Gunnar de Frumerie (1908-87): a Catalogue of the Orchestral and Choral Music

[Dundonnell]

Gunnar de Frumerie was a Swedish composer of charming and delightfully civilised music who mixed the usual influences of Swedish folk music with an almost Gallic sensitivity. His music deserves to be much better known.

GUNNAR DE FRUMERIE: A CATALOGUE OF THE ORCHESTRAL AND CHORAL MUSIC

1929:   Piano Concerto No.1, op.3
1930:   Suite for small orchestra, op.5b
1932/67:Saga "Historien om den moder" for reciter and orchestra, op. 9: 20 minutes
1932:   Variations and Fugue for Piano and Orchestra, op. 11: 25 minutes
1933:   Pastoral Suite for flute, harp and strings, op. 13b: 12 minutes   +  (BIS, Intim Musik and Naxos cds)
1935:   Piano Concerto No.2, op. 17: 40 minutes
1936/75-6:Violin Concerto, op.19: 26 minutes    +  (Caprice cd)
1938/41:Partita for string orchestra, op.21: 14 minutes
1940-41:Symphonic Variations on "Varvindar friska leka och viska", op. 25: 18 minutes    + (Caprice cd)
1944:   Symphonic Ballad for Piano and Orchestra, op. 31: 30 minutes
1946:   "The Lord's Prayer" for soprano, chorus, orchestra and organ, op. 36: 33 minutes
1947:   Ballet "Johannesnatten", op.39: 52 minutes    +  (Big Ben Phonogram cd)
1949/84:Cello Concerto, op.81: 24 minutes   + (Caprice cd)
1951:   Symphonic Suite, op.44: 24 minutes
1953:   Double Piano Concerto, op. 46: 20 minutes
1955:   Eight Psalms of David for chorus, orchestra and organ, op.47: 30 minutes
1958:   Concerto for Clarinet, string orchestra, harp and percussion, op.51: 16 minutes
1959:   Trumpet Concerto, op.52: 17 minutes   *
1960:   Cantata for the University of Stockholm for baritone, chorus and orchestra, op.53: 15 minutes
1961:   Concertino for Oboe, string orchestra, harp and percussion, op.54: 15 minutes
1969:   Flute Concerto, op.67: 22 minutes
1972:   Horn Concerto, op.70: 21 minutes
1975:   Ballad for orchestra, op.74: 15 minutes
1977:   "Dante" for voice and small orchestra, op.77: 3 minutes
             Concertino for Piano and Strings, op.78: 12 minutes
1986:   Trombone Concerto, op. 82 (revision of Cello Concerto): 24 minutes  + (BIS cd)

[M. Henriksen]

The ballet Johannesnatten was recorded in 1983 by a company called The Big Ben Phonogram Company.
Stig Westerberg conducts Malmö SO. I own this record myself, and it's still available:

http://www.amazon.com/Gunnar-Frumerie-Saint-Johns-Eve/dp/B002A9JY4W/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336204856&sr=1-5


Morten

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Plus the 4 Act opera, 'Singoalla', after the novel by Viktor Rydberg, completed in 1940 and first performed at the Royal Opera in Stockholm, and available on Caprice CAP22023.

[Dundonnell]

The ballet Johannesnatten was recorded in 1983 by a company called The Big Ben Phonogram Company.
Stig Westerberg conducts Malmö SO. I own this record myself, and it's still available:

http://www.amazon.com/Gunnar-Frumerie-Saint-Johns-Eve/dp/B002A9JY4W/ref=sr_1_5?s=music&ie=UTF8&qid=1336204856&sr=1-5


Morten

Thanks, Morten