmonia Orchestra, Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble, Herbert von Karajan
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