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Beecham Collection - Elgar: Variations on an Original Theme, Op. 36 "Enigma", etc

1 CD / SOMM / 2011-10-11

Works: Luigi Boccherini: Symphony in D major, G 490; André-Ernest-Modeste Grétry: Zémire et Azor, opera in 4 acts; Spoken Word: Work(s); Franz Liszt: Die Lorelei, song for voice & orchestra, ...
Performers: Beecham, Thomas, Sir; Civil, Alan; Raisbeck, Rosina
Conductors: Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

A concert program of works such as these featured on this recording was familiar fare in the Beecham years. The Boccherini and Gretry come from...continue...

Strauss: Horn Concerto no 1, Eine Alpensinfonie / Kempe, Civil, Royal PO

1 CD / Testament / 2009-02-10

Works: Richard Strauss: Concerto for Horn no 1 in E flat major, Op. 11 (TrV 117); Eine Alpensinfonie, Op. 64
Performers: Civil, Alan
Conductors: Kempe, Rudolf
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

Before this recording, which was made following a concert at the Royal Festival Hall, Rudolf Kempe had never conducted the Alpine Symphony. The sessions are...continue...

Royal Philharmonic Collection- Mozart: Horn Concerti / Dausgaard, Bryant

1 CD / Royal Philharmonic Masterworks / 2008-11-11

Works: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Concerto for Horn no 1 in D major, K 412 (386b); Concerto for Horn no 2 in E flat major, K 417; Concerto for Horn no 3 in E flat major, K 447; Concerto for Horn no 4 in E fla...
Performers: Bryant, Jeffrey [Horn]
Conductors: Dausgaard, Thomas
Ensemble: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

It seems likely that all of Mozart's compositions for the horn were written for his friend Leutgeb, a distinguished horn player. The type of horn...continue...

Brain in the Orchestra Vol 1 - Beethoven: Symphonies

1 CD / Opus KURA / 2006-05-01

Works: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony no 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastoral"; Symphony no 8 in F major, Op. 93
Performers: Brain, Dennis
Conductors: Karajan, Herbert von; Beecham, Thomas, Sir
Ensemble: Philharmonia Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra

The late, great Dennis Brain played principal horn for both the Philharmonia and the Royal Philharmonic when these recordings were made. This was a time...continue...