David Mellor explores the recorded legacy of artists of the past. A Very British Compromise
The British horn school was born a century ago when the great Brain family applied German teaching to the narrow-bore French instrument.
Michael Thompson traces the evolution of their singing British style. Mozart Concerto No 3 in E flat, K447
Aubrey Brain, BBC SO/Adrian Boult R Strauss Concerto No 2 in E flat
Gottfried von Freiburg, Vienna
Philharmonic Orchestra/Karl
Bohm Schumann Adagio and Allegro, Op 70 Georges Barboteu , Genevieve Joy (piano) Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Peter Pears (tenor) Dennis Brain , Boyd Neel String Orchestra, The Composer
Mozart Concerto No 2 in E flat, K41 7
Dennis Brain , Philharmonia
Orchestra, conducted by von Karajan R Strauss Concerto No 1 in E flat
Alan Civil , Royal Philharmonic
Orchestra, conductor Rudolf Kempe Britten Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings Peter Pears (tenor)
Barry Tuckwell , English Chamber Orchestra, The Composer Dukas Villanelle
Michael Thompson , Philip Fowke (piano) Discs. Repeat