Rick
That's just a matter of opinion if you really want to rank them, but I
do like:
Hermann Baumann, Barry Tuckwell, Theo Schoonbrood (NL), David Ohanian
(?, Canadian Brass), Eric Ruske (Empire Brass) and .....
This is not in order of preference!
: Rick
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A question similar to this came up on the horn Email list this spring, and several
comments were made that, unfortunately, some of the finest players are mostly
unknown - namely the session players.
At least the recent IHS Horn Call had an interesting article with pictures of
some of the LA session players.
Having said that, here are a few names I know from solo recordings:
Hermann Baumann
Barry Tuckwell
Dale Clevenger
Thomas Bacon
Eric Ruske
?. VerMulen
Gail Williams
M. Hackleman (sp?)
John Cerminaro
Michael Thompson
(American Horn Quartet guys, Kerry Turner, et al)
Also, I'm curious if any of you have ever heard Bill Cabellero play- and
what you thought.
Jamie
I'm sorry but I once like the way Phil played and I jespect his ability
but he plays like a pig now. Not much sensativity.
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Bobby
i think philip farkus was the best
I was pleased to see several people mention Alan Civil; in the 60s and 70s
he was the "horn player's horn player" in Britain, universally respected,
always a gentleman with a sense of humour, willing to play Strauss 2 with
your local amateur orchestra, able to excite the huge "Last Night at the
Proms" audience with an immaculate and pyrotechnical Strauss 1, equally at
home playing chamber music or leading the section for Tristan in the
Covent Garden pit. That he produced some very fine recordings in the
course of his career is only a small part of the story.
I was offended when someone said that Phil Myers plays like a pig: no-one
deserves that kind of comment, least of all someone who could play rings
around 95% of the subscribers to this newsgroup.
I was interested to see how many times Dennis Brain was mentioned, when so
few Americans would consider using his approach to horn playing: light
equipment (a single B flat for the best-known recordings), light
technique, light tone. But it worked well for him. Just for fun, if you
have the LP of his Strauss concerti, try playing it at 16 2/3 rpm: you
will get what sounds like a ponderous half-speed tuba concerto, but
_every_note_ is exactly in place and perfectly articulated, even the sixteenth
notes (or semiquavers, as he would have called them).
So no, I don't have a "top ten"; there are hundreds of players out there
I respect and enjoy listening to. But I wanted to pass on my thoughts
about Dennis Brain and Alan Civil.
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Peter D.M. Macdonald, D.Phil. McMaster University
Professor of Math & Statistics Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4K1
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Ditto comments regarding Phil Myers.
Although I don't like top ten lists, I would like to mention the French player
Georges Barbetou(sp) who's made some outstanding recordings over the years.
Bill Strickland
New Orleans