Scene de Ballet
Valse Lyrique, based on the lyric “Quand tu chantes, ma belle, C’est ta voix qui m’appelle”, was
orchestrated 1925 by Harold Perry under the new title Scene de Ballet.
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Medium |
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Label |
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Date |
Locations |
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Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2021 |
PD,
TM |
Click
to hear this realisation. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/scene de
ballet for orch.mp3
Scherzo de Concert
This piece for flute and
piano was published in 1903.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
|
Flute, piano |
Kaoru Namba,
Ryusuke Numajiri |
Jasrac KKCC 3015 |
CD |
Japan |
2006 |
|
WC, TM |
|
Synthesized |
Stephen Berry |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2016 |
|
PD, TM |
Berry’s realisation can be
heard at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Scherzo de
Concert, Flute and Piano synth.mp3
The Shadow of Dreams: romantic melody
A sophisticated piano piece from 1922.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Piano |
Rosemary Tuck |
Marco Polo 8.223699 |
CD |
UK |
1993 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Naxos 8.574299 |
CD |
UK |
2021 |
Awards
21 p.84 |
NX,
TM |
Hear this at https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=h_s6hhJhuf0&list=RDAMVMh_s6hhJhuf0
Ships That Pass
A dramatic song from 1907, written in a rich
chromatic style. The words are by F.
Kinsey Peile, a composer in his own right who went on
to appear in several silent films. The
opening phrase is a forerunner of Sanctuary of the Heart.
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Label |
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Date |
Locations |
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Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2020 |
PD,
TM |
The realisation is for viola and piano, and
does not do justice to the tension in the poem. Hear it at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Ships that
pass for viola sync.mp3
Short Air Fanfare
The earliest known
manuscript of this piece had the title “Short Fanfare for R.A.F.”, but
apparently Wing-Commander A.E. Sims, musical director of the Central Band of
the R.A.F. didn’t approve, so it was amended to “Short Air Fanfare”. It is for 4 trumpets, optional trombone,
cymbals and side drum.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Brass |
Onyx Brass, Wilson |
Chandos CHSA 5221 |
CD |
UK |
2018 |
June 18 p.58 |
NX, PD, TM |
The Onyx recording includes the trombone, and uses the Ketèlbey’s
provisional title Short Fanfare for the Air Force. Hear them at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZDh3KnVozg
Sicilian Song
Although this
piece for flute and piano was published in London around 1898, the only copy
known to have survived is now in the Chatfield Music Lending Library in Minnesota, having
formerly belonged to the United States Naval School of Music.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
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Date |
Locations |
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Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
PD,
TM |
To hear this realisation, click here
http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sicilian Song,
Flute and Piano synth.mp3
Silver-Cloud: an
Indian maiden's song
The
hyphen appears in the title in the sheet music, but was omitted from the
composer’s synopsis in the same source.
Different versions also have additional subtitles Descriptive piece
or Intermezzo.
Andrew Lamb has pointed out the similarities between
this piece, which dates from 1915, and Silver Bell, composed by Percy
Wenrich in 1910.
Composer’s synopsis
This
piece opens with a quiet, melodious introduction, foreshadowing the song of
"Silver Cloud", a beautiful Red Indian maiden - followed by a section
in the minor, in which the beating of the tom-tom and the rhythmical melody, in
a low register, suggest the loneliness of the prairie and the sombre nature of
the Red-skin. These lead to a major section in which melodious phrases of a
graceful nature work up to a characteristic climax. A few bars of introduction precede the
"Song of Silver Cloud" (assigned to the oboe in the orchestral
arrangement) which expresses the tenderness of young maidenhood. A short episode (in which the jingle of
horses' trappings suggests the arrival of the lover) leads to the repetition of
"Silver Cloud's" Song (Grandioso) and a few characteristic bars bring
the piece to a finish in an atmosphere of happiness and the joy of youth.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
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Orchestra |
Regal
Orchestra, ?Ketèlbey |
Regal
G 7243 |
35860
or 35820 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[Feb
16] |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.1110870 |
CD |
UK |
2004 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
|||
|
Organ |
Richard Ellsasser (John
Hays Hammond Jr. Museum, Gloucester, Mass. |
MGM
E 3282 |
|
LP |
US |
1955 |
|
WC,
TM |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
|
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
|
PD,
TM |
|
Orchestra |
BBC Concert Orchestra,
Yates |
Dutton Epoch CDLX 7407 |
|
CD |
UK |
2023 |
|
TM |
The composer’s recording has
two cuts totalling 31 bars: the first is of the opening section, the other a
repeated section material. Hear him at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ccR_bWFSc4&list=OLAK5uy_nosgSLwQR0rQ9IdZNBzjiQ_h3J95inavo&index=9
As ever, Ellsasser is full of
imagination and musicality, but let down by the electronic over-enhancement of
the trumpet stop. He plays the work
complete, even with added “tom-tom” bars between sections. Now and then he alters the harmony, and he
ends quietly rather than fortissimo. Hear him at www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/silver
cloud - Ellsasser.mp3
McCanna’s realisation takes a
more expansive interpretation than allowed by the technical limitations of the
composer’s own recording. Click here to hear it, with computer allowing the tricky
piccolo passage near the end to be heard quite clearly. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Silver%20Cloud%20for%20orch%20sync.mp3
Yates’s performance is equally
relaxed, but lacks the bright colours of triangle, sleigh bells and
glockenspiel.
Silver Stars: graceful dance, by “Raoul Clifford”
For mandolin with piano or
guitar, with optional 2nd mandolin.
The name “Silver Stars” was later used by Columbia’s house band,
conducted of course by Ketèlbey.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
PD,
TM |
The realisation rotates the
various instrumental combinations, and can be heard at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Silver stars
for mand band sync.mp3
Skitty Kitty: feline dance, by “Denis
Charlton”
Piano novelty with
orchestra, 1947.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
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Date |
Locations |
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Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2020 |
PD,
TM |
The realisation is
unable to reproduce effects such as the swanee
whistle and wow-wow mute. Hear it at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Skitty Kitty
for orch sync.mp3
Sonata for piano in E flat major
The
composer’s manuscript is held by Birmingham City Archive. The work consists of three movements:
Allegro comodo dates Oct-Nov 88, Andante
undated, Rondo dated Dec 88.
In an article in Music
Masterpieces part 12 (18th March
1926) page 183, the composer wrote:
At the age
of 11 I composed a sonata for the piano which I performed publicly as a boy in
the Worcester Town Hall, and which in later years Sir Edward Elgar told me he
remembered well, and greatly enjoyed at the time.
A
concert review in Berrow's Worcester Journal no.10215
(Saturday, July 27, 1889); p. 3 reviews a sonata, but apparently a different
one:
On Tuesday an invitation concert was given in the
Public Hall by Dr Wareing’s pupils. ... Master A.W. Ketelbey, one of Dr Wareing’s Birmingham
School of Music pupils, who has recently gained a Trinity College scholarship, played the first
movement of a “Sonata in A,” written by himself. The piece shows that the boy
has remarkable powers of composition, and his powerful and spirited execution
of it also shows that he has
equal power in the manipulation of the pianoforte. No doubt if his studies are continued, and
are rightly directed, he has a brilliant career before him. His performance was most enthusiastically applauded, and he was eventually recalled.
The
unpublished chronology of Elgar’s life, held in Birmingham University Library,
shows that Elgar was actually attending a performance of Carmen at Covent Garden on this date.
So there is confusion.
What was the concert that Elgar allegedly attended, and how old was Ketèlbey at that time?
Was there another sonata in A major from the same period, or did the
reviewer get it wrong?
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
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Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Stephen Berry |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2016 |
PD, TM |
Berry’s realisations can be
heard at
1. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sonata%20-%201.%20Allegro%20Comodo,Piano%20synth.mp3
2. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sonata
- 2. Andante, Piano synth.mp3
3. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sonata
- 3. Rondo, Piano synth.mp3
A Song of Summer
Piano piece from 1922, advertised as
“A joyous, yet expressive piece in the manner of a
"Song without Words". Nicely
varied movements in which the left hand also has an opportunity of playing an
interesting melody, make this an admirable teaching piece for style and
expression.”
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Piano |
Rosemary Tuck |
Marco Polo 8.223699 |
CD |
UK |
1993 |
|
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
|
|
Re-issue |
- Naxos 8.574299 |
CD |
UK |
2021 |
Awards
21 p.84 |
NX,
TM |
Hear this at https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=AG6FX0JCpjg&list=RDAMVMAG6FX0JCpjg
Songe d’Autrefois
This piece for cello and piano was published in 1955, and is a reworking of
the 1903 song Lady of Dreams.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
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Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
PD,
TM |
To hear this realisation, click here http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Songe d'autrefois for
cello and piano synth.mp3
3 Songs for Contralto Voice, op.52
Unusually, not songs about personal emotions,
but on natural events.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
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Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2020 |
PD,
TM |
Realised for cor anglais with piano.
The software tends to give the cor unwanted
crescendos on long notes – I once knew a contralto in a church choir who sang
like that!
Hear the realisations by following the links.
- 1. Golden Eye of Tearful Morn = Joy of a Day
Gone By. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Golden eye
for cor anglais sync.mp3
Ketèlbey’s
own transcription for solo piano can be heard at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/joy
of a day gone by for piano sync.mp3
- 2. An Ocean Lullaby. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Ocean lullaby
for cor anglais sync.mp3
- 3. The Harvest Moon. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Harvest moon
for cor anglais sync.mp3
Souvenir de Tendresse: légende
Published in 1919, a contemporary review called it “a most seductive work, not technically difficult, but free from triviality. It will please the most fastidious.”
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
PD,
TM |
|
Organ |
Michael Hendron (Mason & Hamlin chapel
organ) |
private recording |
Web |
US |
2020 |
|
K’s original metronome was
crotchet= 76, but a later version has 100.
The orchestral realisations are available at these two basic speeds,
click here.
Faster. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Souvenir de
tendresse for orch faster sync.mp3
Slower. http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Souvenir de
tendresse for orch slower sync.mp3
Hear Hendron at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ui9A8haKKPg
Springtime
Calls
This piece only
exists in an orchestral arrangement by Kenneth Essex (not the viola player),
published in 1952. The sections are
labelled Quasi Polka and Pastorale – Dance of the Villagers. The latter was a reworking of the song Sing
Heigho (no.9 of 12 Lyrics).
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2020 |
PD,
TM |
This realisation for
piano is based on the Piano Conductor part. Hear it at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Springtime
calls for piano sync.mp3
Starlight
This part-song for male voice
choir was published in 1906.
Fair,
fair, over the lea,
Silver-white
sparkling and shining,
Where
the mist creepeth,
Where
the brook sleepeth,
And
the pale roses are twining.
Calm,
calm, over the sea
White
billowed waves are gleaming
Where
the mist creepeth,
Where
the brook sleepeth,
And
the pale roses are dreaming.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
PD,
TM |
The realisation is for wind quartet, 20% faster, with dynamics to suit the music. Listen out for the “creepy” chromatic word-painting. Click here.
http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Starlight for
wind sync.mp3
2
Studies, op.50.
1.
Shake
with sustained notes
2. For acquiring
facility in playing thirds
These tedious
studies were written for a book of intermediate piano studies published by
Trinity College of Music in 1908,
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2020 |
TM |
Suite Romantique
An article on Ketèlbey in Radio Times 4th
September 1931 p.203 says “while still at college conducted his Suite
Romantique for full orchestra”.
However, contemporary reviews of the orchestral suite performed on 8th
June 1896 give the movements as Scherzo, Elegie
and Tarantella.
The Western Daily Press, Saturday 5th April 1913, reported on
a concert by students of Trinity College of Music at the Queen’s Hall the
previous evening. This included
“The suite de ballet. “A Love Story,” by
Albert W. Ketelbey, one of the most gifted past
students of the College, was performed for the first time in London, the
composer himself holding the bâton. The theme is the old one, that the course of
true love (if of sufficient dramatic interest) never runs smooth. The first movement indicates love at first
sight, then follows the inevitable quarrel, the parting, the reunion, and then
a passionate climax and the ‘all’s well that ends well.'
A Romantic Suite was
performed on 14th June 1922 at Trinity College of Music by the College
Orchestra conducted by the composer, reported in The Times, 15th June
1922, p.12: “Mr Ketelbey’s Romantic Suite was well-constructed, light
music, and he brought an experience to the conductor’s desk which ensured its
success.”
The copyright was assigned to Bosworth on 5th October 1923, and the work was given it official “first performance” by the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra conducted by the composer at the Winter Gardens, Bournemouth on 10th April 1924.
Composer’s synopsis
1. Romance (Réveil d'Amour)
The first movement opens with a quiet melody followed by an episodical section which works up to a passionate climax. After a mild expression of diffidence by the lady, and reassurance by the lover, the first theme is resumed, indicating a reciprocity of feeling, and the movement ends quietly and serenely.
2. Scherzo (Pensées
Troublées)
In the second movement, Scherzo,
the lovers are parted, doubts and fears of impish malignity dart through their
minds. The man is particularly pestered
by a theme played by the L.H., which, becoming more and more insistent, is
finally reinforced ff, and followed immediately by a glissando
harp scale-passage and a bass-note representative of a cymbal. The movement concludes after the reappearance
of the first theme with a short chromatic Coda, suggestive of the
lovers' unsettled state of mind.
3. Valse Dramatique (Querelle et Reconciliation)
In the final movement, Valse
Dramatique, the lovers meet at the dance, and the man's protestations of
love are renewed; this becomes the theme of the waltz. A disturbance ensues, which causes a
cessation of the dance. After a pause
the dance is resumed softly, the bass by playing after the beat,
indicating that complete order is not yet restored, while the lady chides her lover
in a phrase super-imposed upon the original waltz theme, The lover
responds penitently, through the medium of the melody in the L.H., and renews
his love-theme even more ardently. The
waltz is renewed with full vigour and a short Coda brings the Suite to a
lively conclusion.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Orchestra |
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra, Leaper |
Marco Polo 8.223442 |
CD |
UK |
1992 |
Apr 94 p.48 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
|
Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.554709 |
CD |
UK |
1999 |
Mar 00 p.70 |
TM |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.505147 |
CD |
UK |
2000 |
Mar 00 p.70 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Naxos 8.555175 |
CD |
|
2023 |
|
|
Hear this suite at
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKboFwaSx8o2
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKl9g1LdbFg
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyBRJ2HwnKY
- 1. Romance
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
|
Orchestra |
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchesra,, Leaper |
Naxos 8.557789 |
Re-issue
from 8.223442 |
CD |
UK |
NX |
||
|
Piano |
Phillip Sear |
private recording |
|
web |
UK |
rec.Feb 2008 |
|
|
Phillips Sear’s version can
be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_auqyi4A7dY&feature=results_video&playnext=1&list=PL53A772D1D62389AC
Sunbeams and Butterflies: piano novelty
The
copyright was first assigned to Bosworth on 19th September 1924 under the title
Schmetterling = Papillons. On
30th September 1926, it was given the English title Butterfly's Frolic, as no.3 of Six
Pieces by André de Basque. This was
replaced by a new assignment on 1st January 1938, saying that the work had been
issued under the title Sunbeams and Butterflies. On stylistic grounds it
is likely that the original Schmetterling lacked the 14-bar
introduction, and was perhaps scored without the solo piano.
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Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
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Date |
Gramophone Review |
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Piano with orchestra |
Monia
Liter, London Palladium Orchestra, Greenwood |
HMV
C 3024 |
2EA
6514 |
12”
78 |
UK |
[Aug
38] rec.June 38 |
Aug
38 p.118 |
BL |
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Victor 36372 |
|
12”
78 |
US |
[ca.1940?] |
|
PD |
|
Re-issue |
-
Pearl GEMM CD 9968 |
CD |
UK |
1992 |
BL,
PD, TM |
|||
|
Re-issue |
-
1DCD 7 |
CD |
UK |
VLM Winter 98 |
||||
|
Re-issue |
-
Evergreen Melodies C 62 |
CD |
UK |
[1999] |
PD,
TM |
|||
|
Piano with dance band |
Elite
Novelty Orchestra |
Bosworth
BC 1062 |
CP
506 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[Jan
39] |
Apr
39 p.480 |
WC,
(TM CD) |
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Guild GLCD 5216 |
|
CD |
UK |
2014 |
|
|
Monia
Liter varies one string of straight crotchet chords
by arpeggiating them. This recording can be heard at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/music78albums.html
The
Elite Novelty Orchestra seems to consist of piano, violin, 2 saxophones,
trumpet, double bass and drums, and the accompaniment is much reduced. The main section is taken with much rubato,
but at average speed of dotted crotchet = 108, faster than the published
metronome of 92.
A Sunday Afternoon Reverie: an appreciation of the Decca Sunday Radio Concerts
Could this be the first
purpose-composed signature tune, with its melodic material constructed on the
letters D E C C A? The sheet music was
never published.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Orchestra |
Westminster
Light Symphony Orchesra,
|
Decca
K 604 |
GA
3288 |
12”
78 |
UK |
[Nov
31] rec. Sept 31 |
Nov
31 p.227 |
BL,
TM |
|
-
Naxos 8.1110870 |
CD |
UK |
2004 |
BL,
NX, TM |
The
recording only lasts 3’ 05”, which was very poor value for a whole side of a 12
inch 78! Peter Dempsey says the
conductor is Claude Ivy. It can be heard at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GGBbkCG93DY
.
Sunset Glow: rêverie (tone picture)
Published as a piano piece in 1921 The
striking opening theme had first appeared in an 1896 organ piece Lento
Espressivo.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Military
band |
Silver
Stars Band, Ketèlbey |
Regal
G 8526 |
A
4042 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[Mar
26] rec.Nov.25 |
TM |
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.110869 |
CD |
UK |
2003 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
|||
|
Military
band |
Silver
Stars Band, Raybould |
Regal
G 8526R |
WA
5648-1 |
10”
78 |
UK |
rec.13.6.27 |
||
|
Piano |
Rosemary Tuck |
Marco Polo 8.223699 |
CD |
UK |
1993 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
||
|
|
Re-issue |
- Naxos 8.574299 |
|
CD |
UK |
2021 |
Awards
21 p.48 |
NX,
TM |
|
Carillon |
Trevor Workman |
Bournville Carillon BC000005 |
CD |
UK |
2003 |
TM |
||
|
Synthesized |
Stephen Berry |
private recording |
|
mp3 |
UK |
2016 |
|
TM, PD |
To hear Berry’s realisation
of the orchestral version, click here http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sunset
Glow orch synth.mp3
The recording by Workman uses
his own arrangement, and was made at a live performance on Bournville Carillon,
Birmingham, on 9th August 2003
Ketèlbey makes 3 cuts totalling
28 bars, but no significant material is lost.
The speed of his opening section is crotchet = 75, faster than the
published metronome of 69. Rosemary
Tuck’s subtle rubato averages at crotchet = 61.
Trevor Workman has the same speed as the Ketèlbey, but with even more
rubato.
Hear Tuck at https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=U5NaYCJRmrI&list=RDAMVMU5NaYCJRmrI
Sweet Hope: waltz, by “Raoul Clifford”
A simple waltz for mandolin,
with either piano or guitar accompaniment, and an optional second mandolin.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Locations |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
PD,
TM |
The realisation adds mandolin tremolo on long notes, and rotates the accompaniment. Click here to hear it.
http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sweet hope for
mand ens sync.mp3
Sweet Louisiana: valse
This is one of three slow
waltzes dating from 1916-20 which were obviously written for use in the
ballroom.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
|
Orchestra |
? |
Columbia |
? |
UK |
?not issued |
|||
|
Piano |
Kenneth
Boulton |
Cambria
CAMCD-1171 |
CD |
|
NX |
|||
|
Piano |
Markus
Staab |
private
recording |
|
web |
Germany |
2014 |
|
|
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
|
mp3 |
UK |
2021 |
|
TM |
Staab’s performance can be seen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTm3Cjg6gWY
The Columbia recording was
announced as “available shortly” in Musical Opinion Jan 21, but no further
details have been found.
The title fitted in with a
programme of music linked to Louisiana planned by Boulton. The music seems to have no connection with
that state.
According to the
sheet music, this valse lente should last around 3’30”. Boulton plays with much rubato, and takes
4’38”. The McCanna orchestral
realisation is more sprightly than that at 3’57” Hear it at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Sweet
Louisiana for orch.mp3
The Swiss Dancing Doll
This piece the composer’s
last published work, dating from 1958. According to Mike Durbridge, the nephew of Ketèlbey's
second wife Mabel, the piece was inspired by a musical box which Mike had made
for his aunt. The orchestral arrangement
is by Frank Naylor.
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
|
Orchestra |
Continental
Theatre Orchestra, Buchold |
Bosworth
BCV 1328 |
CTP 18495 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[1959?] |
||
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Bosworth BOCD 162 |
|
CD |
UK |
1989 |
|
BL,
TM |
|
Orchestra |
Continental
Theatre Orchestra, Mattes |
Bosworth
BCV 1469 |
BOS 390 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[1965?] |
||
|
Re-issue
“Alpine
Bells Waltz” |
-
Soho Archive SOHOA 103 |
|
CD |
UK |
2012 |
|
|
|
|
Synthesized |
Stephen Berry |
private recording |
|
mp3 |
UK |
2016 |
|
PD, TM |
|
Synthesized |
Tom McCanna |
private recording |
|
mp3 |
UK |
2019 |
|
PD,
TM |
Even
though the transfer on BOCD 162 lasts only 1’ 29”, the 80-bar piece is cut
twice, by a total of 12 bars. There is
a bad tape join after one cut – did something go wrong in the missing 4 bars,
that they needed physically excising?
SOHOA
103 is complete, and can be heard at https://www.universalproductionmusic.com/en-pl/discover/albums/10267/childrens-comedy-and-cartoon-circus
To hear Berry’s realisation,
click here http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Swiss Dancing
Doll orchsynth.mp3
McCanna’s realisation is
based on the composer’s own short arrangement for musical box, and can be heard
at http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/mp3/synth/Swiss dancing
doll for celesta sync.mp3
Webpage last updated112 May
2023