In the Moonlight: poetic intermezzo Back to list of works index
Dating from 1919, this was the first of a number of
post-war intermezzos in a simple style, with the melodies built on repeated
rhythmic units, the harmony mainly diatonic, and the whole structure consisting
of four-square sections followed by a short coda. The score includes celeste or alternatively
harp, though piano is also mentioned as a possibility in the orchestral parts.
In the Moonlight –
orchestral
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Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
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Grosses Symphonie- Orchester (Staatskapelle Berlin), chorus, organ, Weissmann
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Odeon O 2940 |
Be 8987 |
10” 78 |
Germany |
rec.1930 |
MMU |
WC |
|
Re-issue Grand Symphony Orchestra, chorus |
- Parlophone R 806 |
Be 8987 |
10” 78 |
UK |
[Dec 30] |
Dec 30 p.349 |
|
|
London Palladium Orchestra, Crean |
HMV C 2309 |
2B 2006-4A |
12”
78 |
UK |
[Mar 32] rec.Oct 31 |
Mar 32 p.433 |
BL, (TM CAS) |
|
- Electrola EH 768 |
2B 2006-IVA |
12”
78 |
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WC |
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Re-issue |
- Victor 36090 |
2B 2006 |
12”
78 |
US |
[1933] |
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Re-issue |
- Gramophone EB 69 |
2B 2006 |
12”
78 |
Australia |
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Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.110174 |
CD |
UK |
2001 |
NX,
PD, TM |
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Alfredo
Campoli and his Orchestra (fragment in “Romance in Moonlight” medley) |
HMV
BD 359 |
OEA
3818-1 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[Aug
36] |
Aug
36 p.121 |
BL |
|
Albert
W. Ketelbey & his Concert Orchestra, Ketèlbey |
Decca
F 7615 |
DR
4758-1 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[Nov
40] |
Dec
40 p.154-5 |
BL,
(TM CD) |
|
Louis
Voss Grand Orchestra |
Bosworth
BC 1114 |
CP
795 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[1941?] |
(TM
CD) |
|
|
London
Bijou Players |
Bosworth
BC 1298 |
CTP
17407 |
10”
78 |
UK |
[1953] |
|
|
|
Re-issue “Roses for a Lady” |
-
Soho Archive SOHOA 115 |
|
CD |
UK |
2015 |
|
|
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New
Symphony Orchestra of London, Robinson |
Decca
LW 5120 |
10”
LP |
UK |
[Aug
54] |
PD |
||
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Re-issue |
-
Decca 452987-2 DWO |
CD |
UK |
1997 |
Nov 97 p.48, Oct 12 p.109 |
BL,
PD, TM, (TM CD) |
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Re-issue |
-
Decca/Universal 473720-2 |
CD |
|
2003 |
June
03 p.50 |
WC |
|
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Re-issue |
-
Guild Light Music GLCD 5141 |
CD |
UK |
Nov
07 |
|||
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Re-issue |
-
Efteling 85293 |
|
CD |
Netherlands |
2012 |
|
|
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Philharmonia Orchestra, Lanchbery |
EMI
ASD 3542 |
LP |
UK |
1978 |
July
78 p.261 |
BL,
TM |
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Angel S 37483 |
|
LP |
US |
1978 |
|
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|
Re-issue |
- Angel EAC
55030 |
|
LP |
Japan |
[1978] |
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|
|
Re-issue |
- EMI 7C 06102986 |
|
LP |
Sweden |
1978 |
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|
Re-issue |
- EMI 26
1370 |
|
LP |
Germany |
1978 |
|
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|
Re-issue |
-
Hörzu 1C 05702986Q |
|
LP |
Germany |
1978 |
|
WC |
|
Re-issue |
- His Master’s
Voice TC-ASD 3542 |
|
CAS |
UK |
1978 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- World Record Club R-05771 |
|
LP |
Australia |
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 1546401 |
|
LP |
Sweden |
1983 |
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|
Re-issue |
- Richmond B 20083 |
|
LP |
US |
|
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|
|
Re-issue |
- Angel EAC-80451 |
|
LP |
Japan |
|
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|
Re-issue |
-
EMI CDC 7478062 |
|
CD |
UK |
1987 |
Nov 87 p.825 |
WC |
|
Re-issue |
-
EMI 7243 5730 025 |
|
CD |
UK |
1990 |
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|
Re-issue |
-
EMI CDM 253 8402 |
|
CD |
Netherlands |
1992 |
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|
|
Re-issue |
-
EMI 7234 5680 6122 |
|
CD |
UK |
1993 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- CD-CFP 4637 |
|
CD |
|
1993 |
Mar 94 p.114 |
BL,
TM |
|
Re-issue |
- TC-CFP 4637 |
|
CAS |
|
1993 |
Mar 94 p.114 |
|
|
Re-issue |
- CDC 7478062 |
|
CD |
|
? |
||
|
Re-issue |
- EMI 50112920 |
|
CD |
Japan? |
1994 |
|
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 |
BL |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
EMI Classics 0724 3573 00056 |
|
CD |
|
[1999] |
|
NX |
|
Re-issue |
-
EMI Classics 0742 3573 00155 |
|
CD |
|
[1999] |
|
NX |
|
Re-issue |
- EMI Classics
7243 8266 6424 |
|
CD |
Europe |
2002 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
-
EMI Classics 00946 35239959/352399-2 |
|
CD |
|
[2006] |
|
NX |
|
Re-issue |
- Efteling
85293 |
|
CD |
Netherlands |
2012 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Angel
HCD-1353 |
|
CD |
Japan |
|
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Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Leaper |
Marco Polo 8.223442 |
|
CD |
UK |
1992 |
Apr 94 p.48 |
BL,
NX, PD, TM |
|
Re-issue |
-
Sony SMM 4912692 |
|
CD |
Belgium |
1998 |
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Re-issue |
-
Sony 2894 126910 |
|
CD |
Belgium |
1998 |
|
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Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.554713, 8.505147 |
CD |
UK |
1999 |
Mar
00 p.70 |
TM |
|
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Re-issue |
- Naxos 8.555175 |
|
CD |
|
2023 |
|
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Palm
Court Orchestra, Job |
Palm
Court Orchestra |
CD |
Canada |
1997 |
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Palm
Court Theatre Orchestra, Godwin |
Chandos
FBCD 2002 |
CD |
UK |
1998 |
BL,
PD, TM |
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|
Re-issue |
Chandos
CHAN 6676 |
|
CD |
UK |
2004 |
|
NX |
The metronome marking of crotchet = 72 would suggest an overall timing of around 5 minutes – however, some 32 of the 91 bars are marked “più mosso”, which should reduce the timing to a little over 4 minutes.
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Conductor |
Duration |
Notes |
Link |
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Crean |
4' 38" |
Uses piano. Violins indulge
in inelegant portamento |
|
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Godwin |
4' 17" |
Uses piano |
|
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Ketèlbey |
3' 17" |
Cuts 8 bars. With celeste.
Final statement of melody lacks wind chords |
|
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Lanchbery |
4' 58" |
With saxophone parts added
in 1930s |
|
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Leaper |
5’ 09" |
Ignores rubato markings |
|
|
London Bijou Players |
|
New arrangement, for
strings, piano, small organ & vibraphone. Only uses 2 themes. Very
saccharine. |
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv5370WuWFI&list=PLDdlSzGv6-khkghNzz8X259uHMY6IdPIr&index=38 |
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Robinson |
4' 16" |
|
|
|
Voss |
2' 58" |
26% cut. Harp plays much
more than written part |
|
|
Weissmann |
3’ 09” |
2 cuts, totalling 24 bars. New
disjointed orchestration including humming male voice choir and high organ
stop. Rubato sounds unstable. |
In the Moonlight –
other instrumental
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
|
recorder ensemble |
Blockflötenensemble Franz-Josef Kastl (arr.
Kastl) |
Lyra LYRA 5011 |
LP |
Germany |
1984 |
|
|
|
carillon |
Trevor Workman |
Bournville Carillon BC000005 |
CD |
UK |
2003 |
TM |
|
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piano |
Markus Staab |
private recording |
web |
Germany |
2009 |
|
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piano |
Adam Ramet, Thermodisc 30596 pianola roll |
private recording |
web |
UK |
2023 |
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Ramet can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFrm_G3l8Z4&list=PL1YBeOI62FT9AAgLrbVth2g2mWPUFlIqD&index=15
Staab’s version can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qDn4sw7i44
Workman’s uses his own
arrangement, and was made at a live performance on Bournville Carillon,
Birmingham, on 9th August 2003.
Webpage updated 9 May 2023