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About the artist Dennis Brain

Dennis Brain was born on 17 May 1921 into a prodigiously gifted musical family. His grandfather, father and two uncles were all horn players, while Leonard, his older brother by six years, played the oboe and cor anglais. His father, Aubrey, principal horn of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from its inception in 1930, first encouraged and then taught his youngest son, who made his professional debut in October 1938 while still a student at the Royal Academy of Music in London. ‘The Siegfried of the horn’ is how Sir Thomas Beecham affectionately dubbed the brilliant horn player, whose career ended with such cruel suddenness when the car in which he was driving home overnight from the 1957 Edinburgh Festival crashed into a tree on the outskirts of London.

CDs and DVDs featuring the artist Dennis Brain

CATALOGUE NR: CDLK4169
RECORD LABEL: Vocalion
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19
RELEASE DATE: 31-Mar-2003

TITLE: Dimension in Sound / Contrasts in Hi-Fi
TRACKS: Tuxedo Junction. Singing the blues. Scherzo from Symphony No.4. Mack the Knife. The whistler and his dog. Stars and stripes for ever. On the road to Mandalay. Rocket. Strike up the band. Satin doll. The trolley song. Bolero. On the road to Mandalay. Will you remember. By the bend of the river - with the Sandmen. Giannina mia. A perfect day - with the Sandmen. The donkey serenade. Sylvia. Sweethearts. Rackety coo - with the Sandmen. Sympathy. Trees - with the Sandmen. Allah's holiday.
ARTISTS: Bob Sharples   Dennis Brain   Bobby Pratt  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Recorded Aug-1960 / Dec-1957

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CATALOGUE NR: 4782345  (barcode: 0028947823452)
RECORD LABEL: Decca
FORMAT: 6 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 27.49
RELEASE DATE: 17-May-2010

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Peter Pears - Anniversary Tribute
TRACKS: Serenade for tenor horn and strings op.31. Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22. The Turn of the Screw op.54 : Act 1 - Variation VII Scene 8 At Night - Miles!. The Rape of Lucretia op.37 : Act 1 scene 1 Rome is now ruled by the Etruscan upstart. Canticle II Abraham and Isaac op.51. Peter Grimes op.33 : Act 1 scene 2 Now the Great Bear and Pleiades / Old Joe has gone fishing / The bridge is down we half swam over. War Requiem op.66 : Dies irae / Move him into the sun. Six Holderlin Fragments op.61. Billy Budd op.50 : Act 2: Epilogue / We committed his body to the deep. The Holy Sonnets of John Donne op.35. A Midsummer Night's Dream op.64 : What now my love?. Albert Herring op.39 : Albert the Good!. Owen Wingrave op.85 : May God bless the Queen. Canticle V The Death of St Narcissus op.89. Death in Venice op.88 : The boy Tadzio shall inspire me (Britten). Folksongs - The foggy foggy dew / A brisk young widow / O Waly Waly / Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse / The plough boy. Acis and Galatea : Lo! Here my love! / Love in her eyes sits playing (Handel). Lute songs - I saw my lady weep (Dowland). What then is love but mourning (Rosseter). Rest sweet nymphs (Pilkington). It was a lover and his lass (Morley). In darkness let me dwell (Dowland). The Fairy Queen : Oberon's Birthday / When a cruel long winter (Henry Purcell). Matthaus-Passion SWV479 : Jesus aber stund fur dem Landpflegers (Heinrich Schutz). Weihnachts-Oratorium BWV248 : Ich will nur dir zu Ehren leben (JS Bach). Matthaus-Passion BWV244 : Da nahmen die Kriegsknechte des Landplegers / O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden / Und da sie ihn verspottet hatten (JS Bach). Mass in B minor BWV232 : Benedictus. St John Passion BWV245 : Then they lead Jesus from Calaphas to the judgement hall (JS Bach). The Dream of Gerontius op.38 : Sanctis fortis Sanctus Deus (Elgar). Ganymed D544. Winterreise D911 : Gute Nacht / Der Lindenbaum / Fruhlingstraum / Der Leiermann. Die schone Mullerin D795 : Das Wandern / Der Neugierige / Der Jager / Die liebe Farbe (Schubert). Dichterliebe op.48 : Im wunderschönen Monat Mai / Ich grolle nicht / Ich hab' im Traum geweinet / Die alten bosen Lieder. Szenen aus Goethes Faust - Zweite Abteilung : No.4 Ariel Sonnenaufgang / Die ihr dies Haupt umschwebt im luft'gen (Schumann). L'Enfance du Christ : Deuxieme partie: La Fuite en Egypte / Les pelerins etant venus (Berlioz). Paroles tissees (Lutoslawski). On Wenlock Edge (Vaughan Williams). Boyhood's End. The Heart's Assurance (Tippett). To Daffodils (Delius). The Merry Month of May (Moeran). Dream Pedlary (Bernard van Dieren). Songs for Ariel (Tippett). Voices of the Prophets op.41 (Alan Bush). Piggesnie. Along the Stream (Warlock). Bold William Taylor (Grainger). The Echoing Green. The Shepherd. If thou wilt ease thine heart. Come o Come my life's delight (William Busch). The Land of Lost Content. The Trellis (Ireland). 'Tis but a week. Goldenhair. When you are old. So perverse. Journey's End (Bridge). Tom O'Bedlams Song (Richard Rodney Bennett). Love and Friendship. Friendship in Misfortune. The One Hope (Ireland ). Cycle for Declamation (Priaulx Rainier).
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Julian Bream   Dennis Brain   Noel Mewton-Wood

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1944-1976

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CATALOGUE NR: GEMMCD9177  (barcode: 0727031917724)
RECORD LABEL: Pearl
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22 (Britten). Balinese Ceremonial Music - piano duet: 4 hands (McPhee). Folk Song Arrangements - The Salley Gardens. Little Sir William. The ash grove. Oliver Cromwell. Introduction and Rondo alla burlesca - 2 pianos op.23/1. Mazurka elegiaca - 2 pianos op.23/2. Serenade - tenor, horn and strings op.31.
ORCHESTRA: Boyd Neel String Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Dennis Brain   Clifford Curzon

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CATALOGUE NR: 4768470  (barcode: 0028947684701)
RECORD LABEL: Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 4.99
RELEASE DATE: 09-Oct-2006

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Serenade for tenor horn and stings op.31. Les Illuminations op.18. Nocturne for tenor seven obbligato instruments and strings op.60.
ORCHESTRA: New Symphony Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Goossens and Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Dennis Brain   Barry Tuckwell   Osian Ellis

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Serenade and Illuminations in mono Nocturne in stereo

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CATALOGUE NR: OPK7034  (barcode: 4582158687341)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Kura
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.25

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Serenade for Tenor Horn & Strings op.31 (Britten). Horn Trio (Berkeley). Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F BWV1046 (JS Bach).
ORCHESTRA: New Symphony Orchestra and Boyd Neel Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Eugene Goossens and Boyd Neel
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain   Manoug Parikian   Colin Horsley  

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC1365  (barcode: 5055031313655)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.15
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TRACKS: Serenade for Tenor Horn and Strings op.31. 7 Sonnets of Michelangelo op.22.
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Dennis Brain    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: newly re-mastered

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CATALOGUE NR: ELQ4805055  (barcode: 0028948050550)
RECORD LABEL: Australian Eloquence
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 7.50
RELEASE DATE: 14-Oct-2011

COMPOSER: Benjamin Britten
TITLE: Peter Pears - The Decca Premieres
TRACKS: Serenade for tenor horn and strings op.31 : Prologue / Pastoral / The day's grown old / Nocturne - The splendour falls on castle walls / Elegy - O Rose thou art sick! / Dirge - This ae nighte / Hymn - Queen and huntress chaste and fair / Sonnet - O soft embalmer of the still midnight / Epilogue. Folksong settings : The Salley Gardens / Little Sir William / Oliver Cromwell / The Ash Grove / The Bonny / Earl O'Moray / Heigh ho! Heigh hi! / Sweet Polly Oliver / There's none to soothe. Folksong settings : La belle est au jardin d'amour / Le roi s'en va-t'en chasse / Voici le printemps / La fileuse / Quand j'etais chez mon pere (Britten). On Wenlock Edge (Vaughan Williams). Corpus Christi (Warlock).
ORCHESTRA: Boyd Neel Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Benjamin Britten
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Benjamin Britten   Dennis Brain   Zorian Qt

- Christmas-2011 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: OPK7020  (barcode: 4582158687204)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Kura
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.25

COMPOSER: Emile Waldteufel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Les Patineurs - Skaters' Waltz op.183 (Waldteufel). Tritsch-Tratsch Polka op.214 (Johann Strauss II). Radetzky March op.228 (Johann Strauss I). Espana. Marche joyeuse (Chabrier). Unter Donner und Blitz - Thunder and Lightning Polka op.324 (Strauss II). Light Cavalry Overture (Suppe). Schwanda the Bagpiper - Polka (Weinberger). Orpheus in the Underground : Overture (Offenbach). Water Music Suite (Handel arr. Harty).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1953-1955

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CATALOGUE NR: GEM0227  (barcode: 0727031022725)
RECORD LABEL: Pearl
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 8.99
RELEASE DATE: 11-Jul-2005

COMPOSER: Franz Schubert  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: The Age of Gold
TRACKS: Auf dem Strom (Schubert). An die ferne Geliebte (Beethoven). Sonata for piano & horn (Hindemith). The Heart's Assurance (Tippett). Six monologues from Hoffmannsthal's Jedermann (Martin).
ARTISTS: Peter Pears   Dennis Brain   Noel Mewton-Wood   Benjamin Britten

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 28-Jan-1953 / 9-Jan-1948 BBC broadcasts

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CATALOGUE NR: 222338  (barcode: 4011222223388)
RECORD LABEL: Artone
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 24.95

COMPOSER: George Frideric Handel  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Sir Thomas Beecham
TRACKS: The Great Elopement (Handel arr. Beecham). Symphony No.38 in D major K504 Prague (Mozart). Divertimento No.2 for Flute Oboe Bassoon 4 Horns & Strings in D major K131 (Mozart). Symphony No.6 in C major D589 (Schubert). Violin Concerto in E minor op.64 (Mendelssohn). Overture 'Le Carnival Romain' (Berlioz). A Faust Overture (Wagner). Printemps (Debussy). Ein Heldenleben - A Hero's Life op.40 (Richard Strauss). Interlude from Intermezzo op.72 (Richard Strauss). Violin Concerto in D minor op.47 (Sibelius). Symphony No.4 in A minor op.63 (Sibelius). The Bard - tone poem op.64 (Sibelius).
ORCHESTRA: London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Thomas Beecham
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain   Jascha Heifetz    

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1935-1949

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CATALOGUE NR: 2CDBP9759
RECORD LABEL: Dutton
FORMAT: 2 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 9.19

COMPOSER: Johann Sebastian Bach
TRACKS: Brandenburg Concerto No.1 in F Major BWV1046. Brandenburg Concerto No.2 in F Major BWV1047. Brandenburg Concerto No.3 in G Major BWV1048. CD2 - Brandenburg Concerto No.4 in G Major BWV1049. Brandenburg Concerto No.5 in D Major BWV1050. Brandenburg Concerto No.6 in B flat Major BWV1051. Harpsichord Concerto No.7 in G minor BWV1058. Violin Concerto No.2 in E major. Cantata No.42 : Sinfonia.
ORCHESTRA: Boyd Neel String Orchestra and London Chamber Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Boyd Neel and Anthony Bernard
ARTISTS: Frederick Grinke   Leon Goossens   Archie Camden   Dennis Brain

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1945-50

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1012  (barcode: 0749677101220)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Johannes Brahms  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Symphony No.1 op.68 (Brahms). Siegfried's Horn Call. Siegfried Idyll (Wagner).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Guido Cantelli
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain      

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CATALOGUE NR: ARPCD0207  (barcode: 4035122402070)
RECORD LABEL: Archipel
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.45
RELEASE DATE: 16-Feb-2004

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Brain plays Horn
TRACKS: Symphony No.31 in D Major (Haydn). Horn Concerto No.2 in E Flat Major KV417 (Mozart). Quintet in E Flat Major KV452 For Piano Oboe Clarinet (Mozart). Divertimento No.16 in E Flat Major KV289 For 2 Oboes 2 Horns And 2 Bassoon (Mozart). Sonata For Horn And Piano in F Major op.17 (Beethoven). Adagio & Allegro For Horn And Piano op.70 (Robert Schumann).
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Walter Susskind
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain   Gareth Morris   Colin Horsley   Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1952

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CATALOGUE NR: RRC1363  (barcode: 5055031313631)
RECORD LABEL: Regis
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 5.15
RELEASE DATE: 04-Oct-2010

COMPOSER: Joseph Haydn
TITLE: The Artistry of Dennis Brain
TRACKS: works by Haydn / Mozart / Beethoven / Schumann / Dittersdorf / Dukas and an excerpt from the Hoffnung Music Festival 1956.
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: newly re-mastered

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL40662  (barcode: 0684911406627)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 02-Apr-2001

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Sextet op.18b (Beethoven). Divertimento No.14 K270 (Schubert). Horn Concerto No.1 (Haydn). Arioso & Scherzoso (Cooke). 3 Pieces Breves (Ibert). La Cheminee du Roi Renee (Milhaud).
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1957 - Jul-2001 4 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 1/3 star

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CATALOGUE NR: SBT1022  (barcode: 0749677102227)
RECORD LABEL: Testament
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 11.29

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Horn Sonata in F op.17. Clarinet Trio op.11 (Beethoven). Adagio & Allegro op.70. Fantasiestucke op.73. 3 Romanzen op.94 (Schumann). Villanelle (Dukas).
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain   Reginald Kell   Leon Goossens   Gerald Moore

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CATALOGUE NR: BBCL41642  (barcode: 0684911416428)
RECORD LABEL: BBC Legends
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.75
RELEASE DATE: 31-Jan-2005

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TRACKS: Quintet for Piano and Wind Instruments in E flat major op.16 (Beethoven). Sextet for Wind Quintet and Piano op.3 (Jacob). Sonata for Horn and Piano (Hindemith). Hunter's Moon (Vinter).
ORCHESTRA: BBC Concert Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: Vilem Tausky
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain   Benjamin Britten   George Malcolm   Noel Mewton-Wood

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1953-1957 - Jul-2005 5 star BBC Music Mag. - Penguin Guide 2 star

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CATALOGUE NR: YB35
RECORD LABEL: Beulah
FORMAT: DVD Video
PRICE: including VAT £ 13.22
RELEASE DATE: 22-Aug-2005

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven  (other composers in brackets after works)
TITLE: Classical Music in the Forties
TRACKS: Dame Myra Hess plays Beethoven and Mozart in a National Gallery devoid of pictures / Instruments of the Orchestra and Steps of the Ballet were two educational films made by the Crown Film Unit to help schools meet the requirements of Butler's 1944 Education Act which put music into the curriculum for the first time / Dennis Brain explains the French horn and the performs Beethoven's Horn Sonata with Denis Matthews / Audio Extra - Holst : The Perfect Fool ballet music played by the London Philharmonic conducted by Sir Malcolm Sargent - recorded in the Kingsway Hall London in Mar-1946.
ORCHESTRA: London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Malcolm Sargent
ARTISTS: Myra Hess   Dennis Brain   Denis Matthews  

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Picture Format: PAL Black and White / Duration: 76 minutes plus 10 minutes audio extra - Sep-2005 4 star BBC Music Mag.

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CATALOGUE NR: OPK7016  (barcode: 4582158687167)
RECORD LABEL: Opus Kura
FORMAT: CD
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.25

COMPOSER: Ludwig van Beethoven
TITLE: Brain in the Orchestra 1
TRACKS: Symphony No.6 in F major op.68 'Pastoral'. Symphony No.8 in F major op.93.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and Royal Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Herbert von Karajan and Thomas Beecham
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain      

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: recorded 1952 & 1951

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CATALOGUE NR: 233335  (barcode: 0885150333358)
RECORD LABEL: Membran
FORMAT: 4 CD Set
PRICE: including VAT £ 10.99
RELEASE DATE: 22-Aug-2011

COMPOSER: Paul Hindemith
TITLE: Avant-Gardist And Freethinker
TRACKS: Disc 1: Philharmonia Orchestra / Berliner Philharmoniker / Paul Hindemith - Nobilissima visione. Symphony 'Mathis der Maler'. (19551956). Disc 2: Louis Cahuzac / Philharmonia Orchestra - Clarinet Concerto. Monique Haas / Berliner Philharmonic - Konzertmusik op.49 op.50. Disc 3: Berliner Philharmoniker - Symphony 'Die Harmonie der Welt'. Dennis Brain / Philharmonia Orchestra / Paul Hindemith - Horn Concerto. Paul Tortelier / Czech Philharmonic - Cello Concerto. Disc 4: Hans Otto - Symphonic Metamorphosis on Themes by Carl Maria von Weber. Concerto for Orchestra op.38. Hans Otto - Theme with Variations The Four Temperaments for Piano and String Orchestra.
ORCHESTRA: Philharmonia Orchestra and Berlin Philharmonic
CONDUCTOR: Paul Hindemith
ARTISTS: Dennis Brain   Paul Tortelier   Monique Haas   Hans Otto

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