In a Monastery Garden: characteristic intermezzo Back to list of works index

There are conflicting accounts of the origins of this piece, and when writing my own liner notes I was not aware of all the details. Here are four accounts:

1. From Franciscans Here and There no.34:

During Fr. Edgar's noviciate… a visit was made to Chilworth in 1910 by Fr. Edgar's brother, Joseph. The latter, as J.H. Larway, was a well-known music publisher… He brought with him to Chilworth on this 1910 visit a man who was at that time distinguished as a composer, conductor and musical editor: Albert Ketelbey… Joseph Larway and Albert Ketelbey were taken round the friary and grounds of Chilworth. During the tour of the woods Ketelbey turned to Joseph Larway and said "I've got an idea. If I put it on paper, will you publish it." The idea or inspiration was In a Monastery Garden.

Between one thing and another some time elapsed before the various parts were ready for publication… In 1915 Joseph Larway… took out the copyright…

What was the surprise Fr. Edgar had in store for his guests at the 1959 Jubilee of his 50 years in the Order? Notwithstanding the many moves a friar may have in 50 years Fr. Edgar went up to his cell to bring down a remnant he had stored, and saved from the wreck of many moves. It was the score of the original MS of Ketelbey's In a Monastery Garden…

Asked if he would mind this original score going into the archives of the Province, Fr. Edgar not only agreed, but agreed most willingly, and handed over the MS, which was once described in a musical review as "touching the hearts of millions of people"…

2. This account is included in the article In a Monastery Garden, by Albert W. Ketelbey, in Music Masterpieces Part 12 (18th March 1926), page 183:

It is highly necessary to feel what one writes, and also to have the right kind of inspiration. When I was writing In a Monastery Garden, one of my most popular compositions, I was for the time being an imaginary monk, and as in my earlier days I had had certain ascetic inclinations it was not difficult to get myself into a suitable frame of mind.

The first inspiration to write the piece came to me during a visit to Scarborough. I happened to drive over to Bridlington one day, and on the way I visited a beautiful old monastery. Its quietude and its aloofness from the gaiety of the world at its doors seemed to cry aloud for expression through the medium of the orchestra. I had an idea, and when I returned home I set to work to draw a musical picture of the scene as it had impressed itself upon my mind - the chanting of the monks, the serenity and calm of the landscape, and the emotional aspect generally.

I have always thought it a great compliment that many clergymen have asked me to allow them to incorporate the "chant" section of the piece into their church services.

3. The following account was given in Radio Times (4th September 1931) page 203:

In a Monastery Garden was commissioned for performance in a seaside resort. The idea for it came to the composer during a visit to a monastery while out motoring. At first no publisher would take it unless Ketélbey[sic] removed the Kyrie section: but later a publisher bowed to Ketélbey's will, and it became, Kyrie and all, one of the world's "best sellers".

4. Ketèlbey's colleague, Herbert C. Ridout, has the following in Behind the needle, 5: Looking over forty years of the gramophone (in The Gramophone November 1940 page 132):

It was in October 1915 that we issued a record of a then unknown work called In a Monastery Garden, and I think we must have been animated by the wish to give our friend Albert Ketelbey's piece a good send-off, because the coupling on the record was the more famous Destiny waltz. But there soon came a time when Monastery Garden stood quite well on its own merits, and became such a success that it pointed out a distinct path for its composer to follow.

I know Albert Ketelbey would have prefered [sic] to be identified with the more serious music he had composed and published (some of it under the nom-de-plume of Anton Vodorinski) and, but for a purely accidental happening in connection with his Monastery Garden, this might have well been the case. The story really began two years or so earlier and in a recording atmosphere, so it is quite apropos here.

Among the members of the orchestra regularly employed by Ketelbey for recording was a clarinet player called Scoma. In the summer months every year, when orchestral engagements in London were at their lowest ebb, Scoma himself conducted an orchestra of his own in Bridlington during the holiday season. Being great friends with Ketelbey, Scoma asked him if he would write for him an original orchestral work that he could feature as a novelty in his seaside programmes. That was in 1912. After paying a visit to Scoma at Bridlington, Ketelbey conceived the idea of In a Monastery Garden and passed the manuscript to Scoma. The latter soon began to report in excited letters that the little work not only aroused enthusiasm when played, but that he was receiving enquiries as to its publication. Scoma repeated the performances the following season, and this time declared that he had been pestered with requests for it in published form, rather shrewdly, however, advising the composer against publication for the moment, urging patience until it had been thoroughly tried out. He played it yet a third year at Bridlington, but this time news of its reception had traveled to London independently, for Ketelbey was approached by several London publishers anxious to secure it. Eventually J.H. Larway was the publisher chosen - at Ketelbey's own terms!

Summary. There appear to have been two pre-publication versions. The piano manuscript was with Edgar Larway at Chilworth, while the orchestral parts were with Enrico Scoma at Bridlington. Even after publication, there is one difference of harmony between the two versions that makes them incompatible.

What none of these accounts mentions is that the first appearance of In a Monastery Garden nationwide was as the recording on Regal records. This appeared in the Regal catalogue for May 1914, the year before the publication of the sheet music. This first recording uses a different orchestration from the published one, and has details closer to the piano version.

Composer’s synopsis

The first theme represents a poet's reverie in the quietude of the monastery garden amidst beatific surroundings - the calm serene atmosphere - the leafy trees, and the singing birds. The second theme in the minor, expresses the more "personal" note of sadness, of appeal and contrition. Presently the monks are heard chanting the Kyrie Eleison (which should be sung by the orchestra) with the organ playing and the chapel-bell ringing. The first theme is now heard in a quieter manner as if it had become more ethereal and distant; the singing of the monks is again heard - it becomes louder and more insistent, bringing the piece to a conclusion in a glow of exaltation.

Song versions. Ketèlbey wrote his own lyrics for a song version published in 1921, which was later adapted for various choral versions. Two of his recordings incorporate the song into the orchestral version. The lyrics set the scene at sunset, an unusual time of day for the monks to be singing the Kyrie of a mass.

Through the misty twilight falling,

Voices from afar are calling –

Calling all the weary homeward to their rest,

The evening bell is softly pealing

While from out the cloister stealing,

Comes the prayer of mercy, peaceful and so blest.

KYRIE ELEISON.

Hope will bring to us its gladness,

Faith shall take away all sadness,

While the gates of day are closing in the West;

Joy will come again with morning,

Shadows pass, but love is dawning,

God is Love, and gives us all Eternal Rest.

KYRIE ELEISON.

IMG Orch 1927. Odeon SOE 3565 is indeed re-issue. Grand orchestra symphonique "Odéon" avec choeurs.

In a Monastery Garden - orchestral

Artists	Label	Matrix	Format	Country	Date	Gramophone Review	Locations
Regal Orchestra, male chorus, ?Ketèlbey	Regal G 6688	28803	10” 78	UK	[May 14]		BL, TM, (TM CD)
Re-issue “In een kloostertuin, met zingende monniken enz.”	- Columbia D 8972	28803	10” 78	UK
Court Symphony Orchestra, male chorus, Ketèlbey	Columbia 564	6525-3	12” 78	UK	[Sept 15]		BL, (TM CD)
Re-issue	- Columbia 5067-M		12” 78	US
Columbia Symphony Orchestra, Fagan (whistler), male chorus	Columbia A 5952	49063	12” 78	US	[June 17] rec.Jan 17		BL, WC
Re-issue (“orchestra, male quartet”)	- Nations Forum 49063	49063	12” 78		[ca.1920]		WC
Lyric Symphony Orchestra	Lyric 9102		12” 78	US	[Dec 17?]
Mayfair Orchestra, ?Byng	HMV 2-558	HO 3789ae	10” 78 single sided	UK			(TM CD)
Re-issue	- HMV B 872		10” 78	UK	[Feb 18]		BL
Hager's Concert Orchestra, Fagan (whistler), Gounod Quartette (vocal)	Okeh 4342	S 7811 B	10” 78	US	[1921] rec. Mar 21
Re-issue (Hager’s Orchestra/Bohemian Orchestra)	- Parlophone E 5140	S 7811 B, 4342	10” 78	UK	[Feb 24]
Re-issue	- Apex 4342	S 7811 B	10” 78	Canada
His Master’s Voice Orchestra & Chorus (male quartet), Miro	HMV 216224	216224A 11C	10” 78	Canada	[Jan 21]		WC
Domenico Savino and his Symphony Orchestra	Pathé 20502	69096	10½” 78	US	[June 21] rec.Jan 21
Re-issue (Scala Salon Orchestra)	- Scala-Ideal 408	69096	10” 78	UK	[Nov 21]
Re-issue (Pathé Symphony Orchestra)	- Pathé 1457	?	10” 78		[Jan 22]
Re-issue	- Actuelle 10549	N 69096	10” 78		[Dec 23]		BL
Gennett Symphony Orchestra, Floridia	Gennett 4725	7499 B	10” 78	US	[July 21] rec.Aug 21		WC
Re-issue	- Gennett 9132			US
Re-issue (Champion Symphony Orchestra)	- Champion 15168	G 07499	10” 78	US	[1921]
Victor Concert Orchestra, male chorus, Bourdon	Victor 35710	A 25387	12” 78	US	[Oct 21] rec.July 21		WC
Re-issue	- Columbia A 3517	A 25387	12” 78	US	[1921]
Re-issue (Mayfair Orchestra)	- HMV C 1045		12” 78	UK	[Mar 22]		BL,PD
Re-issue	- HMV S 8142		12” 78	Italy	[May 22]
Re-issue	- Gramophone 30655	A 25387	12” 78
Peerless Orchestra, male chorus	Edison 50812	7868	10” 78	US	[Nov 21] rec.Mar 21		WC
Re-issue	- Edison 4985		cylinder	US	[Aug 25]
? unknown details	Anker	?	10” 78	Germany	?
Re-issue (Belle Vue Concert Orchestra)	- Coliseum 1460	0611, 07137	10” 78	UK	[Mar 22]
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra, New Stellar Quartet	Banner 2036	0951-3	10” 78	US	[June 22] rec.Nov 21
Re-issue	- Regal 9363	951	10” 78	US	[Oct 22]
Re-issue	- Apex 8081		10” 78	Canada	[1923]		WC
Re-issue (New Steller Quartet)	- Famous 5054-A	951	10” 78
Capitol Grand Orchestra, Rapée	Brunswick 2368	9527	10” 78	US	[Mar 23] rec.Dec 22		BL
Re-issue	- Brunswick A 361	9527	10” 78	Germany
Grosvenor Orchestra	Aco G 15216	C 5735	10” 78		[Aug 23]
?Re-issue (Guardsman Orchestra)	- Guardsman 1357	G 315	10” 78	UK	[ca Apr 24]
?Re-issue (Sutherland Orchestra)	- Beltona 209	00221	10” 78			cat.1926
Re-issue (Sutherland Orchestra)	- Beltona 829	C 5735	10” 78		[Oct 25]	Nov 25 p.296
Edith Lorand Orchestra	Parlophon/Lindström P 1648	2-6679-2	12” 78	Germany	[Mar 24]		WC
Re-issue	- Parlophone E 10116	6679	12” 78	UK	[May 24
Homocord String Orchestra, alto?, male chorus, organ	Homochord HD 540	17200	10” 78	UK	[Mar 24]		BL
Re-issue (Gamage String Orchestra)	- Gamage G 659	17200	10” 78		?
Metropolitan Opera House Orchestra (Aelioan Symphony Orchestra), male chorus, Papi	Vocalion 35038	Ny 13028	12” 78	US	[July 24]
- Sutherland Orchestra	- Beltona 5013	Ny 13028	12” 78		[Dec 24]		BL
- Albany Symphony Orchestra	- Aco F 33072	Ny 13028	12” 78	UK	[Jan 25]	Mar 25 p.389
Court Symphony Orchestra, chorus, Ketèlbey	Columbia 564	6525-4	10” 78	UK	[Oct 24]		?BL
Re-issue	- Columbia 5067-M		10” 78	US
Warwick Orchestra	Duophone A 1004	?	12” 78		[1925?]
Corinthian Orchestra	Ludgate 2902	?	10” 78	UK	[1926?]
Jack Hylton and his Orchestra	HMV	?		UK	rec.July 26, not issued
Court Symphony Orchestra, chorus, [cond. Leggett]	Columbia 564R	WAX 1679-1	10” 78	UK	[Sept 26]		BL, (TM CD)
Re-issue	- Columbia 5067-M	?AX 1676	10” 78		[1927]		WC
Victor Concert Orchestra, male chorus, Bourdon	Victor 20186	CVE 35842-3	12” 78	US	[1926] rec.Aug 26
Re-issue	- Victor 20186	BVE 35843	10” 78	US
Re-issue? (Victor Concert Orchestra, Bourdon)	- Victor 35808	35808A VE 3	12” 78	US	[Feb 27]		WC
Re-issue? (Victor Symphony Orchestra)	- Gramófono AF 205	A 35842/5-0502	12” 78	Spain			WC
Re-issue (New Light Symphony Orchestra, Bourdon)	- HMV C 1397	A 35842/5-0502	12” 78		[Oct 27]		BL
Re-issue	- Zonophone A 3517		12” 78	Australia
Re-issue	- Gramophone AN 99		12” 78	Czechoslovakia
Re-issue	- RCA Victor 216501	216501A	10” 78	Canada	?
Frank Westfield's Orchestra	Parlophone E 5727	1082-2	10” 78	UK	[Mar 27]		WC
Re-issue (Ariel Concert Orchestra)	- Ariel Z 4235	1082-2	10” 78	UK
Regal Orchestra, Raybould	Regal G 6688R	WA 5601-2	10” 78	UK	rr.31.5.27
Royal Artillery Band (strings), Stretton	Velvet Face 719	?	12” 78	UK	[Aug 27]
Odeon Künstler Orchestra, male chorus	Odeon O 6529	xxB 7827	12” 78	Germany	[Nov 27]
Re-issue	- Columbia G-50077-D						WC
Re-issue (Grand Orchestre Symphonique Odéon avec choeurs)	- Odéon 170060	xxB 7827	12” 78	France	[1927]		WC
Re-issue (Grosses Odeon-(Künstler-)Orchester/Dajos Bela Salonmusik)	- Odeon O 6562	xxB 7827	12” 78	Germany	[Nov 27]	MMU, cat.1928	WC
Re-issue (Gran Orquesta Odeón (Berlin))	- Odeón 173100	xxB 7827	12” 78	Spain	1930]		WC
Re-issue (Grande Orchestra Odeon)	- Odeon R 9197	xxB 7827	10” 78	Italy
Re-issue (Grosses Odeon-Künstler-Orchester)	- Odeon O 11689	Be 9940-0	10” 78	Germany	[May 32]	cat.1932	WC
Re-issue	- Lindström B 47311	Be 9940-0	10” 78	Germany			WC
Re-issue (Grosses Odeon-Künstler-Orchester)	- A 161218	Be 9940-0	10” 78	Austria			WC
Re-issue	- Odéon 250307	BE 9940	10” 78	France	[1947]		WC
Re-issue (Grand Orchestre Odéon, Chœur d’Odéon/Grand orchestra symphonique "Odéon" avec choeurs)	- Odéon SOE 3565		EP	France	[1960]		WC
Re-issue	- Odéon XOC 1019		LP	France	[1963]		WC
Re-issue	- Versailles VER 34007		LP	France	?		WC
Grosses Parlophon Streich-Orchestra, male chorus, Dobrindt	Parlophon/Lindström P 9176	2-20439	12” 78	Germany	[Nov 27]	MMU	WC
Re-issue (Grand Symphony Orchestra)	- Parlophone A 4000	20439	12” 78	Australia	[1928]
Re-issue (Das Orchester der Staatsoper Berlin)	- Odeon NLX-8, 290678	2-20439	12” 78	Norway
Re-issue (Grand Symphony Orchestra)	- Parlophone E 10646	2-20439	12” 78	UK		Jan 28 p.340	BL
Re-issue (Grand orchestre symphonique avec choeurs)	- Parlophone 52017	20439	10” 78	France	[1930]
Symphony Orchestra, Chapple	Broadcast 109	Z 33	8” 78	UK	[1927]		BL
Re-issue?	- Broadcast 1066		8” 78	France	?		WC
Re-issue?	- Broadcast B 1001		78	France	?		WC
Re-issue (“orchestra, cinema organ”)	- Orchestrola 0102	Z 33	8” 78	Germany	?	MMU	WC
Brunswick Concert Orchestra, vocal quartet, Walter B. Rogers	Brunswick 20067	XE 27371	12” 78	US	rec.Apr 28		BL, WC
Re-issue	- Brunswick A 5055	XE 27371	12” 78	Germany	?	MMU	WC
Edison Concert Orchestra (Giammatteo’s Orchestra) male chorus, Schloss	Edison 52403R	N 326	12” 78	US	[Nov 28] rec.July 28
Recorded simultaneously	- Edison 52403R	18614	10” 78	US	[Nov 28]
Sterno String Orchestra	Sterno 240	?	10” 78	UK	[1928?]
Albert W. Ketelbey’s Concert Orchestra, Nellie Walker (c), chorus, Ketelbey (original label omits Walker)	Columbia 9403	WAX 3107-2, 3108-2	12” 78, 2 sides	UK	[July 28] rec.Nov 27	July 28 p.61	BL, PD, TM, (TM CAS)
Re-issue	- Columbia Cinema Sercvice YBX 11	WAXD 25	12” 33	UK	[Feb 31]
Re-issue	- Evergreen Melodies C 62		CD	UK	[1999]	excerpt only	PD, TM
Re-issue	- Naxos 8.110870		CD	UK	2004		BL, NX, PD, TM
Re-issue used in Sir Clifford Curzon’s "Desert Island Discs"	- Decca 074 3186		CD	UK	2007		(TM CAS)
(Salon-Orchestra)	Artiphon 03138	3138	10” 78	Germany	[1929]	MMU	WC
Re-issue Orchestre de Salon Artiphone	- Artiphone A 116		10” 78	France			WC
George Cathie & his Victory Orchestra, chorus effects	Victory 50	DC 581	7” 78	UK	rec.Nov.28
Brunswick Orchestra. "Brunswick Brevities, program N/5"	Brunswick, radio transcription disc	XE 31161	12” 78	US	rec.9 Oct 29
Brunswick Orchestra. "Brunswick Brevities"	Brunswick, radio transcription disc	XE 31671	12” 78	US	rec.Dec 29
Fred Kitchen & his Astoria Cinema Orchestra	Dominion A 47	1029	8” 78		[Jan 29]	Feb 29 p.408
(Streich-Orchester) [Orchester Otto Dobrindt]	Derby 5641/G 5641/DO 5641	LB 257	8” 78	Germany	[1929] rec.Aug 29	MMU
Homocord-Orkester, alto solo, chorus, organ	Homocord 3268	C 1674D, 1675D	12” 78, 2 sides	Germany	[1929]	MMU	WC
Re-issue	- Homocord Sv. 4-16000	TC 1674, 1675	10” 78, 2 sides	Sweden	[Aug 29]
Eddie Cole, Gandino [Mantovani] and his Orchestra, male chorus, harmonium	Imperial 2199	5331-2	10” 78	UK	[Jan 30]	Feb 30 p.419	BL, (TM CD)
Re-issue	- Cristal 5117	5331-2	10” 78
orchestra, William Daly	Speak-o-Phone	?	12” 78		rec.1931		WC
String Orchestra, chorus, organ (Madame Tussaud’s Cinema)	Broadcast Twelve 5206	L 0786	10” 78	UK	[Jan 31]	Feb 31 p.448	BL
Westminster Light Symphony Orchestra, (Dempsey says cond Ivy or Hartley)	Decca K 604	GA 3287-2 (or GB 3282-2?)	12” 78	UK	[Nov 31]	Nov 31 p.227	BL, TM, (TM CD)
Re-issue	- Decca 25641		12” 78	US			WC
Musical Dawson's Famous Chorus of Canaries, orchestra	Broadcast 888	213	9” 78	UK		Oct 32 p.182	BL, (TM CD)
orchestra, Godfroy Andolfi	Pathé X 96282	?	10” 78	France	[1933]		WC
Commodore Grand Orchestra, male chorus, Muscant	Broadcast Super Twelve 3284	1274 XX	10” 78	UK	[Mar 33]	Mar 33 p.404	BL
Commodore Grand Orchestra, male chorus, organ, Muscant	Regal MR 1239	CAR 2478, 2479	10” 78, 2 sides	UK	[Apr 34]	Apr 34 p.444	BL
Re-issue	- Regal Zonophone G22071	CAR 2478-2, 2479-1	10” 78, 2 sides	Australia
Emil Velazco & his Organ Melodists, “fox-trot”	Columbia 2864 D	W 142583	10” 78	US	rec.Dec 33
orchestra, chorus, Kostelanetz	Andre Kostelanetz Collection	private collection	Tape	US	rec.25^th Nov 36		WC
Albert W. Ketelbey and his Concert Orchestra, tenor, male chorus, Ketèlbey	Decca F 7615	DR 4752-1	10” 78	UK	[Nov 40]	Dec 40 p.154-5	BL, (TM CD)
CBC Orchestra & Chorus, Kostelanetz	Andre Kostelanetz Collection	private collection	CD	US	rec.June 41		WC
Columbia Salon Orchestra, Palitz	Columbia 36234	B 25210/B25329	10” 78	US	[1939] rec.Aug 39
Re-issue (Brunswick Salon Orchestra)	Brunswick 8482	25210	78	US	[1939]
Harry Sosnik & his Orchestra, “fox-trot”	Decca 4089	69932	10” 78	US	[1942] rec.Nov 41		WC
orchestra, Kostelanetz	Andre Kostelanetz Collection	private collection	CAS	US	rec.10^th Jan 46		WC
André Kostelanetz and his Orchestra	Columbia 7522-M or 7523-M	XCO 36848	12” 78	US	[1947] rec.Sep 46		WC
Re-issue	- Columbia DX 1482	XCO 36848-A	12” 78		[May 48]	May 48 p.190	BL, PD
Re-issue	- Columbia MM 681		12” 78	France	?		WC
Re-issue	- Regal M 10038	XCO 36848	12” 78	Spain	[1952]		WC
Re-issue	- Columbia 44779		EP				WC
Re-issue	- Columbia A 681		EP	US			WC
Re-issue	- Columbia CL 791		LP	US	[1955?]		Library of Congress
Re-issue	- Columbia L 4151		LP	Argentina	[1961]		WC
Re-issue	- Columbia Masterworks LPCB 32104		LP	Brazil
Re-issue	- Columbia ML 4065		LP	US
New Promenade Orchestra, Wardour Singers, Robertson	London R 10019	?	10” 78	US	[1948?]		Library of Congress
Re-issue	- Decca BEP 6086		EP	Spain	1962		TM
Melachrino Strings, chorus, Melachrino	HMV B 9714	OEA 13466-2	10” 78	UK	[Jan 49]	Jan 49 p.135	BL
Re-issue	- RCA Victor 82 5285	OEA 13468	10” 78	Brazil
Re-issue	- Victor EPB 1004		EP	US			WC
New Symphony Orchestra of London, Robinson	Decca LK 4080		LP	UK	[June 54]	July 54 p.73, Mar 55 p.464-465	BL
Re-issue	- Decca LW 5120		10” LP	UK	[Aug 54		PD
Re-issue	- Decca 6835 654		LP	Netherlands	1960
Re-issue	- Ace of Clubs 1044		LP	UK	[1961]		BL, (TM CD)
Re-issue	- Eclipse ECS(+ECM) 2016		LP	UK	1969	Feb 70 p.1332	BL, PD, TM
Re-issue	- Decca DDX 190039		LP	Netherlands	1969
Re-issue	- Decca NUX 390044		LP	Netherlands	1969
Re-issue	- Decca 220014		LP	France	1969
Re-issue	- London ECL 105		LP	Brazil	1977
Re-issue	- London LL 985		LP	US
Re-issue	- London LLC 5047		LP	Brazil
Re-issue	- Richmond B 20083		LP	US
Re-issue	- Guild GLCD 5182		CD	UK	Nov 2011	LMS Spring 12
Rochester Pops Orchestra, Gould	Columbia CL 560		10” LP	US	[1954]
Re-issue	- Columbia AL 47		10” LP	US	[1954]
Re-issue	- Columbia 1854		EP	US	[1954]
Re-issue	- Columbia B 4253/5-1977		SP	US	[1954]
Re-issue	- Philips NBE 11045, 409517 NE		EP	UK	cat.Oct 56	Nov 56 p.226	BL
Re-issue	- Philips SBF 174		SP	UK		Nov 59 p.251
Re-issue	- Philips GO 6605R		10” LP	France	[1959]		WC
Re-issue	- Columbia Masterworks LPCB 27003		10” LP	Brazil
Re-issue	- Coronet KLL 002		10” LP	Australia
Wilhelm Stephan mit seinem grossen Konzertorchester	Deutsches Grammophon 79376	5998 LHN	10” 78	Germany	?		WC
Re-issue ペルシャの市場	- Polydor DP 1016		EP	Japan			PD
Eric Robinson Orchestra/"Music for You" Concert Orchestra, Robinson (arr. Wilkinson)	Argo RG 40		LP	UK	[1955]	Mar 55 p.464	BL, (TM CAS)
Re-issue	- Westminster WP 6002/WN 1087/RG 11		LP	US	[1955]
Heinrich Riethmüller (Polychord-Konzertorgel), seine Instrumentalsoloiten [Orchester des Bayerischen Rundfunks], chorus, [cond. Schmidt-Boelke]	Opera 3116		10” LP	Germany	[1956]		Pfälzische Landesbibliothek
Wal Berg & son Grand Orchestre, Choeurs Louis Volleman (arr.Walberg)	Voix de son maître 7EGF 162		SP	France	[1956]		WC
Re-issue	- Voce del padrone 7EPQ 591		SP	Italy	[1958]
Re-issue	- Voz de su amo 7ERL1134		SP	Spain	[1958]		WC
Re-issue	- Barclay BB42, B 11897		LP	France	[1960]		WC
Re-issue (Wal Berg & son Grand Jazz Symphonique)	- Trianon 4555 ETS		SP	France			WC
Re-issue	- Trianon 5336 TRS		10” LP	France	[1963/4]		WC
Gran Orquesta Sinfónica (Madrid), Etcheverry	Philips 432607 AE		EP	Spain	[1956?]		WC, PD
Re-issue	- Fontana CFE 15006		EP	UK	]1958]	July 58 p.78	BL
Re-issue	- Epic NEP 5068		EP	Japan	[1958]
Re-issue	- Pergola 10089 C		EP	Spain	[1967]
Re-issue	- Philips 313189 SF		EP	Germany	[1977]		WC
Vienna State Opera Orchestra, Aliberti (with new introduction)	Westminster WP 6082		LP	US	[1958] rec.June 57		(TM CD)
Re-issue	- Westminster WGWS 18071		LP	Australia	1958
Re-issue	- Westminster WTP 132		4-track tape	Us	1960
Re-issue	- Westminster WST 15005		LP				WC
Re-issue	- World Record Club TP 359		LP	UK	1963		BL, PD
Re-issue	- Clave 18-1246 S		LP	Spain	1971
Re-issue Orquesta sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen	- Dial Discos/Nevada ND 501312		LP	Spain	1978		WC, TM
Re-issue Orquesta sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen	- Dial Discos NC 501312		CAS	Spain	[1978]		WC
Re-issue	- Westminster WGS 8139		LP	US	1981		TM
Re-issue Orquesta sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen	- Dial Discos/Doblon 102048		CAS	Spain	[1986]		WC
Re-issue Orquesta sinfónica de Baviera, Jenssen	- Dial 960139		CD	Spain	1991		WC
Re-issue	- Westminster IWA 930558		LP	Japan
Re-issue	- Voix de son maître 2CO 59392502		LP	France			WC
Re-issue	- World Record Club S 4743		LP	Australia
Re-issue	- Voix de son maître C 24592502		CAS	France			WC
Embassy Light Orchestra, Hale	Embassy WEP 1009		EP	UK	[1958]
Re-issue (Light Orchestra, Hale)	- Cupol CEP 192		EP		?		WC
Re-issue	- Prestige PEP 2013		EP	New Zealand
Orchestre du Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Bonneau	Ducretet-Thomson 470 C019		SP	France	[1958][1955?]		WC
Re-issue (Coros líricos de París)	- Telefunken TFJ 23001		SP	Spain	[1958]		WC
Re-issue	- Ducretet-Thomson D/E 3		SP	Spain	[1962]
Re-issue	- Ducretet-Thomson KLTC 78		SP	Italy	[1965]
Re-issue	- Ducretet-Thomson DEPA 77002		SP	Portugal
Re-issue	- Telefunken UX 4720		EP	Norway
New Symphony Orchestra of London, chorus, organ, Sharples	Decca SKL 4077, LK 4329		LP	UK	[1959]	Feb 60 p.434	BL, PD
Re-issue	- London CM. 9041		LP	Canada	[1959]
Re-issue	- London LL 3141		LP	US	[1959]
Re-issue	- London PS 186		LP	US	[1959]
Re-issue	- Axis 6326		LP	Australia	[1959]
Re-issue	- Decca DFE 6613		EP	UK	[1959/1960]	Feb 60 p.434	BL
Re-issue	- Decca STO 126		EP	UK	[1960]	Feb 60 p.434	BL, PD
Re-issue	- Decca SDGE 71246		EP	Spain	[1960]		WC
Re-issue	- Decca SDX 2127		SP	Germany
Re-issue	- Decca OP 6056		SP	Italy
Re-issue	- London LS 5009		EP	Japan
Re-issue	- Decca LXT 4329		LP	Spain	[1960]		WC
Re-issue	- Decca SKC 4077		LP/CAS	Spain	[1969]		WC
Re-issue	- Decca SPA 187		LP	UK	1971	July 72 p.253	BL, PD
Re-issue	- London SPA 4036		LP	Canada	1971
Re-issue	- Decca SPL 3046		LP	South Africa	1977
Re-issue	- Decca 65 94 156		LP	Spain	1981
Re-issue	- Decca LPD 253 Y		LP	Belgium
Re-issue	- Westminster WGS 8139		LP	Brazil
Re-issue	- Decca 841203		CAS	Spain	1982		WC
Re-issue	- Decca 452987-2 DWO		CD	UK	1997	Nov 97 p.48, Oct 12 p.109	BL, PD, TM
Re-issue	- Vocalion CDLF 8143		CD		[2011]	LMS Aut 11	PD
Re-issue	- Memory Lane “Yes M’Lud”		CD	UK	2012
Re-issue	- Memory Lane “Countryfile”		mp3	UK	2014
Re-issue	- Memory Lane “Yesterday’s Britain”		mp3	UK	2014
Medallion Concert Band, Hermann	Medallion MS-7501		LP	US	1960
Re-issue	- London HAR 2274, SAH-R 6093		LP	UK	1960	Oct 60 p.242	BL, WC
Re-issue	- Hae Shan SHS 1042		LP	Taiwan
Orchestre symphonique, Amati	Orphée 150012		SP	France	[1962]		WC
Re-issue	- Pacific 150012		SP	Germany	[1962]
Re-issue	- Belter 16084		EP	Spain	[1964]
Re-issue	- Belter 33085		LP	Spain	[1966]
Re-issue (Orchestre symphonique de Vienne)	- Mondio Music MMC 1011		LP	France	1970
Orchestre symphonique, Killer	Vega V45 P2190		SP	France	[1962]		WC
Orchestre symphonique, chorus (?reissue of Killer above)	Vega 45 VJ 411		SP	France	[1963]		WC
Re-issue	- Vega 5570		EP	France	[1964]
Re-issue	- Saphir LDP 5089, 5770		EP, SP	France	?	cat.1967	WC
Re-issue	- Véga 10586		LP	France	?[1970s]		WC
London Metropolis Symphony Orchestra, male chorus, Freedman	- Allegro ALL/SALL 816		LP	UK	[1966]
Re-issue	- Embassy WLP 6060		LP	UK
The Longines Symphonette	Longines Symphonette LW 168		LP	US	[1966/1969?]
Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra, male chorus, Mareczek	Philips G 05585		10” LP	France	[1967]		WC
Re-issue	- Philips 836397 VZ		10” LP	France	[1967]		WC
Re-issue	- Philips 837494 GY		LP	France		cat.1967	WC
Re-issue	- Mercury Wing SRW 18090		LP	US	[1968]
Re-issue	- Philips STLP 900531		LP	Brazil	[1969]
Re-issue	- Fontana SFL 14141		LP	UK	[1970]	Jan 70 p.1188	BL, PD, TM, (TM CD)
Re-issue	- Philips 730236		CAS	Spain	[1971]		WC
Re-issue	- Fontana 6747 039		LP	France	[1973]		WC
Re-issue	- Philips 7431 049		CAS	Spain	[1977]		WC
Re-issue	- Philips G 03488 L		LP	France			WC
Re-issue	- Phillips 839800 GY/GSY		LP	Sweden			WC
Re-issue	- Contour 6870 576		LP	UK
Re-issue	- Philips 432607 AE		10” LP	France
Re-issue	- Philips 6504 042		LP	Spain
Re-issue	- Philips 6537 018		LP	France
Re-issue	- Philips 412 126		EP	Netherlands
Re-issue	- Philips 7318 016		CAS	France			WC
Re-issue	- Philips 9117 CAA		CAS	France			WC
Royal Philharmonic Chorus & Orchestra, Rogers	Decca PFS 4170		LP	UK	1969	Nov 69 p.833	BL, TM
Re-issue	- London SPC 21036		LP	US	1969
Re-issue	- Decca SLZ.8386,		LP	NZ	1969
Re-issue	- London LLN-7164,		LP	Brazil	1969
Re-issue	- London SPA 4016		LP	US	[1971]		WC
Re-issue	- Decca BPS 2		LP	UK	1973
Re-issue	- Decca SPA 356		LP	UK	1974		BL
Re-issue	- Decca 16BB 230		LP	UK	1975
Re-issue	- Orlador 54452		LP	Spain	1975
Re-issue	- Decca STBD 10-2		LP	UK		Sept 77 p.518
Re-issue	- Decca DGS 16		LP	US	1980
Re-issue	- Decca 6594064		LP	Spain	1981		WC
Re-issue	- London 416 5281		LP	Spain	1986
Re-issue	- Encanto END 5206		LP	US	1987
Re-issue	- Trax Classique TRX 106		LP	UK	1987		BL
Re-issue	- London 430 1562		CD	US	1990
Re-issue	- Decca 444786-2LPF		CD	UK	1996	Aug 96 p.60	BL, PD, TM
Re-issue (Phase 4 Experience Sampler)	- Decca 444788-2		CD	UK	1996		BL
Re-issue	- MG Direct Marketing D 115620		CD	US	1996
Re-issue (Phase 4 Experience)	- PolyGram Ibérica 452449-2		CD	Spain	1996
Re-issue	- Decca 466 8562		CD	UK	1999
Re-issue	- Decca 532 2950		CD	Australia	2010
Re-issue	- Trax Classique TRX CD 106		CD	UK
Franck Pourcel & son grand orchestre (arr. Pourcel)	Voix de son maître 1551683, 1551703		LP	France	[1970]		WC
Re-issue	- Voix de son maître 2CO 6115575		LP	France	[1970?]		WC
Re-issue	- Odeon SURL 20764		LP	Uruguay	[1970
Re-issue	- La voce del padrone 3C 005-17777		EP	Italy	1971
Re-issue	- Readers Digest 40SM		LP	France	1974		WC
Re-issue	- Readers Digest 272S		CAS	France	1974		WC
Re-issue	- World Cassette Club 0622,		CAS	Australia	1974
Re-issue	- World Record Club S 5699		LP	Australia	1974
Re-issue	- World Record Club R-01814,		LP (& CAS)	Australia	1976
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest 1009-K		CAS	Spain	1980
Re-issue	- EMI SOLP-7187		LP	Venezuela
Re-issue	- EMI Classics CDZ 767 6842		CD	Spain	1992
Re-issue	- Parlophone		mp3		2019
KRO Huisorkest	Basf 14-25188-8		LP	Netherlands	1973
Re-issue	- Fonos LP 4833		CD	Netherlands
Ernest Wilson & his Music, “sequence waltz”	Silver Dollar SDX 3961		EP	UK	1975
Orchester Marcus Österdahl, Arne Lamberth (trumpet), Visavi (song group)	Bosworth BRM 33005		LP	Germany	1975
Philharmonia Orchestra, Ambrosian Singers, Lanchbery	EMI ASD 3542		LP	UK	1978	July 78 p.261	BL, PD, TM
Re-issue	- Angel EAC 55030		LP	Japan	[1978]
Re-issue	- Angel S 37483		LP	US	1978
Re-issue	- His Master’s Voice TC-ASD 3542		CAS	UK	1978
Re-issue	- EMI 26 1370		LP	Germany	1978
Re-issue	- EMI 7C 06102986		LP	Sweden	1978
Re-issue	- Hörzu 1C 05702986Q		LP	Germany	1978		WC
Re-issue	- World Record Club R-05771		LP	Australia	1979
Re-issue	- Angel SS 45012		EP	US	1979
Re-issue	- Voz de su Amo 10C 265002986Q		LP/CAS	Spain	[1980]		WC
Re-issue	- Voix de son maître 2C 2692986		LP/CAS	France			WC
Re-issue	- His Master’s Voice 7C 137-35756		LP	Sweden	1980
Re-issue	- His Master’s Voice 1546401		LP	Sweden	1983
Re-issue	- Richmond B 20083		LP	US
Re-issue	- Angel EAC-80451		LP	Japan
Re-issue	- EMI CDC 7478062		CD	UK	1987	Nov 87 p.825	WC
Re-issue	- EMI 7243 5730 025		CD	UK	1990
Re-issue	- EMI CDM 253 8402		CD	Netherlands	1992
Re-issue	- EMI 7234 5680 6122		CD	UK	1993
Re-issue	- CD-CFP 4637		CD	UK	1993	Mar 94 p.114	BL, TM
Re-issue	- TC-CFP 4637		CAS	UK	1993	Mar 94 p.114
Re-issue	- EMI 50112920		CD	Japan?	1994 [2007]		TM
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 7243 5730 0124		CD	Netherlands	1998
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 5730002		CD	Germany	[1998]		WC
Re-issue	- HMV 5724852				1998
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 0724 3573 00056		CD		[1999]		NX
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 0742 3573 00155		CD		[1999]		NX
Re-issue	- EMI 7243 57499 828		CD	UK	2001
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 7243 8266 6424		CD	Europe	2002
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 00946 352 39959/352399-2		CD		[2006]		NX
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 5099 9228 28552		CD		[2008]		NX
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 5099 9088 79653		CD		2011		NX
Re-issue	- EMI Classics 5099 9327 1552		CD		2012		NX
Re-issue	- Warner Classics 5099999377250		CD		2013		NX
Re-issue	- Angel HCD-1353		CD	Japan
London Promenade Orchestra, Ambrosian Chorus, Faris	Philips 6514 152		LP	UK	1982	Apr 82 p.1423	BL, TM
Re-issue	- Philips 7337152		CAS	UK	1982	Apr 82 p.1423	WC
Re-issue	- Philips 400 011-2PH		CD	UK	1983	Apr 83 p.1152	BL, PD, TM
Re-issue	- Musical Heritage Society MHS 11165F		CD	Germany	1986
Re-issue of fragment? “De magische klok”	- Efteling EF 10011		LP	Netherlands	1987
Re-issue of fragment? “De magische klok”	- TBA CD 10011		CD	Netherlands	1988
Re-issue	- Philips MCCE 7084		CAS	Mexico	1991
Re-issue	- Philips 4626572		CD		1999		BL
Re-issue	- Sony Music Media SMM 4944892		CD	Belgium	1999
Re-issue	- Decca/Universal 4737202		CD		2003	June 03 p.50	BL, WC, PD
Re-issue (cond. Myers) “Dans les jardins du’un monastère”	- Mon Patriomoine Musical		mp3	France	2019
Salonorkest Pluche, Koos Huizinga (narrator) (arr. Smit)	Nova Zembla NZR 84004		LP	Netherlands	1984
Re-issue	- Fonos ST 628 13		CD	Netherlands
Palm Court Theatre Orchestra, Godwin	Chandos CHAN 8856		CD	UK	1990	Sept 90 p.616, VLM Winter 91	BL, NX
Slovak Philharmonic Male Chorus, Czecho- Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leaper	Marco Polo 8.223442		CD	UK	1992	Apr 94 p.48	BL, NX, PD, TM
Re-issue	- Naxos 8.553515		CD	UK	1996		BL, NX
Re-issue	- Naxos 8.554586		CD	UK
Re-issue	- Naxos 8.554710, 8.505147		CD	UK	1999	Mar 00 p.70	TM
Re-issue Symfonieorkest Bratislava	- Sony SMM 4944892, 494489000		CD	Belgium	1999
Re-issue	- Naxos 8.555175		CD		2023
National Philharmonic Orchestra, Gerhardt (duration 5’46”)	Reader’s Digest DRDS 1028		CD	Netherlands	1993	copyright 1987
Re-issue “London Promenade Orchestra, Gamley”	- Reader’s Digest 65002		CD	UK	1993		BL
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest 30592		CD	France	1993		WC
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest 20592		CAS	France	1993		WC
Re-issue “London Promenade Orchestra, Gerhardt”	- Reader’s Digest RCDC 1991		CD	UK	1997		TM
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest 31052123		CD	France	2000		WC
Re-issue “London Promenade Orchestra, Gerhardt”	- Reader's Digest RDCD 56913		CD	UK	2007
Tin Pan Alley Orchestra, Barnard	private recording		CAS	UK	Oct 96		TM
London Promenade Orchestra, Gerhardt (duration 3’02”)	Reader’s Digest 3839		CD	Netherlands	1997
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest G94027 G BR 3		CD	Brazil	1998
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest RDCD01-1		CD	Russia	2002
Re-issue (perhaps not this version)	- Reader’s Digest E 98002 LTLT		CD	Lithuania	2010
Re-issue	- Selezione dal Reader’s Digest RDCD 169		CD	Italy
Re-issue	- Reader’s Digest 20201011 CD		CD	Poland
Northstar Orchestra	Direct Source		CAS, CD		2000
New London Orchestra, Corp	Hyperion CDA 67400		CD	UK	2002	Awards 02 p.69	TM
Re-issue	- Hyperion CDS 44261-4		CD	UK	2006?	VLM Autumn 06
Re-issue?	- National Trust 20226		CD	UK	2003
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Singers, Robertson (introduced by Clive Anderson)	BBC		web	UK	2009		PD
?	Yesterday’s Music C150		CD	UK	2014	LMS Summer 14
Salon-Orchester Alfred Beres	Heimklang 1560	?	10” 78	Germany	?[pre-1926?]	MMU
Re-issue?	- Adler-Electro 5467	7199	10” 78		?	MMU	WC
Re-issue?	- Pallas 188	37199	10” 78	Germany	?		WC
Re-issue?	- 201	7199	10” 78		?		WC
Berliner Konzert-Orchester, Evans	Tri-Ergon 1168	2472	12” 78	Germany	?	MMU	WC
Berliner Symphoniker, Collegium Musicum Vocale Berlin, Liebe	Lindström/Odeon O 28067	Be 14254	10” 78	Germany	?		WC
Re-issue	- Odeon X 3341	Be 14254	10” 78	Brazil	?
Emil Roósz mit seinem Künstlerkapelle/Orchester v. Hotel Adlon, Berlin	Kristall 1246	C 1572	10” 78	Germany	?[pre-1926?]	MMU
Re-issue	- 19230	C 1572	10” 78		?		WC
Re-issue (Stråkorkester)	- Teco 247	C 1572	10” 78	Sweden	[1933]
Grand Orchestre, chorus, organ	Pathé 8607	N 300114	10” 78	France	?		WC
Grand Orchestre de Genre, chorus	Omnia 25052	?	10” 78	France	?		WC
Grand Orchestre Symphonique, chorus	Parlophone 52017	?	12” 78	France	?		WC
Grand Orchestre Symphonique	Lucky PG 8007		EP	Greece	?
Grand Orchestre Viennois	Atout 4071	?	10” 78	France	?		WC
Re-issue	- Colisée 11055		10” 78	France	?		WC
Re-issue	- Galfadisc GL 127		10” 78	France	?		WC
Grosses Salon-Orchester	Artiphon (red label) 9730	?	78	Germany	?	MMU
Re-issue	- Wotama-Elektro 9730A		78	Germany	?	MMU
Neues Symphonie-Orchester	Electrola EH 85	?	78	Germany	?	MMU
Odeon Orchestra	Odeon 3224	?	78		?		WC
Orchestra, chorus, organ, Schleger	Telefunken/Ultraphon A 1036	18192	10” 78	Germany	?		WC
Orchestre de genre	BHV-Le Rivolia 1073	?	10” 78	France	?		WC
Orchestre Lutèce, chorus	Gramophone L 787	?	12” 78	France	?		WC
Parlophon-Künstlerorchester, chorus	Lindström	?	10” 78	Germany	?		WC
Robert F. Hilliard Concert Orchestra	RCA Thesaurus 700-300		16” LP	US	?		WC
Royal Orchestra	Savana 822	342	5 ½” 78	UK	?[1920s]
Re-issue (Orchestra)	- Marspen 624	342	5 ½” 78	UK	?[1920s]
Streichorchester J. Presburg (string orchestra)	Clausophon 278	5897	10” 78	Germany	?		WC

The 1927 recordings for Odeon and Parlophone have similar sounding ensembles and revised scoring, but xxB7827 moves the minor section later, while 2-20439 has a cuckoo calling.

The details for the Charles Gerhardt (apparently real name Douglas Gamley) versions are very confused. There appear to be two versions differing considerably in length, but with overlapping names for the orchestra.

There are a couple of unusual choices to be made by anyone conducting this from the original parts – the Kyrie is for men's chorus with wind, but the bass line only occurs in the organ part – so what to do if no chorus or organ? In the table below, chorus and organ are mentioned if present and audible. There are a variety of bird-calls, very of few of which imitate birds heard in England. The saxophone part used in some modern recordings dates from the 1930s.

Artists	Notes	Link
Aliberti	New scoring, with piano. Slow. New introduction based on coda. Bell sounds tinny.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K1XbpB4PzMA
Andolfi	A straightforward performance with chorus and organ (?). Monotonous twitter from bird.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8ZfR60Xgnc
Beres	Very small orchestra, prominent solo violin. 4 extra bell notes at beginning. With cuts. Plenty of bird and flute. Kyrie on harmonium.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-einem-klostergarten_a-w-ketelbey_gbia0123275a
Bourdon (1921)	Canary-like bird. Brass bass. Confident men’s chorus.	https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/700010635/C-25387-In_a_monastery_garden
Bourdon (1926)	A straight performance, with cuts. Distant monks with organ(?). Extra bell note at end.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_new-light-symphony-orchestra-ketelbey_gbia7002600a
Columbia Salon Orchestra (1939)	With cuts. With piano. Strings replace voices in Kyrie.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_columbia-salon-orchestra-ketelbey_gbia0068504a
Columbia Symphony Orchestra (1917)	Small orchestra, very indistinct tone. Bird soloist is Sybil Sanderson Fagan. Probably just 2 monks, with organ? The playback in the link is too slow.	https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000143416/49063-In_a_monastery_garden
Corp	With saxophone. Scratch choir of monks.
Dawson & canaries	With cuts. The canaries sing non-stop over a standard performance by a string orchestra with piano & organ.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhyGJ5f9Ks4
Dobrindt	Some rescoring for brass and voices. Bird calls include a cuckoo. Extra bells before Kyrie and at end, sound like real bells. First tenor sings octave higher in places. Shares some distinguishing features with the Odeon 1927 recording.	https://archive.org/details/78_14605-Dans-le-jardin-de-monastere
Etcheverry	Curious acoustic, like a swimming bath. A dreary performance, but strong choir backed by organ. Bells almost inaudible.	https://archive.org/details/phil.-432.607-aeof-1-ketelbey-sur-un-marche-persan-jesus-etcheverry
Faris	Uses an anachronistic saxophone. Refined choir with pipe organ.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8wRMknaLcbo
Floridia	With cuts. Straight performance with small orchestra. Shy bird and flute. Prominent tenor voice in small choir. Detached phrasing in coda.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_gennett-symphony-orch-p-floridia-ketelbey_gbia0042936a
Freedman	Rather lumpy phrasing, with first beat of each bar emphasised.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXfuEJo5c1c&list=OLAK5uy_lzOlKIguAmn0iAgyimiQGcOeRfnQnzEEA
Gandino	New opening with bell and chorus. Fast minor section. Bird call tolerably similar to Eurasian robin. Chorus sing different chord layout. Ends loud.	Imperial 2199
Gerhardt (5'46"?)	Re-scored, with additional bird calls. It has 6 additional, entirely superfluous tonic chords at the very beginning. Brass very unbalanced in Kyrie section	Played a semitone sharp, lasting 5'27" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fL-CUzQ1A8
Godwin	Chamber orchestra with solo strings and piano. Distant choir accompanied by piano.	https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=UglyQs1WyM0&list=RDAMVMUglyQs1WyM0
Gould	New opening. Lacks bird calls. Glock replaces Tubular Bells.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mMAxjwn4KQ
Hager	With cuts. Tuba on bass line. Sybil Fagan performs the elegant bird calls. First tenor takes higher notes at end.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_hagers-orchestra-a-w-ketelbey-gounod-quartette-sibyl-sande_gbia0097408a
Hermann	Re-orchestrated. Kyrie sung wordless by solo soprano.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWrPsTXJAzc
His Master’s Voice Orchestra	With cuts. Very languid, with slow scoops in violins. Tuba on bass line. Quartet on monks.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_his-masters-voice-orchestra-and-chorus-ketelbey_gbia0363499a
Ketèlbey (1914)	Uses pre-publication orchestration, with the following instruments audible: violin, cello, flute, 2 cornets, trombone, bells, very small male chorus. No bird calls. Cuts minor section. Chorus tacet during coda.	Regal G 6688
Ketèlbey (1915)	Reduced orchestra, lacking oboe, bassoon, trombones, glock, timpani. Tuba replaces double bass. Dull bird calls. Cuts 17-24. Men's chorus divides into 3 parts, with different underlay, including words "Christe eleison". Chorus accompanied by harmonium?
Ketèlbey (1928)	Slow. With organ, harp, mixed chorus, tuba on bass line. First reprise sung by contralto solo, accompanied by flute, clarinet, bell, harp and strings. Kyrie prefaced by 8 bars of organ and bells. Mixed chorus. Contralto sings again in second reprise. Ends ff.	Columbia 9403
Ketèlbey (1940)	With cuts. Fast, sounds slightly sharp (perhaps because of the organ). Small orchestra without cornets, trombones or timpani, but with organ. Extra bird-song. Some bell notes omitted. With chorus, and baritone singing in second reprise.
Kostelanetz (1947)	Starts with 20 seconds of orchestral birdsong. Frilly reorchestration, with some odd key sequences. Rushes between phrases.	http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/3163766
Lanchbery	No bird call at start. With saxophone. Monks convincingly distant in first Kyrie, with chapel organ.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8tNS-uKLao0
Leaper	To my ears, the phrasing lacks fluency. Tidily sung, without organ.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Qsxpg7LcQs
Leggett (named in Columbia studio diary)	Lugubrious tone. Bird song has passing resemblance to song thrush. Strong chorus, singing as in Ketèlbey 's 1915 recording. Ends loud.
Liebe	Includes mixed voice backing chorus and a cuckoo.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-einem-klostergarten-in-a-monastery-garden_berliner-symphoniker-albert-w-ketel_gbia0510420a
Mareczek	Rather disjointed phrasing. The Kyrie is sung unaccompanied, apart from an out-of-tune tubular bell.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kr0Q5VMJ7w
Mayfair Orchestra	With cuts. Brisk. Strong muted cornet. Monks sound down-to-earth.	- HMV B 872
Melachrino	Sumptuously rearranged for strings with harp & percussion. Cuts minor section. Chorus accompanied by rhythmic pizzicato and bells.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_the-melachrino-strings-albert-w-ketelbey-george-melachrino_gbia7007955a
Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra	Voices unbalanced, some flute notes lost.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_metropolitan-symphony-orchestra-new-steller-quartet-albert-w_gbia0453698a
Muscant (Regal)	With piano and small organ. The bassoon is replaced by a brass instrument (euphonium in the score, but sounds like a trombone).	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden-part-1_the-commodore-grand-orch-ketelbey-joseph-muscant_gbia3000577a https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden-part-2_the-commodore-grand-orch-ketelbey-joseph-muscant_gbia3000577b
Odeon (1927)	Very sumptuous sound. Sections played in different order. The chorus parts rewritten, backed by loud brass. Overlapping continental church bells before the Kyrie and at end.	http://bdh.bne.es/bnesearch/detalle/2780859 or https://archive.org/details/78_im-klostergarten-in-a-monastery-garden_groes-odeon-knstler-orchester-w-a-ket_gbia7007231a
Peerless Orchestra	With cuts. Small orchestra with tuba on bass. Similar bird to Columbia Symphony Orchestra. Phrasing either rushed or disjointed. Perfunctory monks.	https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000154870/7868-In_a_monastery_garden
Salonorkest Pluche	Recorded at live concert. New arrangement, with Dutch commentary as voice over. Chamber ensemble with just 5 solo strings, piano and bell. With men's chorus.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4O5v7KEVTe0 at 24' 55"
Pourcel	Re-scored, with plenty of cor anglais. Real birds singing. Slow, with exaggerated rubato and added reverb. Kyrie melody distorted. Bell replaced by Glockenspiel.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Swb-qaLZKz0
Rapée	With cuts. 8 extra bell notes at start., one at end. Reticent bird. With chorus and harmonium(?). Tenor takes last two notes higher then written.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_capitol-grand-orchestra-erno-rapee-ketelbey_gbia0009541a
David Robertson	Recorded in the Albert Hall, London, at the Last Night of the Proms, 12 September 2009. Tasteful performance, with a massive assembly of monks.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AahCFezMQWk
Roy Robertson	Quiet bird call. Cuts reprise. With chorus.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_the-new-promenade-orchestra-roy-robertson-the-wardour-singers_gbia0020468
Eric Robinson	A new orchestration, played to the composer on the Music for You TV programme. With chorus.	http://www.albertketelbey.org.uk/broadcasts.html
Stanford Robinson	Muted cornet plays with bleating vibrato. Added harp in second reprise. Distant monks.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40HOSBgSUoM
Eric Rogers	Vivid sound. Flute obligato includes piccolo notes. Monks sound healthy. Little harp flourish after Kyrie.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tm_fgSN9SZI
Walter B. Rogers	8 extra bell notes at start, copied from Rapée's earlier version for Brunswick. With small chorus.	http://archive.org/details/AKetelbyFestival-5CutsFrom1927-1930
Roósz	Acoustic recording of very small orchestra with piano and brass bass. Much portamento and rubato from prominent solo violin and cello. Cuts Kyrie and reprise.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CZLY5s9uFbM
Savino	Omits coda, but male chorus reintroduced for final bars of main melody.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monastery-garden_domenico-savino-and-his-symphony-orchestra-ketelby_gbia0436947a.
Schloss	Canary-like bird call. 9-strong chorus. Discordant bell, sounding flat by a wide tone, ringing on at the end.	https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.php/matrix/detail/2000159425/18614-In_a_monastery_garden
Sharples	Slow. Bird vaguely resembles Eurasian robin. Solemn monks, with full organ.	https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=MbZZ6i_PfmU&list=RDAMVMMbZZ6i_PfmU
Sosnik	With cuts. Rescored with prominent sax section. Semitone key shift upwards near end.	https://archive.org/details/78_in-a-monestary-garden_harry-sosnik-and-his-orchestra-albert-w-ketelbey_gbia0049028b
Wal Berg	Sumptuous rescoring and some reharmonization. Bizarre glock during Kyrie (sung with French accent). Reprise with ondes martenot effect.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlQrk4Yx6x4
Westminster Light SO	No bird calls. Brisk. Chorus with organ.	Decca K 604

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