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On this CD:
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Quintet for Piano and Wind in E flat
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
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Villanelle
Composed by Paul Dukas
with Dennis Brain, Wilfrid Parry
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(Le) Basque
Composed by Marin Marais
with Dennis Brain, Wilfrid Parry
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Quintet for Horn and Strings in E flat
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
with Dennis Brain
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Trio for Horn/Viola, Violin and Piano in E flat
Composed by Johannes Brahms
with Dennis Brain, Max Salpeter, Cyril Preedy
Product Description
BBC Music Magazine
To become a living legend by the time you are 30 is a remarkable enough feat, but to do so as a horn player bespeaks a rare and unique talent. But then dip into the slow movement of Beethoven's lovely Quintet at 3:41 and you will immediately hear why the name Dennis Brain still elicits such reverence, 43 years after his untimely death aged 36 while driving himself home from the Edinburgh Festival. There is first of all the inimitable sound: no one has made the horn sound so sheerly beautiful. And then just listen to the way he turns the phrase - a world of meaning in a handful of notes. Beethoven's Quintet and the short solo items were recorded live in Edinburgh just a few days before his death in August 1957. The Beethoven is genial and relaxed, not always ideally polished. Dukas's Villanelle shows the devil-may-care quality that he could bring to his playing. The way he tosses off the end is hair-raising, even if he doesn't quite make the last note
The Mozart and Brahms are from BBC broadcasts earlier in 1957. The strings in the Mozart are a bit rough and ready, but the horn playing is so effortless and natural that one can't believe the sound is coming from frail human lips at all. The Brahms Trio is the gem of this CD, a performance that surpasses Dennis's father Aubrey Brain's classic recording. Noble, witty, darkly brooding and finally exultant, all in that molten, burnished sound. If you want proof of the legend, get this. Acceptable mono sound.
Performance (Brahms) ****
(The rest) ***
Sound **
© BBC Music Magazine 2000
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