Wilhelm Stenhammar(1872-1927): a Catalogue of the Complete Music

[Dundonnell]

(Stenhammar counts as one of Sweden's least 'unsung composers' in the sense that there have been multiple recordings of his principal compositions. I may well not have picked up on all of these

WILHELM STENHAMMAR: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1888-89:"I Rosengarden" for soprano, tenor, chorus and orchestra
1891:      Ballad "Floreaz and Blanzeflor" for baritone and orchestra, op.3: 8 minutes        + (BIS, EMI, Chandos, Naxos and Brilliant  cds)
                "Snofrid" for chorus and orchestra, op.5: 28 minutes    +  (BIS cd)
                  Prelude and Gavotte for orchestra     +   (Naxos cd)
1893:      Piano Concerto No.1 in B flat minor, op.1: 42 minutes  +  (several recordings)
                "Ur idyll och epigram" for voice and orchestra, op.4a: 7 minutes      +  (Virgin cd)
1896:      Concert Overture "Excelsior!", op.13: 12 minutes   +  (BIS, DGG, Virgin and Naxos cds)
1896-97:Cantata for "Allmanna Konst-och Industriutstallningen" (Cantata for the opening of the Arts and Industrial Exhibition) for soprano,contralto, tenor,
                         baritone, chorus and orchestra: 30 minutes        + (Sterling cd)
1902-03:Symphony No.1 in F major: 63 minutes   (withdrawn)   +  (BIS, DGG and Brilliant cds)
1904:      "Ithaka" for baritone and orchestra, op.21: 9 minutes    +  (Caprice, Chandos and Naxos cds)
1904-05:Cantata "Ett Folk" ("One People") for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.22: 35 minutes     (Sterling cd)
1904-07:Piano Concerto No.2 in D minor, op.23: 25 minutes    + (several recordings)
1907:      Swedish Rhapsody "Midvinter" for chorus and orchestra, op.24: 14 minutes   +  (BIS, Musica Sveciae and Brilliant cds)
1907-12:"Hemmarschen" for chorus and orchestra, op.27
1908-13/19:Serenade for Orchestra in F major, op.31: 35 minutes   +  (several recordings)
1910:      Two Sentimental Romances for Violin and Orchestra, op.28 : 12 minutes    +(BIS, Simax, Intim Musik, Naxos and Brilliant cds)
1911-12:Two Songs of Oskar Levertin "Folket i Nifelhem" ("The People of Nifelhemm") for chorus and orchestra, op.30: 14 minutes
1911-15:Symphony No.2 in G minor, op.34: 42 minutes   +  (several cds)
1916:      Incidental Music to "Ett Dromspel" ("A Dream Play") for orchestra, op.36
                    (and Suite - + Sterling cd)
1917-18:Four Stockholm's Poems for voice and orchestra, op.38
1918-19:Symphony No.3 in C major  (unfinished; fragment- Chandos cd)
1919:      Suite from the Incidental Music to "Lodolezzi sjunger", op. 39: 17 minutes    + (BIS and Brilliant cds)
1921:      Symphonic Cantata "Sangen" ("The Song") for soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, chourus and orchestra, op.44: 35 minutes +  (Caprice cd)
1923:      Festival Music for the 300th anniversary of Gothenburg and the Gothenburg Exhibition for chorus and wind band

[Balapoel]

his other works (blue indicates recordings available)

Chamber

   Allegro brillante in Eb for piano quartet (1891) (13')
2   String Quartet No.1 in C major (1894) (33')
   Allegro ma non tanto in A for piano trio (1895) (9')
14   String Quartet No.2 in c minor (1896) (31')
18   String Quartet No.3 in F major (1897/1900) (30')
19   Violin Sonata in a minor (1899-1900) (23')
25   String Quartet No.4 in a minor (1904-09) (31')
29   String Quartet No.5 in C major (1910) (19')
35   String Quartet No.6 in d minor (1916) (25')

Opera/Incidental

6   Gildet pa Solhaug (Celebration on Solhaug), drama in 3 acts after Ibsen (1895/96)
15   Tirfing (1897/98)
36   Ett drömpsel, incidental music (1916)
39   Lodolezzi sjunger (1919)
40   Som ni behager (1920)
43   Chitra (1921) (22')
45   Romeo och Julia (1922)

Piano

   Piano Sonata No. 1 in C major   1880 (11')
   Piano Sonata No. 2 in c minor   1881 (14')
12   Piano Sonata in A flat major (1885)   (24')
   Piano Sonata No. 3 in A flat major   1885 (21')
   Allegro con moto ed appassionato for piano   1889 (13')
   Piano Sonata No. 4 in g minor   1890 (23')
11.1   Molto appassionato   1895 (4')
11.2   Dolce scherzando   1895 (6')
11.3   Molto espressivo e con intimissimo sentimo   1895 (5')
   Fantasie in A minor for piano   1895 (6')
   Impromptu-vals for piano   1895 (4')
   Impromptu for piano   1898 (5')
   3 små klaverstycken (Three Small Piano Pieces)   1898 (5')
33   Sensommarnätter (Late Summer), 5 piano pieces (1914) (24')
   Intermezzo for piano (2')   

Vocal (choral)

   3 körviser a capella (1890)

Vocal (songs)

   Sanger och visor, 1 I skogen   1888
   Sanger och visor, 2 Nar sol gar ned   1888
   2 visor ur En glad gut av Bjornsterne Bjornson: Lokkeleg, Aftenstemning   1888
10.2   2 digte af JP Jacobsen, 2 Irmelin Rose   1889
   I rosengarden for solos, chorus, and orchestra   1889
17.1   3 Lieder after Heine, 1 Ich lieb, eine Blume   1890
17.2   3 Lieder after Heine, 2 Sie liebten sich beide   1890
17.3   3 Lieder after Heine, 3 Ein Fichtenbaum steht einsam   1890
4.2   Ur idyll och epigram av JL Runeberg, Op. 4b - Flickan knyter I Johannenatten   1893
4.1   Ur idyll och epigram av JL Runeberg, Op. 4a), for mezzosoprano and orchestra   1893
7.1   Dar innerst I min ande (within my soul)   1895
7.2   I enslighet forsvinner mina ar (in loneliness my years pass by)   1895
7.3   Min stamfar hade en stor pokal (my ancestor had a large goblet)   1895
7.4   Kom, vanner, lat oss satta oss (Come friends, let us sit down)   1895
7.5   Rom, I Rom, dit ung jag kom (in Rome, In Rome, when I was young)   1895
7.6   Du soker ryktbarhet (you seek fame)   1895
7.7   Du hade mig kar (you loved me)   1895
10.1   2 digte af JP Jacobsen, 1 Du Blomst I Dug   1895
8.1   Lutad mot gardet (leaning on the fence)   1896
8.2   Dottern sade itill sin gamla moder (the daughter said to her old mother)   1896
8.3   Den tidiga sorgen (early sorrow)   1896
8.4   Till en ros (to a rose)   1896
8.5   Behagen (delights)   1896
9.1   Minnelieder, 1 Ein Kuss von rothem Munde   1896
9.2   Minnelieder, 2 Heil sei der Stunde   1896
16.1   Lat oss do unga (let us die young)   1897
16.2   Guld och grona skogar (gold and forests green)   1897
16.3   Ingalill   1897
16.4   Fylgia   1897
20.1   Stjarnoga (stareye)   1904
20.2   Vid fonstret (at the window)   1904
20.3   Gammal Nederlandare (ancient Dutchman)   1904
20.4   Mansksen (moonlight)   1904
20.5   Adagio   1904
   Efterskord (Late Harvest), 1. Val valsignad, milda momsinthet (be blessed, tedner-heartedness)   1904
   Efterskord (Late Harvest), 2. Trost (comfort)   1904
26.1   Visor och stämningar, 1 Vandaren (the wanderer)   1909
26.1   Visor och stämningar, 10 Prins Aladin av Lampan (Aladdin of the Lamp)   1909
26.2   Visor och stämningar, 2 Nattyxne (butterfly orchid)   1909
26.3   Visor och stämningar, 3 Stjarnan (the star)   1909
26.4   Visor och stämningar, 4 Jungfru blond och Jungfru brunett (miss blonde and miss brunette)   1909
26.5   Visor och stämningar, 5 Det far ett skepp (a ship sails)   1909
26.6   Visor och stämningar, 6 Nar genom rummet fonsterkorsets skugga ligger (when the shadow of the casement falls in the room)   1909
26.7   Visor och stämningar, 7 Varfor till ro sa bratt (why hurry so to rest)   1909
26.8   Visor och stämningar, 8 Lycklandsresan (to the land of bliss)   1909
26.9   Visor och stämningar, 9 En strandvisa (coastal song)   1909
32   Ballad of Emperor Charles (1910) (Kejsar Karls visa)   1910
37   4 Lieder after Heidenstam (1918)   1918
38.1   4 Stockholmsdikter, 1 Kvall I Klara   1918
38.2   4 Stockholmsdikter, 2 I en skogsbacke   1918
38.3   4 Stockholmsdikter, 3 Mellan broarna   1918
38.4   4 Stockholmsdikter, 4 En positiwisa   1918
   Efterskord (Late Harvest), 3. Klockan (the bell)   1923
   Efterskord (Late Harvest), 4. Manniskornas ogon (Human eyes)   1923
   Melodi   1924
   Under vintergatan   1924
   Amiens' sang: Blas, blas, du vintervind   1924
   Minnesang (Karfeldt)   1924
   Orfeus med sin lutas klang (Shakespeare)   1924

Vocal (voice(s) and orchestra)

3   Florez och Blanzeflor, song with orchestra (1891)
5   Snöfrid for soli, choir and orchestra (1891)
4.1   Ur idyll och epigram av JL Runeberg, Op. 4b - Flickan kom ifran sin alsklings mote   1893
?   Kantat till Allmänna Konst- och Industriutställningen 1897 / Stockholm Exhibition Cantata 1897   1897
   Norrland, cantata for male voices, orchestra (score lost, arranged for military band by Widner)   1901
21   Ithaca, song with orchestra (1904)   1904
22   Ett folk, Cantata for soli, choir and orchestra (1905)   1905
30   Folket I Nifelhem, Varnatt (2 dikter av Oscar Levertin) for choir and orchestra (1911/12)   1912
   Efterskord (Late Harvest), 5. Hjartat (the heart)   1917
44   Sangen, Cantata (1921)

Unknown opp: 27, 41-42

[alberto]

"Lodolezzi sjunger" is available on Bis.
The incidental music to "Chitra" is available on Bis and (a shorter suite) on Musica Sveciae.

[Dundonnell]

"Lodolezzi sjunger" is available on Bis.
The incidental music to "Chitra" is available on Bis and (a shorter suite) on Musica Sveciae.

The reason for excluding these two pieces was that I had thought that the arrangements of the Suites from the Incidental Music to both were made by others. Certainly it was Hilding Rosenberg who arranged the Suite from "Chitra". In the case of "Lodolezzi Sjunger" I may have been in error and I shall add the Suite.

[TerraEpon]

IIRC, the Brilliant CDs are just the BIS recordings.

[JimL]

According to the BIS CD of the PC 1 it is his Op. 1, not Op. 2 as you have here.

[alberto]

"Lodolezzi sjunger" is available on Bis.
The incidental music to "Chitra" is available on Bis and (a shorter suite) on Musica Sveciae.

The reason for excluding these two pieces was that I had thought that the arrangements of the Suites from the Incidental Music to both were made by others. Certainly it was Hilding Rosenberg who arranged the Suite from "Chitra". In the case of "Lodolezzi Sjunger" I may have been in error and I shall ad the Suite.

[britishcomposer]

Re Chitra: the Rosenberg-Suite was released by Musica Sveciae MSCD 626, performed by the Swedish Radio SO, E-P Salonen conducting.
(IMHO Salonen's interpretation of the Serenade is unsurpassed.)
As far as I can judge - I don't have the CD, so cannot say what the booklet has to say about it - the BIS release contains the complete music. There are seven numbers against Rosenberg's three but there is much repetition in the - presumably - original score. Perhaps others who have the booklet can  say more?

[alberto]

I am coming back to the incidental music to "Chitra".
Musica Sveciae Cd 626 (cond. Salonen) contains a suite of three movements (timings 3.11-4.46-5.35); the booklet plainly and clearly deals about a 1959  arrangement by Hilding Rosenberg.
Bis Cd 476 (cond. N.Jaarvi) contains both "Lodolezzi sjunger" and "Chitra".
About the former nothing is said about any rework by somebody other than Stenhammar. About Chitra the booklet deals about the Rosenberg-arranged suite in 3 movements; but the Cd contains six movements lasting 22'09".

Stenhammar composed also two youthful operas:
-1892-1893 "Gildat pa Solhaus" op.6
-1897-1898 "Tirfing" op.15 (I have a Cd of excerpts by Sterling, 1999 release, conductor Segerstam).

[alberto]

My fault. The Bis contains seven movements. But the booklet, as I tried to point, is not at all clear.

[Dundonnell]

According to the BIS CD of the PC 1 it is his Op. 1, not Op. 2 as you have here.

Corrected. Thank you

[Dundonnell]

Let me investigate "Chitra"

[Syrelius]

Just a few additions to the lists above:

Orchestral:
Prelude and Bourrée - recently recorded by the Gävle SO on Naxos (1891)

There is also a very short sketch for an orchestral work with the title Tre Fontane, possibly from 1907.

Works for choir and orchestra:
Festmusik vid Göteborgs 300-årsjubileum samt vid Utställningens öppnande den 8 maj 1923, written in 1923 for the 300 year celebration of the city of Gothenburg and the Gothenburg Exhibition, for male choir, childrens choir and wind band.

Incidential music:
- Fanfares and marches for Hamlet, op 41
- Music for Turandot, op 42.

There are also sketches for incidential music to Folkungasagan (Strindberg) and King Lear.