Berwald: Symphonies Nos. 1 And 2

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Cat No: 8553051

Release Date: 12 January 1999

Label: Naxos - Nxc / Naxos Classics

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Barcode: 730099405126

Genres: Classical

Composer/Series: BERWALD

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Franz Berwald (1796 -1868)Overture to Estrella de SoriaSymphony No.1 in G minor, Sinfonia serieuseSymphony No.2 in D major, Sinfonie capricieuse The Swedish composer Franz Berwald was the mostdistinguished of a musical dynasty of German origin. Johann Daniel Berwald, whodied in 1691, served as a town musician in Neumarkt. His son Johann Gottfried,born in 1679, was Kunstpfeifer in Konigsberg, and his own son, the flautistJohann Friedrich Berwald, after appointments in Copenhagen and Hohenaspe,joined in 1770 the Mecklenburg-Schwerin orchestra in Ludwigslust and fathered anumber of musicians among the twenty-five children from his four marriages. Oneof his sons, Johann Gottfried, born in Copenhagen in 1737, studied with Franz Bendaand served as a violinist at Ludwigslust before moving to St Petersburg, wherehe settled until his death in 1814. Another son, Christian Friedrich Georg,born at Hohenaspe in 1740, also studied in Berlin with Benda and in 1772settled in Stockholm as a violinist and member of the Court Orchestra from 1773to 1806. A third brother Georg Johann Abraham, a violinist and bassoonist, bornin Schleswig in 1758, joined the Swedish Court Orchestra in 1782 and continuedthere unti11798, when he left for a concert tour, after which he settled in St Petersburg. His son Johan Fredrik, born in Stockholm in 1787, won earlydistinction as a violinist and as a composer. He accompanied his father to Russiaand from 1808 to 1812 was soloist, in succession to Rode, with the Russianimperial orchestra. In 1814 he returned to Stockholm to serve in the courtorchestra as a violinist and from 1823 to 1849 as Kapellmeister. Franz Berwald was born in 1796 in Stockholm, the son ofChristian FriedrichGeorg. His younger brother Christian August served as aviolinist in the court orchestra from 1815 and as its leader from 1834 to 1861.Franz Berwald followed family tradition as a violinist, a pupil of his father,and joined the court orchestra in 1812, continuing there unti11828. He alsoappeared as a soloist and in 1819 toured Finland and Russia with his brotherChristian August. Meanwhile he was winning something of a reputation as acomposer, in particular with a symphony, now partly lost, and a ViolinConcerto in C sharp minor, written in 1819, following his earlier Themeand Variations for violin and orchestra, composed in 1816, and a DoubleViolin Concerto that he had performed with his brother. In 1827 hecompleted his Konsertstycke for bassoon and orchestra and turned his attentionto an opera on the subject of Gustaf Vasa, a work that he neverfinished, while other attempts at the form from this period were either leftincomplete or are now lost. In 1829 Berwald was at last awarded a scholarship forstudy abroad and moved to Berlin, where he took lessons in counterpoint, but atthe same time developed his interest in medicine. The early 1830s found himoccupied abortively with operatic composition, but in 1835 he opened his own orthopaedicinstitute, an
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