Karl Amadeus Hartmann(1905-63): a Catalogue of the Orchestral Music

[Dundonnell]

Hartmann's practice, post 1945, of recycling material from his earlier compositions makes compiling a catalogue a rather diffiicult exercise

KARL AMADEUS HARTMANN: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

1930-35:Chamber Concerto for Clarinet, string quartet and chamber orchestra:25 minutes
1932:      "Lied" for Trumpet and wind instruments     +   (Apex cd)
1933:      Cello Concerto  (unfinished and lost)
                Concerto for wind instruments and trumpet (revised 1948-49)
1933-34:Symphonic Poem "Miserae": 20 minutes     +   (Telarc cd)
1934?:     Symphonic Divertissement for bassoon, trombone, double bass and chamber orchestra  (unfinished)
1935-36:Cantata for voice and orchestra "Lamento" (renamed Symphonic Fragment
1937-38:Symphony "L'Oeuvre" (re-writtten as Symphony No.6)    +   (Neos cd)
1938:      Symphony for Strings and Soprano Solo(Symphonic Concerto for String Orchestra)(re-written as Symphony No.4 without soprano)
1939/59:Concerto funebre for Violin and String Orchestra: 20 minutes      + (several recordings)
1940-43:Sinfonia Tragica: 23 minutes (first movement reused in Symphony No.3)     +   (Capriccio cd)
1941-43:"Symphonie Drammaticae" (intended to comprise next three works):
1941-42:Symphonic Suite "Vita Nova" for reciter and orchestra (unfinished)
1942/62:Symphonic Overture "China's Struggle": 15 minutes    *
1942/43:Symphonic Hymns for orchestra: 28 minutes     +  (Orfeo cd)
1944-47:"Symphonic Klagegesang" (partly re-used in Symphony No.3): 25 minutes
1946:      Symphony No.2/Adagio: 14 minutes     +  (Guild, Wergo, EMI and Capriccio cds)
1947:      Symphony No.4 for Strings(revision of Symphony for Strings and Soprano Solo of 1938): 31 minutes   
                                +  (Wergo, EMI and Capriccio cds)
1947-48/50:Symphony No.1 "Essay for a Requiem" for contralto and orchestra (revision of 1935-36 "Lamento"/Symphonic Fragment *
                                +  (Wergo, Telarc and EMI cds)
1948-49:Symphony No.3 (revision of "Symphonie Klagegesang" and "SinfoniaTragica" of 1940-43): 35 minutes    +   (Wergo and EMI cds)
               Concerto for wind instruments double basses and two trumpets(revision of 1933 Concerto)
1950:      Symphony No.5 "Symphonie concertante" (revision of above Concerto): 16 minutes  *
                                 +    (Wergo, EMI, Chandos and Berlin Classics cds)
1951-53:Symphony No.6 (revision of Symphonie "L'oeuvre" of 1938): 23 minutes   * +   (Wergo, Telarc, EMI, Capriccio and Berlin Classics cds)
1953:      Concerto for Piano, winds and percussion: 14 minutes    +   (Wergo and Orfeo cds)
1954-56:Concerto for Viola, Piano, brass and percussion: 27 minutes    +   (Capriccio and Wergo cds)
1956-58:Symphony No.7: 26 minutes    +   (Wergo and EMI cds)
1960-62:Symphony No.8: 23 minutes     +  (Wergo, EMI and Berlin Classics cds)
1961-63:"Gesangsszene" for baritone and orchestra: 24 minutes    +   (Wergo cd)

[alberto]

A tiny discography omission.
Symphony n.6 exists also on EMI (Metzmacher, Bamberger Sym.).