I have been kicking myself long enough about this. My teacher took lessons from Brain right at the end of WWII, I guess in 44 or 45. He died a few years ago and I had never asked him which recording really sounded like Dennis Brain. I mean, Brain sounds like a different player on every record. His technique doesn't change but his tone does because of the mike placement or the hall or something. Did he sound like the player on the Strauss concertos, the Mozart's or the Britten Serenade? Did anyone here ever hear him live? Are there any reliable accounts? Which recording most sounds like the “real” Dennis Brain?
_______________________________________________ post: horn@music.memphis.edu unsubscribe or set options at http://music2.memphis.edu/mailman/options/horn/archive%40jab.org
