Gordon Jacob
English composer, arranger, music pedagogue and author, perhaps best known for his wind band compositions and his educational books. Born: July 5th, 1895 in London, England. Died: June 8th, 1984 in Saffron Walden, England.
British Piano Concertos
Addison* / Jacob* / Rubbra*, Simon Callaghan, BBC NOW*, Stephen Bell / George Vass
2023
Lyrita Recorded Edition
CD
A Breath Between The Strings
Gordon Jacob / James Moody (5), Tony Kinsey, Gianluca Littera, Quartetto Energie Nove
2022
Dynamic (4)
CD
Viola Chamber Works
Gordon Jacob, Jadwiga Stanek, Borys Biniecki, Bolesław Siarkiewicz, Magdalena Swatowska
2021
DUX Recording Producers
CD, Album
British Violin Sonatas
William Walton*, William Alwyn, Kenneth Leighton, Lennox Berkeley, Alan Rawsthorne, Gordon Jacob, Clare Howick, Simon Callaghan
2020
Somm Recordings
CD, Album
British Music For Strings I
Hubert Parry* • Edward Elgar* • Gordon Jacob, Südwestdeutsches Kammerorchester Pforzheim* • Douglas Bostock
2020
cpo
CD, Album
Warp & Weft
Moeran*, Clarke*, Jacob*, Patterson*, Rawsthorne*, Midori Komachi, Sophie Rosa, Simon Callaghan
2017
EM Records (10)
CD, Album
British Violin Concertos
Paul Patterson, Kenneth Leighton, Gordon Jacob, Clare Howick, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Grant Llewellyn
2017
Naxos
CD, Album
English Recorder Concertos
Michala Petri, Richard Harvey (2), Malcolm Arnold, Gordon Jacob, City Chamber Orchestra Of Hong Kong, Jean Thorel
2012
OUR Recordings
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Old Wine In New Bottles
Grantham* • Jacob* • Bryant* • Pann* • Youngstown State University Symphonic Wind Ensemble • Dana Chamber Winds • Stephen L. Gage
2012
Jacob: Chamber Music with Recorder
Gordon Jacob, Annabel Knight, Robin Bigwood, The Maggini Quartet
2010
Naxos
CD
Music For Bassoon
Gordon Jacob, Gabriel Beavers
2009
Mark Masters
CD, Album
In This Hid Clearing…
Gordon Jacob • Jack Stamp • Aaron Copland • Percy Grainger • George Gershwin • Alvin Chea • Jo Ella Todd • Derrick Fox • University Of Missouri Wind Ensemble • Thomas O'Neal*
2009
Piano Music
E.J Moeran* / Gordon Jacob, Iris Loveridge
2008
Lyrita Recorded Edition
CD, Mono, RM
Sonata For Cello And Piano - Legend-Sonata / Divertimento For Solo Cello
Bax* / Jacob*, Florence Hooton, Wilfred Parry*
2008
Lyrita Recorded Edition
2xCD, Mono, RM
The British Connection
Ernst Pauer, Gustav Holst, Gordon Jacob, Hexagon Ensemble
2008
Etcetera (3)
CD
Symphonies 1 & 2
Gordon Jacob – London Philharmonic Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth
2007
Lyrita
CD, Album
British Horn Concertos
Gordon Jacob, Malcolm Arnold, York Bowen, Ruth Gipps, Gilbert Vinter, David Pyatt, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
2007
Lyrita Recorded Edition
CD
A Festival Of Music
Gordon Jacob - The Regimental Band Of The Coldstream Guards*, Major Graham O. Jones MBE*
2005
SRC (9)
CD, Album
Seven Bagatelles - Six Shakespearian Sketches - Quartet For Oboe And Strings
Gordon Jacob, Ensemble Più
2004
Audite
CD, Comp
Brain
Beethoven*, Jacob*, Hindemith*, Vinter* - Dennis Brain, Dennis Brain Wind Quintet, Benjamin Britten, George Malcolm, Noel Mewton-Wood*, BBC Concert Orchestra, Vilem Tausky
2002
BBC Music
CD, Comp
Peacock Pie
Armstrong Gibbs, Madeleine Dring, Robin Milford, Cyril Rootham, Gordon Jacob, Guildhall Strings*, Martin Roscoe
2002
Hyperion
CD
20th Century British Music For Oboe And Piano
William McMullen, Catherine Herbener / Bennett* / Howells* / Jacob* / Berkeley* / Rubbra*
2002
Crystal Records (5)
CD, Album
Music For Clarinet, Viola And Piano
Bruch*, Jacob*, Smit*, Trio Accanto (2)
2002
Paula
CD, Album
Clarinet Concertos
Rawsthorne*, Jacob*, Cooke*, Thea King, Northwest Chamber Orchestra Seattle*, Alun Francis
2002
Frederick Thurston 1901-1953 Centenary Tribute (Quintet / 'Caoine' From Sonata Op. 129 / Quintet / Quartet)
Arthur Bliss, Stanford*, Frederick Thurston, Myers Foggin, The Griller Quartet*, Jacob*, Rawsthorne*, Thea King, The Aeolian Quartet*
2001
Clarinet Classics
CD, Comp
Cornerstones Of The British Band Repertoire
Holst* / Vaughan Williams* / Jacob*, The Keystone Wind Ensemble Conducted By Jack Stamp And Paul Murrell (4), Steven Mead
1999
Citadel (3)
CD
Symphony No 2 • A Little Symphony • A Festival Overture
Gordon Jacob - Münchner Symphoniker, Douglas Bostock
1998
Jacob / Thuille / Winter / Ibert
Jacob*, Thuille*, Winter*, Ibert*, Carl-Axel Dominique, The Sundsvall Wind Quintet*
1996
Caprice Records
CD, Album
Music For Clarinet And Strings
Gordon Jacob, Premier Chamber Orchestra, Charles Russo
1996
Premier Recordings
CD
Flute Concerto / Flute Concerto No. 2 / Orfeo II
Gordon Jacob / Malcolm Arnold / Thea Musgrave - Alexa Still, New Zealand Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Braithwaite
1993
Koch International Classics
CD, Album
Trombone Concertos
Jacob* • Bracanin* • Currie* • Wagenseil* – Warwick Tyrrell | Adelaide Symphony Orchestra / Nicholas Braithwaite, Patrick Thomas (3)
1993
Quintet In A Minor Op. 3 For Piano & Wind / Wind Quintet In A Flat Op. 14 / Sextet In B Flat Op. 6
Holst*, Jacob*, Elysian Wind Quintet, Anthony Goldstone
1992
Chandos
CD, Album
Works For Harmonica & Orchestra
Tommy Reilly, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, Vilem Tausky, James Moody, Gordon Jacob, Ralph Vaughan Williams
1988
Horn Concertos
Jacob* ✽ Larsson* ✽ Seiber* ✽ Reger* ✽ Atterberg*, Sören Hermansson, Umeå Sinfonietta*, Edvard Tjivzjel
1987
British Music For Concert Band, Album 2
Grainger* ∙ Vaughan Williams* ∙ Jacob* ∙ O'Donnell*, Royal Air Force Central Band*, Wing Comm. Eric Banks*
1986
Recorder Concertos, Suite For Recorder
Michala Petri, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Kenneth Sillito, Gordon Jacob, Händel*, Babell*, Baston*
1984
Sound Waves
Donald Knaub*, Rex Woods - Gustav Mahler, Frigyes Hidas, Gordon Jacob, Donald Grantham
1983
Clarinet Quintets
Sir Arthur Somervell / Gordon Jacob - Thea King, Aeolian Quartet*
1981
Trio Baroque
Trio Baroque - Maria Piech, Jan Poda, Marc Grauwels - Ibert*, Jacob*, Martinu*, Bruzdowicz*
1980
Pavane Records
LP, Album
Concertos For Phyllis And Cyril
Malcolm Arnold, Arthur Bliss, Gordon Jacob, Cyril Smith (2), Phyllis Sellick
1970
Farnham Festival 1969
Tubby Hayes, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gordon Jacob, Pamela Verrall, Ernst Toch
1969
Erase (2)
LP, Album, Comp
Piano Sonata; Divertimento; Elegy
Gordon Jacob, Iris Loveridge, Florence Hooton, Wilfrid Parry
1965
Lyrita Recorded Edition
LP, Album, Mono
La Nursery / Six Short Pieces For Children
Inghelbrecht*, The Jacques Orchestra, Gordon Jacob
1962
His Master's Voice
7", EP, Mono
British Band Classics: Works By Walton, Holst And Jacobs
Walton* / Holst* / Jacobs* - Eastman Wind Ensemble, Frederick Fennell
1959
Stagione Concertistica 2004-2005
J.S. Bach*, A. Vivaldi*, A. Panzini*, L. Boccherini*, J. Kern*, K. Weill*, G. Gershwin*, H. Arlen*, G. Jacob*, J. Moody*
Università Degli Studi Dell'Insubria
2xCD, Comp, Promo
Music From The Coronation Of Their Majesties King Charles III And Queen Camilla
Various
2023
Decca Classics
4xCD
Homage
Dennis Brain
2021
Warner Classics
11xCD, Comp, Mono + Box, Comp, Mono
The Complete Ballet Recordings
Richard Bonynge
2021
Decca
45xCD, Comp, Ltd, RM + Box
CUW Symphonic Wind Ensemble Plays Holst, Mackey, Dawson, Reed
CUW Symphonic Wind Ensemble Plays Holst*, Mackey*, Dawson*, Reed* - Dr. Louis A Menchaca*, Mrs. Johanna Anderson*
2020
Concordia University (3)
CD
The Complete Warner Recordings
Sir John Barbirolli
2020
Warner Classics
109xCD, Comp, RM + Box, Comp
Voyage: Clarinet And Piano Around The World
Eleanor Weingartner, Alfredo Isaac Aguilar
2020
Urtext Digital Classics
CD, Album
The John Harle Collection
John Harle
2020
Sospiro Records
Box, Ltd + 20xCD, Album, Ltd
The Spanish Lady / Organ Sonata / Severn Suite / Three Civic Fanfares
Edward Elgar*, Royal Scottish National Orchestra Conducted By Martin Yates (2)
2019
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
The Heritage Collection: From The Vaults (Discs 6-7)
Stanley Drucker
2019
Clover Field Recordings
2xCD, Comp
Memories Of Hope
Sorores Duo
2019
Soundset Recordings
CD, Album
Panis Angelicus: Works For Treble Voice
Emilia Jaques, Cassian Pichler-Roca, Darius Battiwalla, BBC Philharmonic
2019
Longing For Paradise
Albrecht Mayer, Richard Strauss | Elgar* ∙ Ravel* ∙ Goossens*, Bamberger Symphoniker ∙ Jakub Hrůša
2019
Enigma Variations Plus Cockaigne Overture, Organ Sonata (orch. Jacob)
Edward Elgar*, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Concert Orchestra / Charles Mackerras*, Juanjo Mena, Vernon Handley
2018
BBC Music Magazine
CD, Album
Blessings Flow
West Chester University Wind Ensemble, Andrew Yozviak, Elizabeth Pfaffle
2018
Mark Masters
CD
Vive la Difference
Anthony Robb (2), Jeremy Polmear, Michael Bell (17)
2018
Oboe Classics
CD, Album
Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 / Norfolk Rhapsody No. 2 / Music For An EFDS Masque / Variations For Orchestra / The Blue Bird / Matthews: Norfolk March
Ralph Vaughan Williams & David Matthews (9) – Royal Scottish National Orchestra , Martin Yates (2)
2018
Dutton Epoch
SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel
Phase 4 Stereo Spectacular
Various
2017
Decca
247xFile, MP3, Comp, 320
Music For Two Violas
Peter Mallinson, Matthias Wiesner (3), Evgenia Startseva
2017
Meridian (2)
CD
Sweet Dream: World Piccolo, Vol. 3
Jean-Louis Beaumadier, Jordi Torrent (3)
2017
Skarbo
CD, Album
Heritage Collection: Live In Concert 5 Disc Set
Stanley Drucker
2017
Clover Field Recordings, Clover Field Recordings, Clover Field Recordings, Clover Field Recordings, Clover Field Recordings
5xCD, Album
Decca Sound: The Analogue Years 1954-1968
Various
2017
UK DK
Michala Petri, Mahan Esfahani
2015
OUR Recordings
SACD, Multichannel, Album
Phase 4 Stereo Concert Series
Various
2014
Decca
41xCD, Comp, RM + Box
Concertos For Piano & Strings
Mark Bebbington, Innovation Chamber Ensemble, Richard Jenkinson
2014
Somm
CD, Album
EMI Eminence - The Collection (50 CD Original Jacket Edition)
Various
2013
EMI Classics, EMI Eminence
50xCD + Box, Comp
Decca Sound | The Analogue Years
Various
2013
Decca
53xCD, Comp, RM + CD, Comp, Mono, RM, Bon + Box
Trombone Treasures
Ron Babcock (2), Jeanie Lee Baldwin
2013
Not On Label
CD, Album, Dig
The Glory Of New College Choir, Oxford - Edward Higginbottom
The Choir Of New College, Oxford*, Edward Higginbottom
2013
Erato, Warner Classics
8xCD, Comp + Box
The Complete EMI Recordings
Sir Adrian Boult, Vaughan Williams*
2013
EMI Classics
13xCD, Comp, Mono, RM + Box
Legacy Of Dreams
Royal Northern College Of Music Wind Orchestra, Clark Rundell, Mark Heron (3)
2012
Polyphonic
CD
The Lark Ascending
Various
2012
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp
Skyline Sounds III
Christ Church, Swindon
2012
Ferris Audio/Video Services
CD
The World Of The Oboe
Various
2012
Oboe Classics
2xCD, Album
Viola Sonatas: Idylls & Bacchanals
Louise Williams, David Owen Norris
2012
EM Records (10)
2xCD, Album
Patchwork (Music For Oboes)
Astria, Eric Speller, Yf Bourry, Dimitri Mestdag
2012
Not On Label (Astria Self-released)
CD
English Recorder Works
Jill Kemp
2012
Music & Media (4)
CD, Album
Hoffnung
Gerard Hoffnung
2011
Forum (12)
CD, Comp
Live At Wasbe 2011 - Taiwan
The United States Coast Guard Band*
2011
Mark Records
DVD
The British Composers Guide To Britain
Various
2011
EMI Classics
2xCD, Comp, RM
Another Night Before Christmas & Scrooge
Liszt*, Tchaikovsky* – Simon Callow, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Royal Ballet Sinfonia, Gavin Sutherland (3)
2011
Naxos
CD
The Barbirolli Viennese Album
Sir John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra
2011
The Barbirolli Society, The Barbirolli Edition
2xCD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM
Live In Taiwan
The United States Coast Guard Band*
2011
The Decca Sound
Various
2011
The Royal Wedding • The Official Album
Unknown Artist
2011
Mercury Living Presence - The Collectors Edition
Various
2011
Teaching Music Through Performance In Band - Volume 1 Grade 5
North Texas Wind Symphony, Cincinnati Wind Symphony, "President's Own" United States Marine Band*, Showa Wind Symphony, United States Air Force Tactical Air Command Band*, Keystone Wind Ensemble*, Northwestern University Symphonic Wind Ensemble*
2010
GIA (2)
4xCD, Album
English Viola Sonatas
Martin Outram, Julian Rolton
2010
Naxos
CD, Album
Children's Classics – Music To Make Children Brighter
Various
2010
Naxos, Naxos
2xCD, Album, Comp
Celebrating 50 Years Devoted To British Music (Set Two: Gordon Jacob ~ William Wordsworth)
Various
2009
Lyrita Recorded Edition
4xCD, Comp
Kicking Sawdust
Ensemble Houthandel Antwerpen
2009
Jeugd en Muziek
CD, Album
Viennese Night
Sir John Barbirolli, Hallé Orchestra, Rawicz & Landauer
2009
The Barbirolli Society
CD, Comp, Mono, RE, RM
Piano Concerto • The Wasps • English Folksong Suite • The Running Set
Vaughan Williams*, James Judd, Ashley Wass, Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra
2009
Cradle Song
Gordon Jacob
An Original Suite: III. Finale
Gordon Jacob
An Original Suite: I. March
Gordon Jacob
An Original Suite: II. Intermezzo
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite (arr. G. Jacob): I. The Earl of Oxford’s March
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite
Gordon Jacob
Fanfare & National Anthem
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite (arr. G. Jacob): III. John come kiss me now
Gordon Jacob
Bassoon Concerto: I. Allegro
Gordon Jacob
Old Wine in New Bottles: IV. Early One Morning
Gordon Jacob
Bassoon Concerto: II. Adagio
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite (arr. G. Jacob): II. Pavan
Gordon Jacob
Old Wine in New Bottles: I. Wraggle Taggle Gypsies
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite (arr. G. Jacob): V. Wilson’s wild
Gordon Jacob
Suite for Bassoon and String Quartet: II. Caprice
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite (arr. G. Jacob): IV. The Maiden's Song
Gordon Jacob
William Byrd Suite (arr. G. Jacob): VI. The Bells
Gordon Jacob
Old Wine in New Bottles: II. The Three Ravens
Gordon Jacob
Treble Recorder Sonatina: I. Allegro
Gordon Jacob
Trombone Concerto: I. Andante Maestoso - Allegro Molto - Andante Maestoso
Gordon Jacob
