It's only a matter of time until everyone in the world has a copy of Dennis Brain's 1954 recordings of Mozart's Horn Concerto. And why shouldn't they? Witty, sweet, noble, and tender, the works themselves are the peak of the solo horn repertoire and Brain's performances are the living, breathing incarnation of the works. His tone is warm and strong. His intonation is without crack or blemish. His technique is fluent and effortless. His interpretations are as one with the music -- bucolic, heroic, naïve, urbane, and full of ...
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It's only a matter of time until everyone in the world has a copy of Dennis Brain's 1954 recordings of Mozart's Horn Concerto. And why shouldn't they? Witty, sweet, noble, and tender, the works themselves are the peak of the solo horn repertoire and Brain's performances are the living, breathing incarnation of the works. His tone is warm and strong. His intonation is without crack or blemish. His technique is fluent and effortless. His interpretations are as one with the music -- bucolic, heroic, naïve, urbane, and full of life and love. Accompanied by an obviously awestruck Herbert von Karajan leading the Philharmonia of London -- Brain's orchestra mates when he's not playing concertos -- and produced by the masterful and magisterial Walter Legge, Brain's performances are so beguiling, so charming, so enchanting that one hearing will be all it takes to convince any listener anywhere in the world that herein lies aural Elysium. The fillup of Mozart's Quintet for piano and winds played by Brain and the...
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Add this copy of Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 / Quintet, K.452 ~ to cart. $3.00, good condition, Sold by Bookmans rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Tucson, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by EMI Classics.
Add this copy of Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 / Quintet K452 to cart. $9.99, good condition, Sold by Friends of the Phoenix Library rated 3.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Phoenix, AZ, UNITED STATES, published 2006 by Warner Classics / EMI Classics.
