Wedgwood Blue: intermezzo Back to list of works index
This intermezzo was published in 1920, but had
relatively few recordings before the composer himself played the piano in the
1930 recording (a piano part which has never been published). It has however remained popular, perhaps
gaining a boost when Andrew Lamb praised its “lightness of touch” in the New
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians in 1980. Although this piece is a typically
four-square intermezzo (like In a Monastery Garden, In the Moonlight
and Gallantry), the regularity is made more piquant by delaying the
entry of the countermelody for a whole bar at the beginning of each statement
of the main melody
At
some point the publisher replaced the single trombone part by a trio.
Wedgwood Blue -
orchestral
|
Artists |
Label |
Matrix |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Gramophone Review |
Locations |
|
Pathé Concert Orchestra |
Pathé 1859 |
? |
10” 78 |
UK |
[June
25] |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
Actuelle 10821 |
|
10” 78 |
|
[Aug
25] |
||
|
Grosvenor Orchestra |
Aco G 15805 |
C 7256 |
10” 78 |
UK |
[Nov 25 |
Dec 25 p.338 |
|
|
Re-issue - Sutherland Orchestra |
- Beltona 864 |
|
10” 78 |
UK |
[1925] |
Dec 25 p.342 |
|
|
?Re-issue – Celeste
Orchestra |
-
Guardsman 1811 |
G
1499 |
10” 78 |
UK |
[?1925] |
|
|
|
?Re-issue |
-
Ludgate 2904 |
|
10”
78 |
UK |
[1926?] |
|
|
|
Ketèlbey (piano), Albert W. Ketelbey’s
Concert Orchestra |
Columbia DX 27 |
WAX 5421 |
12” 78 |
UK |
[Apr 30] rec.Feb 30 |
May 30 p.564 |
BL, PD, (TM CAS) |
|
Re-issue |
- Columbia Cinema Service YBX 20 |
WAXD 39 |
12” 33 |
UK |
[Mar 31] |
||
|
Re-issue |
- Pearl GEMM CD 9968 |
CD |
UK |
1992 |
BL, PD,
TM |
||
|
Re-issue |
- Evergreen Melodies C 62 |
CD |
UK |
[1999] |
PD, TM |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
Naxos 8.110848 |
CD |
|
2002 |
BL, NX, PD, TM |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
Guild GLCD 5178 |
CD |
UK |
[2011] |
LMS Aut
11 p44 |
PD |
|
|
Re-issue |
- Revivendo RVPC 004 |
|
CD |
Brazil |
|
|
|
|
Harold
Sandler and his Orchestra |
Sterno 545 |
S 1058 |
10” 78 |
UK |
[Dec
30] |
||
|
Broadway
Cinema Orchestra |
Broadcast
770 |
N 189 |
9”
78 |
UK |
[1931?] |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
VLMS SP 115 |
CAS |
UK |
TM |
|||
|
London Palladium Orchestra, Crean |
HMV C 2309 |
2B 2005-2 |
12” 78 |
UK |
[Mar 32] |
Mar 32 p.433 |
BL |
|
Re-issue |
- Electrola EH 768 |
2B 2005-II |
12” 78 |
|
|
|
WC |
|
Re-issue |
- Victor 36090 |
2B 2005 |
12” 78 |
US |
[1933] |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Victor 36247 |
2B 2005 |
12” 78 |
US |
[1940] |
|
WC |
|
Re-issue |
- Gramophone EB 69 |
|
12” 78 |
Australia |
|
|
|
|
Louis
Voss Grand Orchestra |
Bosworth
BC 1035 |
CP 418 |
10” 78 |
UK |
[1938] |
June
38 p.25 |
|
|
Re-issue - Hillingdon Orchestra |
-
Decca F 7316 |
CP 418 |
10” 78 |
UK |
|
Jan
40 p.298 |
BL |
|
Re-issue |
-
Bosworth BPM 218 |
CD |
UK |
2001 |
TM |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
Guild Light Music GLCD 5115 |
CD |
UK |
July
05 |
BL, TM |
||
|
Sydney
Thompson’s Olde Tyme Orchestra, ?Voss, (arr. Naylor)“Moonlight
Saunter” |
Parlophone R 3222 |
CE 12654-1 |
10” 78 |
UK |
[Oct
49] |
BL, WC |
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Encore ENC 201 |
UK |
[?Dec 65] |
BL |
|||
|
Re-issue |
-
Double Up DUOS 1051 |
UK |
? |
BL |
|||
|
New
Symphony Orchestra of London, Sharples |
Decca
SKL 4077 |
LP |
UK |
[1959] |
Feb
60 p.434 |
BL, PD, (TM CAS) |
|
|
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 LXT 4329 |
|
LP |
Spain |
[1960] |
|
WC |
|
Re-issue |
-
Decca SPA 187 |
|
LP |
UK |
1971 |
July
72 p.253 |
BL, PD |
|
Re-issue |
-
Decca SKC 4077 |
|
LP/CAS |
Spain |
[1969] |
|
WC |
|
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 p48, Oct 12 p.109 |
BL, PD, TM |
|
Re-issue |
-
Vocalion CDLF 8143 |
|
CD |
UK |
[2011] |
LMS Aut
11 p42 |
|
|
Royal
Philharmonic 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 |
- Orlador 54452 |
|
LP |
Spain |
1975 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Decca DGS 16 |
|
LP |
US |
1980 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Decca 6594064 |
|
LP |
Spain |
1981 |
|
WC |
|
Re-issue |
- Decca 444 786-2LPF |
CD |
UK |
1996 |
Aug
96 p.60 |
BL, PD, TM |
|
|
Re-issue |
- MG Direct Marketing D 115620 |
|
CD |
US |
1996 |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- Decca 466 8562 |
|
CD |
UK |
1999 |
|
|
|
Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphon Orchestra, Leaper |
Marco Polo 8.223442 |
CD |
UK |
1992 |
Apr 94 p.48 |
BL, NX, PD, TM |
|
|
Re-issue |
- Naxos 8.555175 |
|
CD |
UK |
2023 |
|
|
|
Dancetime Orchestra |
Savoy
SAV 183/191 CD |
CD |
UK |
1994 |
BL |
||
|
Scarborough
Spa Orchestra, Kenworthy |
SPO
cassette 2 |
CAS |
UK |
VLM 1997 |
|||
|
Palm
Court Theatre Orchestra, Godwin |
Chandos
FBCD 2002 |
CD |
UK |
1998 |
BL, PD, TM |
||
|
Re-issue |
-
Chandos CHAN 6676 |
|
CD |
UK |
2004 |
|
NX |
|
Palm Court Orchestra ,Job |
Palm Court Orchestra |
|
CD |
Canada |
2005? |
LMS2006 |
|
|
Berkeley
Salon Ensemble |
Sounds
Enjoyable 001 |
|
CD |
UK |
2011? |
LMS Wint 11 p55 |
|
|
orchestra,
Paul Godwin |
Grammophon
20425 |
|
78 |
Germany |
? |
MMU |
|
Conductor |
Metronome |
Notes |
Link |
|
Broadway Cinema O |
130 |
Cuts 16 bars. With piano, replaces string bass with tuba. |
|
|
Dancetime O |
99 |
Brittle sound. 2 cuts, including coda. With new introduction. Small
orchestra with piano. Constant kit. |
|
|
Anthony Godwin |
112 |
Chamber group with piano. |
|
|
Ketelbey |
121 |
With elaborate solo piano, no cornet or trombones, reduced scoring. |
|
|
Leaper |
122 |
With 3 trombones. |
|
|
Rogers |
129 |
With celeste. |
|
|
Sharples |
122 |
With 3 trombones. 3rd section has big rallentandi. |
|
|
Thompson |
108 |
Extra 4 bars to start, main section repeated, 3rd section, reprise &
coda cut |
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=JuFhhS1-vz4&list=RDAMVMJuFhhS1-vz4 |
|
Voss (1938) |
140 |
Cuts 16 bars. Glock plays extra notes. |
The
published metronome marking is crotchet = 108.
A
further textual point is of interest.
The third melody starts in the cello section, marked “solo”. In light music this instruction can often
mean “this is your tune” rather than “only one play”. Here it balances a clearly marked solo violin
part, and the composer himself uses a solo cello, so “only one play” seems the
appropriate interpretation. However,
Broadway Cinema Orchestra, Sharples and Rogers all use the full cello section.
Wedgwood Blue – other
instrumental
|
Medium |
Artists |
Label |
Format |
Country |
Date |
Review |
Locations |
|
Organ
(Wurlitzer, Gaumont, Hanley) |
Stanley
Tudor |
BBC |
LP |
UK |
1973
rec.1960 |
|
WC |
|
Organ
(Wurlitzer) |
Phil
Kelsall |
Music
for Pleasure CDDL 1206 |
CD |
UK |
1991
rec.1985 |
BL |
|
|
|
Re-issue |
- EMI CDM 796 1682 |
CD |
UK |
1991 |
|
|
|
Piano,
3 violins, cello, double bass |
London
Salon Ensemble |
Bosworth
BOCD 171 |
CD |
UK |
1991 |
VLM Summer 91 |
BL, TM |
|
|
Re-issue |
-
Bosworth BPM 217 |
CD |
UK |
2001 |
TM |
|
|
Organ
(San Sylmar Theatre) |
Thomas
Hazleton |
Klavier
KCD 77025 |
CD |
US |
1998 |
NX |
|
|
Piano |
Eric
Halstead |
private
recording |
web |
UK |
[2002] |
(TM CD) |
|
|
Carillon |
Trevor Workman |
Bournville Carillon BC000005 |
CD |
UK |
2003 |
TM |
|
|
Piano |
Guy
Rowland |
private recording |
DVD |
UK |
rec.
26 Nov 2009 |
PD, TM |
|
|
Piano |
Markus
Staab |
private recording |
web |
Germany |
2009 |
|
|
|
Organ (Paramount 450 Virtual Theatre Pipe Organ) |
Steve
Schlesing |
private recording |
web |
US? |
2012 |
|
|
|
Organ (Cartmel Priory) |
Adrian Self |
Priory PRCD1089 |
CD |
UK |
2013 |
|
|
The
Halstead recording is available at http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.php/3998219-collection-of-ketelbey-midi-files-zip
Hear Kelsall at https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=lxEeBtBqIdw
Watch Schlesing
at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a9JgL7uDzaM
The Staab
recording can be seen at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQXN3h8H0P8
Tudor’s
recording can be heard at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPiuf7KmyS0
The London Salon Ensemble version
is arranged by Lars Payne, but his cello and bass play the original parts. The accompanying notes also list a harmonium
player, but none can be heard on this track. Tempo crotchet =123
The recording by Workman uses
his own arrangement, and was made at a live performance on Bournville Carillon,
Birmingham, on 9th August 2003.
Webpage updated 8 May 2023