Kraus, Joseph Martin (& Jacopo Foroni, Franz Berwald, Ludvig Norman, Andreas Randel, August Söderman): Swedish Overtures

CDS 1009-2 Ouverturer Å Kongl. Theatern. Jacopo Foroni (1825-1858) Overture No.3 in A major (c.1850); Franz Berwald (1796-1868) ‘The Dressmaker’ (1845) & ‘I enter a Monastery’ (1842); Ludwig Norman (1831-1885) Festive Overture (1882); Andreas Randel (1806-1864) ‘The People from Vårmland.’ (1846); August SÖderman (1832-1876) ‘The Devil’s First Tentative Efforts.’ (1856); Joseph Martin Kraus (1756-1792) ‘Proserpine’ (1780)

Some LP transfers and also some newly recorded overtures. They are really delightful, not the least the two pieces by Berwald, both recorded for the first time.

"Sterling CDs have done an excellent job in producing this recording of less than popular overtures by Swedish Composers. I always hesitate to use the words ‘less than popular’ because it can often have negative connotations. So let me state at the outset that these are all fine and well-crafted works that deserve to be better known." - MusicWeb

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