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Berwald: Tone Poems / Sakari, Håkansson, Gävle SO

1 CD / Naxos (USA) / 2005-07-19

Works: Franz Berwald: Erinnerung an die norwegischen Alpen; Konzertstück for bassoon & orchestra; Wettlauf, etude for orchestra; Ernste und heitere Grillen, fantasy for orchestra; Overture to Drottning...
Performers: Håkansson, Patrik
Conductors: Sakari, Petri
Ensemble: Gävleborg Symphony Orchestra

Berwald is recognized as the most outstanding Swedish composer for the 19th century. These four rarely heard tone poems, composed during the 1840s (Berwald's most...continue...

Berwald: Symphonies and Overtures / Goodman, Swedish Radio

2 CD / Hyperion / 2004-06-01

Works: Franz Berwald: Estrella de Soria, opera; Symphony no 3 in C major "Singulière"; Overture to Drottningen av Golconda; Symphony no 2 in D major "Capricieuse"; Symphony in A (incomplete); Symphon...
Conductors: Goodman, Roy
Ensemble: Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

'Two sensational CDs ... He's the first great Scandinavian symphonist, though we had to wait until this century to appreciate the fact ... a sort...continue...