Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Formed by trumpeter Philip Jones in 1951, PJBE was one of the first modern classical brass ensembles. The group started as a quartet drawn from musicians of the [url=http://www.discogs.com/artist/Orchestra+Of+The+Royal+Opera+House%2C+Covent+Garden]Covent Garden Opera House Orchestra[/url], later the ensemble performed either as a ten-piece or as a quintet Philip Jones Brass Quintet. In 1986, Philip Jones announced his retirement, and on June 8 the same year, PJBE played their last public performance.
First line-up:
Philip Jones - trumpet (1st)
Roy Copestake - trumpet (2nd)
Charles Gregory - horn
Evan Watkin - trombone
Last line-up:
Philip Jones - trumpet
Rod Franks - trumpet
Nigel Gomm - trumpet
Joseph Atkins - trumpet
Roger Harvey - trombone
Christopher Mowat - trombone
David Purser - trombone
Raymond Premru - bass trombone
John Fletcher - tuba
Symphony Of Psalms ⦁ Mass ⦁ Canticum Sacrum ⦁ Motets
Stravinsky*, Poulenc*, Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral*, Philip Jones Ensemble*, London Sinfonietta, Simon Preston
2017
Decca
CD, Comp, RE
Vivaldi, the four Seasons
Gabrieli*, Vejvanovsky* And Vivaldi* - John Wilbraham, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Neville Marriner*, Alan Loveday
2014
Argo (2)
CD, Comp, S/Edition, car
Sinfonia / Theme & Variations / Sonata / Divertimento
Maw*, English Chamber Orchestra, Gardner*, Dodgson*, Addison*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
2008
Lyrita Recorded Edition
CD, Comp, RM
Piano Concerto, Commedia IV, Five Studies, Capriccio
Richard Rodney Bennett - Stephen Kovacevich*, Thea Musgrave, Richard Rodney Bennett, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Alexander Gibson*
2007
Lyrita Recorded Edition
CD, Comp
Music From The Royal Court
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, London Festival Brass Ensemble
2003
Decca
2xCD, Album, Comp
For Your Wedding
Kirsten Flagstad, Leontyne Price, Kiri Te Kanawa, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Berliner Philharmoniker, Michael Laird Brass Ensemble, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Vienna Philharmonic*, Herbert von Karajan, Sir Neville Marriner
2003
Universal Classics Group, Decca
CD, Comp, Enh
The 20th Century Album
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
2002
Decca
2xCD, Comp
Coronation March 1953, November Woods, Tintagel, Oliver Twist - 2 Pieces, Fanfare For The Wedding Of Princess Elizabeth, 1947
Sir Arnold Bax*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, National Philharmonic Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, Elgar Howarth, Sir Malcolm Sargent, Bernard Hermann*
2002
Decca
CD, Comp, Mono
Festliche Bläsermusik Zur Weihnachtszeit - Christmas Goes Brass
Various - Bläser der Berliner Philharmoniker, Canadian Brass*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
2002
Decca
CD, Comp
The World Of Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
2001
Decca
CD, Comp
Greatest Hits
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
2001
In Dulci Jubilo (A Festival Of Christmas)
The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Sir David Willcocks*
1996
Sousa Marches
Sousa* / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Band Of The Grenadier Guards
1995
Concert Music
Heinz Herschmann, RTV Ljubljana Symphony Orchestra*, Samo Hubad, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1994
Apollo Sound
CD
Grandes Marchas
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
1994
Decca
CD, Comp, RE
Virtuoso Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1991
Pictures At An Exhibition / Carnival Of The Animals
Mussorgsky* / Saint-Saëns* - Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth, Philip Jones
1991
British Music For Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1991
Weekend Brass: Trumpet Voluntary
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1989
Music For The Courts Of Europe
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1988
West Side Story Suite / Kleine Dreigroschenmusik
Bernstein*, Weill* / Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1987
The Glory Of Venice
Giovanni Gabrieli, King's College Choir, Cambridge*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Stephen Cleobury
1987
PJBE Finale
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1986
Grand March
Philip Jones Ensemble*, Elgar Howarth
1986
Obras Del Renacimiento Alemán
Conjunto De Metales Philip Jones*, Raymond Leppard, Purcell Chorus And Voices, Heinrich Schütz Choir*, Conjunto De Cámara Symphoniae Sacrae*, Roger Norrington
1985
Per Cantare E Sonare (Selección De Obras Vocales E Instrumentales Del Primer Renacimiento Italiano)
The Consort Of Musicke, Anthony Rooley, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Musica Reservata
1985
Lollipops
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1985
Brass At Walhalla
Philip Jones Ensemble* Plays Wagner*, Elgar Howarth
1985
Festliche Trompete
Philip Jones Bläserensemble*
1984
Carnival Des Animaux
Saint~Saëns*, Debussy* • Satie* • Chabrier*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1984
Stars & Stripes Forever
John Philip Sousa - Elgar Howarth, Philip Jones Ensemble*
1984
I Was Glad
Choir Of Canterbury Cathedral*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Allan Wicks
1984
Brass Splendour = Festliche Bläsermuik = Splendeur Des Cuivres
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1984
Gloria: The Sacred Music Of John Rutter
The Cambridge Singers, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*, The City Of London Sinfonia* Conducted By John Rutter
1984
Gabrieli In Venice = Gabrieli In Venedig
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Gabrieli* / Gabrieli*
1983
Fireworks Music / Water Music-Suite
Handel*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
1983
In Dulci Jubilo
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of Ancient Music, Christopher Hogwood, Peter Hurford
1982
Decca
LP, Album
The Glory Of Venice
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Monteverdi Choir, John Eliot Gardiner, Magdalen College Choir Oxford, Bernard Rose (2), The Choir Of St. John's College Cambridge*, George Guest (2), Monteverdi* - Gabrieli* - Bassano*
1982
Argo (2)
3xLP + Box, Comp
Fanfare For The Common Man (The Best Of "P.J.B.E.", Vol.2)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1982
London Records
LP, Comp
Toccata and Fugue (Live In Japan)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1982
Seven Seas
LP, Album, Dig
Music For The Kings & Queens Of England
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Choir Of The Chapel Royal, Tower Of London, Hurwitz Chamber Ensemble*, Andrew Davis, Marie Goossens, John Williams (4)
1982
Chandos
LP
Christmas Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1982
Focus On P.J.B.E.
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1982
Baroque Brass Volume Two
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1981
London Records, London Records
LP, Comp
Concert Music / Musique De Concert / Konzertmusik
Hindemith* - Philip Jones Ensemble*, Elgar Howarth, Paul Crossley (2)
1981
Mass (1949), Mass 'Cum Jubilo'
Jean Langlais, Maurice Duruflé, Richard Hickox, The Richard Hickox Singers, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1981
La Battaglia
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Elgar Howarth
1981
Bach Choir Family Carols
The Bach Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*, Sir David Willcocks*
1980
Trumpet Voluntary
Philip Jones-Bläserensemble*
1980
Romantic Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1980
Festive Brass
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*
1980
Modern Brass
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*
1979
Baroque Brass
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*
1979
Pictures At An Exhibition
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Mussorgsky* - Howarth*
1978
Easy Winners
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*
1978
Fanfare
Philip Jones Bläser-Ensemble*
1977
Decca
2xLP, Comp, 180
Music For Royal Occasions
The King's College Choir Of Cambridge, Benjamin Britten, David Willcocks, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, St. John's College Choir, Arthur Bliss, George Guest (2)
1977
Decca
LP, Comp
Funeral Music For Queen Mary - Five Anthems
Purcell* / Philip Ledger, Choir Of King's College, Cambridge*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields
1977
Fanfare
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1977
Divertimento
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1977
Stereo Laboratory London Classics, Vol. 17, Brass Ensemble
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Richard Strauss, Edvard Grieg, Eugène Bozza, Paul Dukas, Samuel Scheidt
1976
London Records
LP, Comp
Renaissance Brass (Music From 1400-1600)
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1976
Carols For Choirs
The Bach Choir, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Conductor David Willcocks
1976
The World Of Brass: Silver Jubilee Record
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1976
Vespro Della Beata Vergine 1610
Claudio Monteverdi, Jill Gomez, Felicity Palmer, James Bowman (2), Robert Tear, Philip Langridge, John Shirley-Quirk, Michael Rippon, The Monteverdi Choir, The Monteverdi Orchestra, The Salisbury Cathedral Boys' Choir*, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*, The David Munrow Recorder Consort*, John Eliot Gardiner
1975
In Switzerland
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1975
Symphony Of Psalms • Canticum Sacrum
Stravinsky* - The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford*, The Philip Jones Ensemble*, Simon Preston
1975
Choral Music
Holst* - The Baccholian Singers Of London, English Chamber Orchestra, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1975
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By Addison • Dodgson • Gardner • Bennett
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble Plays Music By Addison* • Dodgson* • Gardner* • Bennett*
1975
Golden Brass (Brass Music Of The 16th & 17th Centuries From England, Italy & Germany)
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*
1974
Glad Tidings: Baroque Christmas Music From England, Germany, Italy, France And Spain
Schütz Choir*, London String Players, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Camden Wind Ensemble
1974
Classics For Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1973
Hymns For All Seasons
King's College Choir, Cambridge*, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*, Ian Hare, David Willcocks
1973
Rock Of The Renaissance
The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble* And Accademia Monteverdiana String Orchestra*
1972
Daffodil Records
LP, Album
Christmas In Venice
The Monteverdi Choir, The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble*, John Eliot Gardiner
1972
Brass Now And Then
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1971
Strings & Brass (Music By Gabrieli, Vejvanovsky And Including Vivaldi Concerto For Two Trumpets)
Gabrieli*, Vejvanovsky* And Vivaldi* - John Wilbraham, Philip Jones, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields*, Neville Marriner*
1970
Just Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1970
Voices And Brass
Schütz* / Schein* / Scheidt*, Raymond Leppard, Purcell Chorus Of Voices*, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1969
Brass - The Four Families Of The Orchestra No. 3
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
1966
His Master's Voice
7", EP, Mono
Virtuose Trompete
London Symphony Orchestra, L'Orchestre De La Suisse Romande, The Academy Of St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
The Complete Recordings On Argo And L'Oiseau Lyre
The Choir Of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford*, Simon Preston
2023
Decca
19xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd
Carols From King's College Cambridge
The King's College Choir Of Cambridge
2022
Warner Classics
LP, Comp, RM, 180
The Complete Argo Recordings
The Choir Of King's College Cambridge*, Stephen Cleobury
2021
Decca
20xCD, Comp + Box, Ltd
Complete Works
Bernstein*
2018
Deutsche Grammophon
Box, Comp + 26xCD + 3xDVD
100 Best Sacred Music
Various
2017
Warner Classics
6xCD, Comp
The Early Years 1970 Devi/ation
Pink Floyd
2017
The Early Years 1965-1972
Pink Floyd
2016
Pure McCartney
Paul McCartney
2016
Mosaic - The Music of Elgar Howarth
Various
2015
Doyen
CD, Album
Complete Edition
Igor Stravinsky
2015
Complete Tone Poems & Concertos
Richard Strauss, Blomstedt*, Ashkenazy*, Dorati*, Dutoit*, Masur*, Previn*, Sinopoli*, de Waart*, Belkin*, Graffman*, Schiff*, Thibaudet*, Tuckwell*
2014
Sterren En Sneeuwvlokken
Various
2013
Warner Classics, Klara 4 Kids
CD, Comp
The Complete Works For Stage & Screen
Britten*
2013
Decca
12xCD + Box, Comp
The Complete Orchestral And Instrumental Music
Britten*
2013
Decca
13xCD, Album, RE + Box, Comp
50 Best Chillout Classics
Various
2013
EMI
3xCD, Comp
Klara 4 Kids - Klara's Muziekdoos
Various
2012
EMI Classics, Klara 4 Kids
6xCD, Comp, Box
1000 Classical Masterpieces
Various
2012
EMI Classics
61xCD, Comp + Box
Famous Marches
Various
2012
Decca, Universal Music Company Ltd.
CD, Comp
Famous Marches
Various
2012
Decca, Universal Music Company Ltd.
CD, Comp
Ragtime Dance
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Trumpet Tune And Air
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Greensleeves
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Borage
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Commediea IV
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Equali for 4 Trombones, WoO 30 - 1. Andante
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Equali for 4 Trombones, WoO 30 - 2. Poco Adagio
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Equali for 4 Trombones, WoO 30 - 3. Poco Sostenuto
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music For The Funeral Of Queen Mary: March
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Dances of the French Renaissance
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Pavane
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Garden Rain
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Trumpet Voluntary
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Ceremonial Fanfare
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Entry of the Gladiators
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Fanfare for the Common Man
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Fanfare for Brass
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary, Z 860: March
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Ding Dong, Merrily on High
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
Earl Of Salisbury's Pavane
Philip Jones Brass Ensemble
