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  • Wolfgang Mozart:
  • Wind Quintet in E Flat Major, K 452
  • Trio in E Flat Major "Kegelstatt" for Clarinet, Viola & Piano, K. 498
  • Robert Schumann:
  • Märchenerzählungen, Op. 132
  • Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Anthony Pay, clarinet
The Nash Ensemble
CRD 3411 Rec. 1979
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Franz Liszt

  • Piano Concerto #1, S. 124
  • Piano Concerto #2, S. 125
  • Harmonies poétiques et religieuses (excerpts)
Alfred Brendel, piano
Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra Vienna/Michael Gielen Regis RRC1362
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The Artistry of Dennis Brain

  • Ludwig van Beethoven: Horn Sonata in F Major, Op. 17 1
  • Robert Schumann: Adagio & Allegro, Op. 70 2
  • Paul Dukas: Villanelle 2
  • Wolfgang Mozart:
  • Divertimento in E Flat Major, K 289 3,4
  • Quintet in E Flat Major, K 452 4
  • Horn Concerto #2 in E Flat Major, K 417 5
  • Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf: Partita in D Major (4th movement) 6
  • Franz Joseph Haydn: Symphony #31 "Horn Signal" (Allegro) 7
  • Leopold Mozart: Concerto for Hose-pipe & Strings (3rd movement) 8
Dennis Brain, horn
1 Denis Matthews, piano
2 Gerald Moore, piano
3 Colin Horsley, piano
4 Dennis Brain Wind Ensemble
5 Philharmonia Orchestra/Walter Susskind
6 London Baroque Ensemble/Karl Haas
7 Neill Sanders, Edmund Chapman & Alfred Cursue, horns
7 Gareth Morris, flute
7 Orchestra/Jack A. Westrup
8 Hoffnung Symphony Orchestra/Norman Del Mar
Regis RRC1363
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These three discs feature a myriad of interesting performances with the Dennis Brain disc particularly desirable as it includes a wide range of his all too brief work. I also enjoyed Brendel's justly-famous barnstorming accounts of the Liszt piano concertos which have plenty of energy in the Vox recordings featuring the Pro Musica Symphony Orchestra of Vienna.

Recordings are obviously variable but the CRD disc is near digital so it's fine enough. At Regis price this tiptych is highly recommended.

Copyright © 2011, Gerald Fenech

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