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Maybe there has been a confusion re him and his son? The son has the same name and was born in 1912.

Any reactions from members on this new CD?

I had completely forgotten that Israeli musicologist Avishai Kallai, known to us here as Hofrat, had died back in 2012. He more than anyone else was responsible for the latest research into Eggert and the numbering of the symphonies followed on the two Naxos CDs is Avishai's. We are no doubt duly grateful to him for his work and the CDs stand as a suitable monument to his expertise.

Indeed, Alan. It's really sad that Hofrat is not here to see the result of his work.

Any reflections about the music, Alan? I have only been able to hear soundclips from the new CD. The adagio from the C minor symphony sounds like a perfect Classic FM piece.

Richard, you are referring to the symphony that would have been Eggert's fifth. There are four complete symphonies.

John France gives a very enthusiastic review of the Naxos disc, calling the C major symphony "a masterpiece":
http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2015/Oct/Eggert_sys_8572457.htm

I have not heard the LP recording but I suspect the Sandviken Orchestra (which is not a professional symphony Orchestra) is no match for the Gävle Symphony Orchestra.

I agree with John that this disc will hardly hit the top ten sales list, but we probably disagree on the reason for it. To me, Eggert's music has been one of my major discoveries in recent years. I find his music well orchestrated as well as melodically inspired and, eventhough one may easily spot the influences from other composers, Eggert has a distinctive personal voice.

I also agree with John that the symphony in E flat is a bit problematic. Eggert experiments with form, but the result is far from convincing - the parts are simply better than the whole. However, I think Korsten's interpretation of the work hides some of its qualities. I was fortunate enough to hear Andrew Manze conduct the Stockholm Philharmonic in this symphony a few years ago. With the risk of over-simplifying things, one might say that Manze approached the work as if it were a Beethoven symphony while Korsten rather treats it like a Mozart divertimento. Manze brought out the lights and shades in the work that van Boer mentions in the CD text, highlighting the emotional depth of the work. There is, in my opinion, not much of that left in Korsten's interpretation. I fully understund John's comment about the trombones. They played a far more important role under Manze, contributing strongly to the tensions and climaxes in the first movement. Unfortunately, you don't hear much of that with Korsten.
However, I hope that this criticism and John's earlier review doestn't scare anyone from buying the CD. It is well played and recorded and it is, unfortunately, most likely that this is the only time that we will have the chance to buy this wonderful music on CD.

Well, actually Rufinatscha's first two mature symphonies both precede any of Berwald's completed symphonies.

If I recall correctly, the symphony of 1820 WAS completed but most of it has been lost, like several other of his early works.

Well, it would have to be the other way round, John. Rufinatscha's 1st dates from nearly a decade before Berwald's 1st.

The symphony usually referred to as no 1 (Sinfonie Serieuse) is actually his second. There is a symphony from 1820, of which only a fragment remains today (recorded by Hyperion in the 1990ies). It is, of course, not like the mature symphonies from the 1840ies, but at least to my uneducated ears, there are Berwaldian touches already in this work.

To my ears, the first movement sounds a bit like a mix between Johan Svendsen and Carl Nielsen.

Unfortunately, Beckman didn't write much music. I think his whole output for orchestra consists of this symphony, a symphonic poem, a piece for string orchestra and some incidential music.

A few piano pieces by Beckman are available on this CD from Musica Sveciae:

http://naxosdirect.se/items/pianolyrik-23883

Bror Beckman's well orchestrated and melodious symphony in F major is available on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4pNfjJxgPc

Have any other members listened to it? Any reactions? If the link doesn't work, just search for "Bror Beckman" on Youtube.

Well, we'll see whether Chandos themselves confirm this. Otherwise, it's just hearsay...

According to press releases from the Gothenburg S O, the plan is to record all symphonies. A press release of 7th january 2013 states that symphonies 2 and 8 will be (i e has been) recorded in january this year, so a good guess is that volume 2 will include these.

CPO is about to release a CD with orchestral music by Swedish turn of the century composer Tor Aulin:
http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Tor-Aulin-1866-1914-Musik-zu-Strindbergs-M%E4ster-Olof-op-22/hnum/1389801

All the works on the CD are available on earlier recordings (Sterling and Musica Sveciae) but it seems to be a fairly good compilation of Aulins non-concertante orchestral works.

Just a few additions to the lists above:

Orchestral:
Prelude and Bourrée - recently recorded by the Gävle SO on Naxos (1891)

There is also a very short sketch for an orchestral work with the title Tre Fontane, possibly from 1907.

Works for choir and orchestra:
Festmusik vid Göteborgs 300-årsjubileum samt vid Utställningens öppnande den 8 maj 1923, written in 1923 for the 300 year celebration of the city of Gothenburg and the Gothenburg Exhibition, for male choir, childrens choir and wind band.

Incidential music:
- Fanfares and marches for Hamlet, op 41
- Music for Turandot, op 42.

There are also sketches for incidential music to Folkungasagan (Strindberg) and King Lear.

The finale of Berwald's Sinfonie Singulière. The restless energy, the short reminiscences from the earlier movements, fitted in perfectly, and the triumphant ending, all sums up to a perfect way of ending the symphony, in my opinion.