Dennis Brain

Dennis Brain (17 May 1921 – 1 September 1957) was a British horn player. From a musical family – his father and grandfather were horn players – he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. During the Second World War he served in the Royal Air Force, playing in its band and orchestra. After the war, he was the principal horn of the Philharmonia and Royal Philharmonic orchestras, and played in chamber ensembles. Among the works written for Brain is Benjamin Britten's Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings (1944). Other composers who wrote for him include Malcolm Arnold, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Bush, Gordon Jacob, Humphrey Searle and Mátyás Seiber. Brain was killed in a car crash at the age of 36.

Strauss: Der Bürger als Edelmann, Intermezzo & Horn Concertos Nos. 1 & 2 - 2022-02-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Homage - 2021-05-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss & Mozart: Horn Concertos - 2021-04-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Divertimentos - Jacob: Sextet - Ibert: Three Pieces - 2021-04-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven & Schumann: Works for Horn - 2020-11-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Philharmonia 75 - Dennis Brain - 2020-05-29T00:00:00.000000Z

Philharmonia 75 Herbert Von Karajan - 2020-04-03T00:00:00.000000Z

The Art of Dennis Brain - 2014-07-09T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss and Hindemith Horn Concertos - 2013-08-22T00:00:00.000000Z

Sir Thomas Beecham, Vol. 1 - 2012-12-20T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart & Brahms: Divertimento in D Major K 334 & Horn Trio - 2012-05-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Strauss & Hindemith: Concertos - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Brahms: Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-Flat Major, Op. 83 - Horn Trio in E-Flat Major, Op. 40 - 2011-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Horn Quintet in E Flat Major, K. 407 - Beethoven: Quintet in E Flat for Piano and Winds, Op. 16 - 2011-05-15T00:00:00.000000Z

The Artistry of Dennis Brain - 2011-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Britten: Serenade for Tenor, Horn & Strings, Winter Words, Seven Sonnets of Michelangelo - 2011-02-07T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Quintet in E-Flat & Piano Concerto No. 14 - 2010-09-05T00:00:00.000000Z

Classical Horn Essentials - 2009-04-28T00:00:00.000000Z

Icon: Dennis Brain - 2008-06-02T00:00:00.000000Z

Paul Hindemith: Masters of Music, Vol. 35 - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss: Masters of Music, Vol. 71 - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masters of Music, Vol. 49 - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Masters of Music, Vol. 50 - 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Richard Strauss - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Mozart: Horn Concertos Nos. 1-4 / Piano and Wind Quintet (Brain, Karajan, Gieseking) (1953, 1955) - 2007-01-30T00:00:00.000000Z