BERWALD · STENHAMMAR · AULIN : Swedish Romantic Violin Concertos (Niklas Willén · Swedish Chamber Orchestra · Tobias Ringborg) (1999) Two Version | FLAC (image+tracks+.cue), lossless

For much of the nineteenth century in Sweden, music-making was confined to small-scale chamber music at home. Ambitious composers had to move abroad to seek acceptance of their work. Berwald’s Violin Concerto was performed only once in Sweden during his lifetime, and on that occasion the audience laughed. It was not until a century later, when Tor Aulin and Wilhelm Stenhammar led a Berwald revival, that this sparkling work was performed throughout Europe. Stenhammar’s two Romances were written during one of the most creative periods of his life. Full of feeling, they are models of the genre. The two Romances were given their first performance by Tor Aulin, whose own Violin Concerto No. 3 belongs firmly to the world of Brahms and the central European romantic tradition. naxos
FRANZ BERWALD (1796-1868)
1-3.    Violinkonsert I Ciss-Moll, Op 2    (21:38)
WILHELM STENHAMMAR (1871-1927)
4-5.    Två Sentimentala Romanser, Op 28
TOR AULIN (1866-1914)
4-8.    Violinkonsert Nr 3 I C-Moll, Op 14 (30:59)
Credits : 
Conductor – Niklas Willén
Cover [Omslagsbild - "Hoga-dal På Tjörn"] – Karl Nordström
Orchestra – Svenska Kammarorkestern
Violin – Tobias Ringborg 

A Bassoon in Stockholm — FRANZ BERWALD : septet & quartet • ÉDOUARD DU PUY : quintet (Donna Agrell) (2015) SACD | Two Version | FLAC (image+tracks+.cue), lossless

BERWALD (1796-1868)
1-3.    Septet In B Flat Major For Clarinet, Horn, Bassoon, Violin, Viola, Cello And Double Bass (23:15)
7-9.    Quartet In E Flat Major For Piano, Clarinet, Horn And Bassoon (23:43)
ÉDOUARD DU PUY (1770-1822)
4-5.    Två Sentimentala Romanser, Op 28
Credits : 
Bassoon, Liner Notes – Donna Agrell
Cello – Albert Brüggen
Clarinet – Lorenzo Coppola
Double Bass – Robert Franenberg
Fortepiano – Ronald Brautigam
Horn – Teunis van der Zwart
Viola – Yoshiko Morita 
Violin – Franc Polman 

KUHLAU · BERWALD : Piano Concertos (Maurizio Paciariello · Sassari Symphony Orchestra · Roberto Diem Tigani) (2002) Two Version | APE (image+tracks+.cue), lossless

FRIEDRICH KUHLAU (1786-1832)
1-3.    Piano Concerto in C major op.7
FRANZ BERWALD (1796-1868)
4-6.    Piano Concerto in D major
Credits : 
Maurizio Paciariello - Piano
Sassari Symphony Orchestra
Roberto Diem Tigani -  Conductor

BERWALD : Symphonies and Overtures (SRSO · Roy Goodman) 2CD (2004) Serie Dyad | Two Version | FLAC (image+tracks+.cue), lossless

The Swedish composer Franz Berwald wrote music staggeringly ahead of his time; his symphonic works have rather more in common with Mendelssohn and Berlioz than strict chronological considerations would suggest. Robert Layton has written (in his Guide to the Symphony): 'It is the quality of Berwald's thematic invention, his transparent textures and expert orchestration, and the generosity of spirit that informs his musical personality that make his music engage both our sympathies and our affection'.

This set contains the four complete surviving symphonies, the fragmentary youthful A major Symphony (completed for this recording by Duncan Druce), and overtures to two of the composer's most successful operas.

There could be no orchestra more qualified to record the works of Berwald than that of the Swedish Broadcasting Corporation. Here they are conducted by Roy Goodman and recorded in the Berwald Hall in Stockholm. Hyperion
FRANZ BERWALD (1796-1868)
Tracklist 1 :
1.    Overture To Estrella De Soria (1841)    7:56
2-4.    Sinfonie Singulière (Symphony No.3 In C Minor) (1845)    (27:53)
5.    Overture To The Queen Of Golconda (1864)    7:41
6-8.    Sinfonie Capricieuse (Symphony No.2 In D Major) (1842)    (27:20)
Tracklist 2 :
1.    Symphony In A Major, Fragment (1820)
(Edited By [Completed By] – Duncan Druce)
2-5.    Sinfonie Sérieuse (Symphony No.1 IN G Minor) (1842)    (30:38)
6-8.    Symphony No.4 In E Flat Major ("Sinfonie naïve") (1845)    (27:21)
Credits : 
Conductor – Roy Goodman
Cover [Illustration: "Dawn Over Riddarfjardin" (1899)] – Eugène Jansson
Leader [Swedish Radio SO] – Ulf Forsberg
Liner Notes – Roy Goodman
Orchestra – Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra

FRANZ BERWALD : Symphonies Nos. 1-4 (Thomas Dausgaard) 2CD (2004) Two Version | APE (image+.tracks+.cue), lossless

Half a decade after their first release on Chandos, Brilliant Classics has re-released Thomas Dausgaard and the Danish National Radio Symphony's recording Berwald's four symphonies. The only thing that has changed between the two releases is the price. The quality of the pieces, the performances, and the sound remain as they were before. The pieces, of course, are far and away the best symphonies written by a Swede in the Romantic period. Highly imaginative, brilliantly scored, robustly rhythmic, formally inventive, and thoroughly melodic, Berwald's symphonies rank right below Mendelssohn and Schumann's symphonies in the post-Beethoven/pre-Brahms repertoire. The performances, while very good, are not quite great. A skillful conductor, Dausgaard clearly understands the music and manifestly feels some affection for it, but his performances are just a tad too heavy and a shade too dark for the ebullient Berwald. Where the music should run, it jogs, and where it should soar, it plods. The Danish musicians do an adequate job of getting through the scores, but their playing lacks shine and sparkle. Chandos' sound was a bit distant, but clear and colorful, and Brilliant's sound is exactly identical. Of the digital recordings, Okko Kamu's, Roy Goodman's, Sixten Ehrling's, and Herbert Blomstedt's are better choices. James Leonard 
FRANZ BERWALD (1796-1868)
Tracklist 1 :
1-4.    Sinfonie Sérieuse (Symphony No. 1) In G Minor
5.    Erinnerung An Die Norwegischen Alpen (Memory Of The Norwegian Alps)    
6-8.    Sinfonie Capricieuse (Symphony No. 2) In D Major
Tracklist 2 :
1-3.    Sinfonie Singulière (Symphony No. 3) In C Major
4.    Elfenspiel (Play Of The Elves) Tone Painting For Large Orchestra
5-8.    Sinfonie Naïve (Symphony No. 4) In E Flat Major
Credits : 
Conductor – Thomas Dausgaard
Orchestra – Danish National Radio Symphony Orchestra.