Discography

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dawn earth

stahlhammer plays agdur

A CD for children. Pianist and songwriter Göran Agdur collaborates with violinist Semmy Stahlhammer on this short (21 min) but very enjoyable CD with relaxing humour in a sublime and simple splendour. You find both struggle and miraculous waltzing, both yasmin and zizipompom and whatever, and even a curious cat!

Semmy Stahlhammer, violin;

Göran Agdur, piano

CONTENTS:

Compositions by Göran Agdur:

1. winternight conversation      1´05

2. valse miracle                        2´11

3. the curtain rises                    2´38

4. starlight of zizipompom        2´54

5. valse yasmin                        1´16

6. the dance of dizziness         1´08

7. valse mélancolie                   1´43

8. struggle on                            1´11

9. dawn earth                            4´51

10. the little boy dreams          1´53

         Total: 20'59

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Semmy Stahlhammer (first Concertmaster at the Royal Opera of Stockholm) collaborating with pianists Love Derwinger and Elisabeth Boström has produced a collection of fine Swedish salon music from the turn of the last century. You can choose to get this music either as two double CDs (nosag CD 2047 & 2048) or as a quadruple box (nosag CD 4049). The repertoire of nosag CD 2047 you also find on single CDs nosag 024 & 033.

Listen to an excerpt

Reviews:

Fanfare Magazine: "a violinist´s violinist, Stahlhammer displays throughout both a dashing technique and a complementary tonal warmth, in addition to a genuine sympathy for the somewhat antiquated but hardly overstated Romanticism these works exude. Unhesitatingly recommended!!!"

HiFi&Musik: "This is not nostalgia - this is music in its own right - already the Aulin Akvareller is value for the money."

Svenska Dagbladet: "Historically interesting CD, but you listen mainly because of the beauty of the collaboration of these two chamber musicians: They create their own peaceful room in the roaring environment of the 1990:s. (...) These miniatures sound fresh and achieves through the interpretation a natural space also in our time."

ÖstgötaCorrespondenten: "Stahlhammer is not only a tremendously skilled violinist, but also a ´missionary in music´ looking mainly at the artistic need for playing the odd and unknown."

Dagens Nyheter: "Stahlhammer makes an impression not only by exposing unknown Swedish music, but also with his freedom and lyricism.”

Gränslöst/Sonoloco:  " The interpretations are throughout delicate, sensitive and clear. The intimate atmosphere brings the listener back to the last century."

CONTAINS Music by:

CD I:

Hugo Alfvén

Tor Aulin

Valborg Aulin

Algot Haquinius

Armas Järnefelt

Ture Rangström

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Semmy Stahlhammer is first Concertmaster at the Royal Opera of Stockholm. This double CD contains a collection of the most famous melodies in the opera repertoire, arranged for violin and piano.

Reviews:

MUSIKNYTT P2: "Every note is undressed and naked. You can not slide over or joke with any sound. Semmy Stahlhammer’s sensitive steady tone and masterly technique make this a great listening experience. "

Ystads Allehanda: "This exposing recording technique conveys a transcendent intimacy. These are love duets, extremely sensitive, music under the blanket... The sincere interpretation of Stahlhammer is very musical, technically amazing and with a fine sense of clang!"

Fanfare Magazine: "Stahlhammer emerges as a violinist´s violinist. These excerpts are real violin literature; and he plays them with convincing lyricism and, as in the Gershwin numbers, a sly coyness. Not every violinist - even among the best known - can capture the electricity of Heifetz´s arrangements as well as Stahlhammer has. Can be enthusiastically recommended!"

Gränslöst: " As an admirer of old violinists like Ysaÿe and Zimbalist, not to mention Kreisler and Heifetz, it feel good to be able to listen to a contemporary Swedish musician who, with feeling and technique is reminiscent of these giants; can make big art from the small and simple."

CONTENTS:

CD I:

from Xerxes

from Jocelyn

from L´Arlesienne

from Faust

from Carmen

from Die Tote Stadt

from Porgy and Bess

from Orpheus

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Stämningsmusik/Music for mood

and atmosphere

Semmy Stahlhammer presents a boquet of well and less known masterpieces arranged for violin and organ dressed in an atmosphere rich in mood and emotion, perfect for meditation and relaxation.

Reviews:

Ljudspår: " Together with the Organist Karin Strid of the Seglora church, Stahlhammer has collected 19 wonderful meditations - music that is a 'must have' in our times of stress. Let these pearls rock your soul into relaxation!"

Swedish masterpieces

1.LÖTHMAN,A, DANCING IN A DREAM 

2.HAQUINIUS,A, NOCTURNE

3. KARKOFF,I, TWO MEDITATIONS

4.RANGSTRÖM,T, POEM 

5.SCHÖNBERG,S-G, EPIGRAM

6.JÄRNEFELT,A, BERCEUSE

7.EKLUND,H, CANZONA E DANZA

8.SJÖGREN,E, LYRICHAL

9.PIECE GRIMS-LAND,E, BEFORE THE BIRD TAKES WING

10.STENHAMMAR,W,   SENTIMENTAL ROMANCE

11.ROSELL,L-E, ELEGI

12.VALENTIN,K F, ADAGIO

13.SANDSTRÖM, S-D,   PIECES

Klezmer

Fenix

Marimbolino

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