Alan Civil
Alan Civil played classical horn for decades, but is most renowned for one evening of session work. He was the principal horn player in the Philharmonia when George Martin called him to ask if he could provide the French horn obligato on a Beatles song. For the instrumental break of "For No One," Civil played the melancholy French horn solo, something he recalled as difficult to come up with since the Beatles weren't clear about what they wanted, and because the track had been taped in the cracks between B-flat and B-major. Still, he did his job well, and is also heard briefly in the background near the end of the song. It was actually the third studio session he'd played on that day. Civil worked with the Beatles one more time, as part of the large orchestra heard on the dissonant crescendos of "A Day in the Life."
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Discography
7 album(s) • Sorted by Bestseller
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Mozart: Concertos pour cor K. 412, 417, 447 & 495 (Stereo Version)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer, Alan Civil
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: The Horn Concertos; Oboe Concerto
Alan Civil, Neil Black, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
Classical - Released by Decca Music Group Ltd. on 1 Jan 2001
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Brahms: Horn Trio, Op. 40 & Piano Trio No. 2, Op. 87
Yehudi Menuhin, Hephzibah Menuhin, Alan Civil, Maurice Gendron
Classical - Released by Warner Classics on 22 Oct 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concertos No. 1 - 4 (Album of 1961)
Alan Civil, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Classical - Released by GazzaLadra on 11 Aug 2022
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Horn Concerto No.1 - No.4 (Album of 1961)
Alan Civil, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Classical - Released by GazzaLadra on 31 May 2023
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
The Beecham Collection: Enigma Variations
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Rosina Raisbeck, Alan Civil, Thomas Beecham
Classical - Released by SOMM Recordings on 8 Jul 2008
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
Mozart: Concertos pour cor (Mono Version)
Alan Civil, Philharmonia Orchestra, Otto Klemperer
Miscellaneous - Released by BNF Collection on 1 Jan 1962
24-Bit 96.0 kHz - Stereo