Philip Jones Brass Ensemble

L'ensemble de cuivres Philip Jones (The Philip Jones Brass Ensemble en anglais) a été fondé par le trompettiste anglais Philip Mark Jones en 1951.

Depuis le départ à la retraite de Philip Jones, l'ensemble se nomme "London Brass"

Histoire

Réunissant les meilleures solistes de la scène musicale anglaise, il a très vite développé la musique pour cuivres. De la musique de la Renaissance à la musique d'aujourd'hui, l'ensemble a créé bon nombre d'arrangements ou de créations. Une bonne partie de ces pièces ont été éditées chez Chester Music, dans la collection « Just Brass ».

Des compositeurs tels que : Malcolm Arnold, Toru Takemitsu, André Previn, Witold Lutosławski, Michael Berkeley, Jim Parker, Gordon Langford, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Zsolt Durkó, Elgar Howarth, Richard Rodney Bennett, Stephen Dodgson, Harrison Birtwistle, Léonard Salzedo, Raymond Prémru et encore beaucoup d'autres, ont composé des œuvres spécialement pour l'ensemble.

Le Philip Jones Brass Ensemble a joué dans plus de 30 pays, notamment les États-Unis, l'Italie, la France, la Suisse, l'Égypte, le Brésil, le Japon, la Suède, le Portugal, en Inde, en Australie, en Iran, Israël, le Liban, Portugal, Turquie, la Finlande... et a réalisé l'enregistrement de plus de 50 disques. Il est présent sur la pièce Atom Heart Mother de Pink Floyd.

Depuis la mort de son fondateur en 2000, il continue sa route sous son nouveau nom, London Brass.

Liste des musiciens

Trompettes : Philip Mark Jones ✝ 2000 - James Watson ✝ 2011 - Elgar Howarth - Michael Laird - Rod Frank ✝ 2014 - Nigel Gomm ✝ 2011 - Tim Hawes - Maurice Murphy ✝ 2010 - John Wallace - Peter Reeve ✝ 2006 - John Wilbraham ✝1998 - John Miller - Paul Archibald - Graham Ashton - Eric Bravington ✝ 1982 - Simon Ferguson - Joseph Atkins - Howard Snell - Crispan Steele-Perkins - Norman Archibald - Colin Rae - Sidney Ellison - Laurie Evans - Roy Copestake ✝ 1979 - Stanley Woods - Bram Wiggins ✝ 2014 - Ian Wilson - Graham Withing - Peter White - Alan Stringer - Bruce Nockles - Donald Blakeson - Mark Emney - Arthur Fairlie - Trevor Green - Edward Hobart - William Houghton
Cors : Ifor James ✝ 2004 - Alan Civil ✝ 1989 - Frank Lloyd - Charles Gregory - John Pigneguy - Anthony Randall - Richard Bissell - Timothy Brown - Anthony Chiddell - Christopher Larkin - Barry Tuckwell ✝ 2020 - Michael Thompson - Anthony Halstead - James Buck - Denzil Floyd
Trombones : John Iveson - Raymond Brown - Roger Brenner ✝ 2007 - Raymond Premru ✝ 1998 - Denis Wick - Roger Harvey - Christopher Mowat - Arthur Wilson ✝ 2010 - Evan Watkin - Gérald McElhone ✝ 2011 - David Purser - Lindsay Shilling - Stephen Sanders - Harold Nash - Eric Crees - Peter Gane ✝ 2024 - Frank Matheson - Peter Goodwin - Peter Harvey - Derek James - David Whitson - Simon Wills.
Euphonium : David Moore - John Clark
Tubas : John Wilson - John Fletcher ✝ 1987 - James Gourlay - Patrick Harrild - David Honeyball - John Jenkins ✝ 2008 - John Smith - David Powell
Percussion : David Corkhill - Gary Kettel - Nigel Bates - Tristan Fry - Michael Frye - Charles Fullbrook - Stephen Henderson - Terry Emery - John Chimes - Pat Brady - John Cave - James Holland - Robert Howes

Discographie

Great Marches LP 417 329-1 Decca / CD 430 754-2 Decca
Grand March Aida, Verdi - Marche Lorraine, Ganne - Sambre et Meuse, Turelet - Old camarades, Teike - Marching Thro' Georgia, Miller - Shukuten March, Dan - Colonel Bogey, Alford - Dam Busters, Coates - Entry of Gladiators, Fucik - Under the Double Eagle, Wagner - Lilliburlero, trad - Radetzky march, Strauss - Pomp and Circumstance 1, Elgar - The Wedding march, Mendelssohn - Marche militaire, Schubert - Grand Coronation march, Meyerbeer - Grand March, Wagner - Washington Post, Sousa - Stars and stripes forever, Sousa
Directed by Elgar Howarth

In Switzerland LP DPf 600 Claves / CD 50-600 Claves
Basle March, arr Howarth - Music Hall Suite, Horovitz - Cuckoo, arr Howarth - Tarantango, Civil - Lucerne Song, arr Howarth - Zurich March, arr Howarth - Petite Suite, Koestier - Old Chalet, arr Howarth - Carnival of Venice, arr Howarth - Berne Patrol, arr Howarth

Fanfare LP ZRG 870 Argo / CD 927-2 Marcophon
Processional Fanfare, Howarth - Fanfares pour Britannicus, Jolivet - Fanfare for brass, Tippett - Ceremonial fanfare, Copland - The Cenci, Brian - Spitfire Prélude and fugue, Walton - Agincourt song, arr Howarth - Earl of Salisbury's Pavane, Byrd - Greensleeves, arr Howarth - Dances of the french renaissance, Gervaise/Attaingnant - Trumpet tune and air, Purcell
Directed by Elgar Howarth and Howard Snell

Music for the Courts of Europe CD 417 524-2
Rose without a Thorn, Henry 8 - Mal Sims, Farnaby - His dream, Farnaby - His Humour, Farnaby - Pavane, Bull - King's hunting jig, Bull - In Nomine, Gibbons - 3 Sonatas, Scarlatti - Suite for brass, Bach - Brandenburg concerto 3, Bach

PJBE Finale LP ABRD 1190 Chandos / CD 8490 Chandos
Triolet for Brass, Prévin - Music from Chaucer, Berkeley - Mini Overture, Lutoslawski -Sinfonietta, Durko - Playgrounds for Angels, Rautavaara
Directed by Lionel Friend and Elgar Howarth

Pictures at an Exhibition and Carnival of the Animals CD 425 022-2 Decca
Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky - Carnival of the Animals, Saint-Saëns
Directed by Elgar Howarth and Philip Jones

Pictures at an Exhibition LP ZRG 885 Argo
Pictures at an Exhibition, Mussorgsky
Directed by Elgar Howarth

La Battaglia LP ZRG 932 Argo / CD 930-2 Marcophon
The Battell, Byrd - Udite ecco le trombe, Banchieri - Biblical Sonata no1, Kuhnau - Newark Siège, Jenkins - La Réjouissance, Handel
Directed by Elgar Howarth and Philip Jones

Lollipops LP D 8503 Claves / CD 50-8503-2 Claves
London miniatures, Langford - Flight of the Bumble bee, Rimsky Korsakov - Hamabe no uta, arr Iveson - Variations on Tyrolean thème, Arban - Kleiner zirkusmarsch, Koestier - Norwegian Dance 2, Grieg - Bethena, Joplin - A Londoner in New York, Parker
Directed by Philip Jones

Handel for Brass LP SXDL 7564 Decca / CD 411 930-2 Decca
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba- Minuet from Berenice - Air & variations from Harmonius Blacksmith - March from Occasional Oratorio - Largo from Xerxes - Water Music - Fireworks Music
Directed by Elgar Howarth

Festive Brass LP ZRG 912 Argo / CD 926-2 Marcophon
Festfanfare, Uhl - Sokol Fanfare, Janacek - Pièce héroïque, Franck - Fanfare Lord Mayor of London, Bliss - O Vos Omnes, Casals - Fanfare Liturgiques, Tomasi - Fanfare for the Common Man, Copland - Russian Funéral, Britten - Thème Hock, Bourgeois - The Eagle has two Heads Fanfare, Britten - Festmusik der Stadt Wien, Strauss
Directed by John Iveson

The Glory of Venice CD 417 468-2 Argo
Quem vidistis pastores ?, Gabrieli - Canzon IV a 6, Gabrieli - O Jesu mi dulcissime, Gabrieli - Canzon per sonar a 4, Gabrieli - Jubilate Déo, Gabrieli - In ecclesiis, Gabrieli - Timor et tremor, Gabrieli - O magnum Mysterium, Gabrieli - Canzon XII a 8, Gabrieli
with: Choir of King's Collège Cambridge directed by Stephen Cleobury

Garden Rain works of Toru Takemitsu CD Echo 20/21 Series 00289 477 5382 Deutsche grammophon
Garden Rain - Le son calligraphie 1, 2, 3 - Hika/Elegy - Folio 1, 2, 3 - Distance - Voice - Stanza - Eucalypts 1,2
with Ursula Hollinger - Basel Ensemble - Aurèle Nicolet - Heinz Hollinger - Ida Kavafian - Peter Serkin - Kiyoshi Shomura

Der langwierige Weg in die Wohnung der Natascha Ungeheuer Show mit 17 CD 449 873-2 Deutsche Grammophon
with William Pearson - Fires of London - Gunter Hampel free Jazz Ensemble - Guiseppe Agostini - Stomu Yamash'Ta -
Directed by Hans Werner Henze

Brass at Walhalla LP 414 149-1 Decca / CD 544 667-2 Decca Bouquet
Grosser Festmarch, Wagner - Die Meistersinger von Nuremberg, Wagner - Tannhauser, Wagner - Lohengrid, Wagner - Gotterdämmerung, Wagner - Das Rheingold, Wagner
Directed by Elgar Howarth

Stars & Stripes Forever - John Philip Sousa LP 410 290-1 Decca / CD 410 290-2 Decca
Semper Fidelis - Guide Right - King Cotton - The Thunderer - The Corcoran Cadets March - El Capitan - Washington Post - On Parade - Comrades of the Legion - The Liberty Bell - The Directorate - The Bride Elect - Hail to the Spirit of Liberty - The Stars and Stripes Forever
Philip Jones Ensemble Directed by Elgar Howarth

Gloria - Sacred music of John Rutter CD COLCD 100 Collegium
Gloria - Anthems
with Cambridge Singers - The City of London Sinfonia directed by John Rutter

Classics for Brass LP ZRG 731 Argo
Fanfare Stadt Wien, Strauss - Funéral March, Grieg - Sonatine, Bozza - Fanfare La Péri, Dukas - Fanfare Narcisse, Jolivet - Sonata, Poulenc - Symphony for brass and percussion, Schuller
Directed by Elgar Howarth

Just Brass LP ZRG 655 Argo
Quintet, Arnold - Suite for brass septet, Dodgson - Divertimento for brass, Salzedo - Symphony for brass quintet, Ewald

Romantic Brass LP ZRG 928 Argo
Tarantella from op. 102, Mendelssohn - Scherzo from Terzetto op. 74, Dvorak - Quintet in Db major, Ewald - Humoresque op. 101, Dvorak - Two Ukrainian folk Tunes, Léontovitch - In modo religioso op. 38, Glazunov - Quartet no 5 op. 38, Ramsöe

Brass now and Then LP SDD 274 Decca
Antiphonal fanfare for three brass choirs, Bliss - Canzon for brass, Simpson - Fanfare for Saint Edmondsbury, Britten - Fanfare Opening of the Bath Festival 1969, de Haan - Flourish for two brass orchestras,"Greetings to a city", Bliss - Fanfare for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, Bullock - Fanfare for the wedding of Princess Elizabeth 1948, Bax - Concerto for seven trumpets and timpani, Altenburg - Three Equali for four trombones, Beethoven - Divertimento K 187 for 2 flûtes 5 trumpets and timpani, Mozart
Directed Elgar Howarth

Strings and Brass LP ZRG 644 Argo
Canzon primi toni 1 a 8, Gabrieli - Canzon Prima a 5, Gabrieli - Concerto for two trumpets, Vivaldi - Canzon a 8, Gabrieli - Canzon prima a 4 La Spiritata, Gabrieli - Sonata Natalis, Vejvanovsky - La Posta, Vejvanovsky - Harmonia Romana, Vejvanovsky - Sontata Tribus, Vejvanovsky - Balleti pro Tabula, Vejvanovsky
with John Wilbraham and Philip Jones solo trumpets, Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields directed by Neville Marriner

Langlais and Duruflé LP ZRG 938 Argo
Mass Cum Jubilo op. 11, Duruflé - Mass Salve Regina, Langlais
with The Richard Hickox Singers directed by Richard Hickox

Renaissance Brass LP ZRG 823 Argo
Trumpet Intrada, Franchos - Il est bel et bon, Passereau - Oublier veul, Agricola - Madrigal dell'Eterna, Lassus - Saltarello, Vechhi - Susato Suite, Susato - Earle of Oxford's March, Byrd - Giles Farnaby suite, Farnaby - Royal Pavane, Gibbons - In Nomine, Gibbons

Philip Jones brass Ensemble Plays LP ZRG 813 Argo
Divertimento, Addison - Sonata for brass, Dodgson - Thème and variations, Gardner - Comedia IV, Bennett

Divertimento LP ZRG 851
Four pièces for brass quintet, Maurer - Sleeping beauty waltz, Tchaikovsky - Quartet in the from of a sonatina, Simon - Etude characteristique, Arban - Fanfare for brass quintet, Bennett - Fantasy for trombone, Arnold - Pasce Tuos, Howarth - Four Outings for brass quintet, Prévin

Easy Winners LP ZRG 895 / CD 929-2 Marcophon
Kraken, Hazell - Tuba Sérénade (Eine kleine Nachtmusik), Mozart - Ragtime Dance, Joplin - Black Sam, Hazell - Frère Jacques, Iveson - Borage, Hazell - Easy Winners, Joplin - Tico Tico, Abreu - Mr Jums, Hazell - Czardas, Monti - Le petit nègre, Debussy - Of Knight and Castles, Premru - Le bateau sur Léman, Premru - Blues march, Premru
Directed by John Iveson

The Gabrielis in Venice LP SXDL 7581 / K7 KSXDC 7581
Canzon vigesimaottava a 8 - Canzon septimi tuoni a 8 - Canzon a 8 - Ricercar del duodecimo tuono a 4 - Sonata pian e forte - Canzon per sonar a 4 - Canzon a 8 - Canzon primi toni a 8 - Canzon vigesimasettima a 8 - Sonata a 3 - La Spiritata a 4 - Canzon a 6 - Aria della Battaglia a 8 Directed by Philip Jones

Baroque Brass LP ZRG 898 Arga / CD 425 727-2 Decca
Sonata a 7, Biber - Sonata die Bankelsangerlieder, Anon - Intrada, Franck - Intrada V, Hassler - Sonata for trumpet and 3 trombones, Speer - Sonata for 3 trombones, Speer - Sontat for 4 trombones, Speer - Sonata for 2 trumpets and 3 trombones, Speer - Canzon a 10, Scheidt - Nun danket Alle Gott, Bach - Aria and Fugue in imitation of the Postillo's Horn, Bach - Sonata K380, Scarlatti - Sonata K430, Scarlatti - Sonata K443, Scarlatti - Menuetto and courante for solo tuba, Bach - March, CPE Bach

Justin Connolly LP ZRG 747 Argo / CD Lyrica
Poems of Wallace Stevens 1, Connolly - Cinquepaces for brass quintet, Connolly - Verse for eight voices 1 and 2, Connolly - Triad 3, Connolly
with Jane Manning, Nash Ensemble, John Alldis Choir, Vesuvius Ensemble

Toccata and Fugue - Live Japan 1981 LP K28C-175 Seven Seas
Canzon, Gabrieli, Scherzo, Boehme - London Miniatures, Langford - Bach for Brass (Badinerie, air, Toccata and Fugue, Bach - Stardust, Carmichael - Post horn Galop, Koenig

Focus on PJBE LP ZRDL 1001 / K7 KZRDC 1001
Terpsichorean Suite, Praetorius - Fantasy for six brass, Dodgson - Procession of the Nobles, Rimsky Korsakov - Brass Symphony, Koestier - Gladiolus Rag, Joplin - Londonderry Air, trad - The Cuckoo, trad - Jealousy, Gade

Golden Brass LP ZRG 717
A renaissance Sequence of Italian 16th century music, Lappi, Banchieri, Gabrieli, Massaino - Battle Suite, Scheidt - Music for His majesty's Sackbuts and Cornetts, Locke - A sequence of English 16th Century Dance Music, Brade, Holborne, Dering, Tomkins, Aston

Modern Brass LP ZRG 906
Symphony for brass, Arnold - Music from Harter Fell, Premru - Capriccio for brass quintet, Salzedo

Concert Music Hindemith LP ZRDL 1000 / CD
Concert music for strings and brass - Morgenmusik for brass - Concert music for piano, brass and harps
with Philip Jones Ensemble, Paul Crossley piano
Directed by Elgar Howarth

Families of Orchestra séries no3: Brass Emi 7EG 8960

Signal and Air from Petite Suite, Koestier - Tarantango, Civil - March, Maurer - Galop from Divertimento, Addison - Soft Shoe Shuffle from Music Hall suite, Horovitz