Goossens, Eugene, Sir > Brain, Dennis [French Horn]

Peter Pears, Dennis Brain, Eugene Goossens perform Britten

1 CD / Regis Records Import / 2011-02-04

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Winter Words, Op. 52; Sonnets (7) of Michelangelo, for voice & piano, Op. 22
Performers: Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; Britten, Benjamin; Pears, Peter, Sir
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir

“Peter Pears has perhaps never done anything finer than his performance of Winter Words. Each year his voice has been growing a fuller, more flexible...continue...

Britten: Serenade For Tenor, Horn & Strings, Les Illuminations, Nocturne

1 CD / Decca Import / 2006-05-01

Works: Benjamin Britten: Serenade, for tenor, horn & strings, Op. 31; Les Illuminations; Nocturne, Op. 60
Performers: Blyth, Denis; Brain, Dennis [French Horn]; de Peyer, Gervase; Ellis, Osian; Murray, Alexander; Pears, Peter, Sir; Tuckwell, Barry [French Horn]; Waters, Willie Anthony
Conductors: Goossens, Eugene, Sir; Britten, Benjamin

The three orchestral song cycles collected here are central to the Britten canon of recorded repertoire and whereas Pears' other recordings of the Serenade and...continue...