Symphony No. 1 (Sérieuse) - Franz Berwald
Information about Symphony No. 1 by Franz Berwald, and the best recordings available on CD or for download.
The only one of Berwald's four symphonies that was performed in his lifetime.
The work was written in 1843, and is in the key of G minor.
RECOMMENDED RECORDINGS
Dausgaard (Brilliant Classics Berwald)
Danish National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Thomas Dausgaard.
Brilliant Classics Berwald
Coupled with Symphonies Nos. 2 - 4
Blomstedt (Decca 436 597-2)
San Francisco Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Herbert Blomstedt, 1992.
Decca 436 597-2
Coupled with Symphony No. 4