Canon
Where to start with Berwald
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralKonzertstück for Bassoon and Orchestra
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ChamberPiano Quintet no. 1 in C minor
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VocalA votre âge — Song
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StageEstrella de Soria — Opera
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KeyboardFantasy on 2 Swedish folk-melodies
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OrchestralSymphony no. 3 in C major, "Sinfonie singulière"
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OrchestralPiano Concerto in D major
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OrchestralSymphony no. 1 in G minor, "Sinfonie sérieuse"
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VocalDen 4 Juli 1844 — Song
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ChamberDuo Concertino in A minor — For 2 violins
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ChamberDuo for Cello and Piano in B flat major
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ChamberDuo for Violin and Piano in D major
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ChamberDuo for Violin and Piano in D minor
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VocalEn parcourant les doux climats — Song
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OrchestralFestival of the Bayadères — Symphonic poem
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Berwald's catalogueMost Popular
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Sinfonie Singulière in C major
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Symphony No. 2 ”Capricieuse”
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Piano Concerto in D minor
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Grand Septet in B-flat
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String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Most Acclaimed
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Sinfonie Singulière
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String Quartet No. 4 in E minor
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Piano Quintet No. 1 in C minor
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Violin Concerto in C-sharp minor
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Symphony No. 4 in E-flat ”Naïve”
Most Weird
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Sinfonie Singulièrethe movements overlap and blend into each other — 30 years ahead of its time
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Estrella de Soriaopera — set in medieval Spain, written while Berwald ran an orthopedic clinic
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Piano Quintet No. 2 in A majorhis most harmonically daring
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Sinfonie Sérieuse in G minor
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Concertino for two pianosunique in his output
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 37
- Orchestral
- ● Konzertstück for Bassoon and Orchestra
- ● Symphony no. 3 in C major, "Sinfonie singulière"
- Piano Concerto in D major
- Symphony no. 1 in G minor, "Sinfonie sérieuse"
- Festival of the Bayadères — Symphonic poem
- Foot-race — Symphonic poem
- Play of the Elves — Symphonic poem
- Reminiscence of the Norwegian Mountains — Symphonic poem
- Serious and Joyful Fancies — Symphonic poem
- Symphony no. 2 in D major, "Sinfonie capricieuse"
- Symphony no. 4 in E flat major, "Sinfonie naïve"
- Violin Concerto in C sharp minor, op. 2
- Chamber
- Piano Quintet no. 1 in C minor
- Duo Concertino in A minor — For 2 violins
- Duo for Cello and Piano in B flat major
- Duo for Violin and Piano in D major
- Duo for Violin and Piano in D minor
- Grand Septet in B flat major — For clarinet, bassoon, horn, violin, viola, cello and double-bass
- Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major
- Piano Trio no. 1 in E flat major
- Piano Trio no. 2 in F minor
- Piano Trio no. 3 in D minor
- Piano Trio no. 4 in C major
- Quartet for piano, clarinet, horn and bassoon in E flat major
- String Quartet no. 1 in G minor
- String Quartet no. 2 in A minor
- String Quartet no. 3 in E flat major
- Vocal
- A votre âge — Song
- Den 4 Juli 1844 — Song
- En parcourant les doux climats — Song
- Lebt wohl ihr Berge — Song
- Romance, "Jag minnes dig" — Song
- Serenade in F major — For tenor, clarinet, horn, viola, cello, double-bass and piano
- Traum — Song
- Stage
- Estrella de Soria — Opera
- The Queen of Golconda — Opera
- Keyboard
- Fantasy on 2 Swedish folk-melodies