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In response to JimL: If you're talking about Marscher, that's true. There's a recording of Marschner's Opus 4, the 12 Bagatelles for Guitar. The performer is Allen Krantz.
I'd consider the 1st and 3rd bagatelles to be the most enjoyable of them.

Speaking of guitar music: this month Brilliant Classics released the complete solo guitar works by Wenzel Thomas Matiegka. (7 CDs)
Unfortunately I don't think he's suitable for this forum, because the music sounds more Classical than Romantic to me.

Also, on what label was the 1981 performance of Der Templer und die Jüdin released? So far I've only been able to locate the 1951 performance.

On the 24th of March there will be a performance of Marschner's 1st piano quartet in New York, alongside a piano quartet by Georges Alary. Apparently, Alary was a pupil of Camille Saint-Saëns...

I just found out that last year the Neuburger Kammeroper performed Marschner's opera "Der Bäbu".
Of this opera only the overture is available commercially.

That's very interesting news indeed! I'm really considering to order it when it's available.
I wonder if there are any other premiere recordings here, because these pieces were available on Guild earlier.

From Nowowiejski, The King of the Winds and Quo vadis caught my ear the most.

My best discovery for 2018 was definitely Feliks Nowowiejski.

I have no idea, I don't think so. Though there's always a possibility...

This composer is best known for Der Fremersberg, but other than that none of his other works have been recorded.
Besides Der Fremersberg he has also composed various waltzes, polkas and marches, mostly for piano.
Even though he was a Czech composer, he only has Wikipedia pages in German and Dutch.
Here's a translation of the Dutch wikipedia page. I've tried to make it as grammatically correct as possible.

Könnemann studied at the then Prague State Conservatory (now Státní konservatori hudby v Praze) in Prague. After his graduation he became conductor at the court chapel of Prince August zu Hohenlohe-Öhringen. After years of working as a conductor with various royal and urban orchestras, he became Kapellmeister of the Austrian Infantry Regiment nr. 28, which was then stationed in Rastatt. During his stay in Rastatt, music life developed both in Rastatt and in Baden-Baden. From 1858 onwards he was also conductor of the spa orchestra in Baden-Baden, which was then called Bénazetsches Orchester and reached a high level with this orchestra. He continued to fulfill this function until his death.

The orchestra received a positive stimulation because Baden-Baden developed into a distinguished spa stay during this period; famous composers and soloists were guests in this city, such as Anton Rubinstein, Henri Vieuxtemps, Henryk Wieniawski and Hans Joachim. In addition, guest conductors joined this orchestra: Johannes Brahms, Franz Liszt, Hector Berlioz, Georges Bizet, Hans von Bülow and Felix Mottl.

He was a member of the Freemasons' lodge "Badenia zum Fortschritt" in Baden-Baden.

Is anyone else aware of recordings of his works other than Der Fremersberg?

I listened to the Gloria! last week, and I must say that, if I were to hear it performed by a real orchestra in concert, it is one of my favourite symphonies.
My favourite passage is what sounds like a waltz, around 17 minutes into the 3rd movement.

Except for Rheinberger I do know of 3 other Liechtensteiner composers, and those are all still alive; Jürg Hanselmann, Marco Schädler & Matthias Frommelt.
This is all modern music, which is outside the remit of this forum.

Heard the set on Spotify some time ago if I remember correctly, and my personal favourite here probably is Das Tal des Espingo, especially the fragment around the 10-minute mark.

Is anyone aware of any other Liechtensteiner composers from the Romantic era by any chance?

Heinrich Marschner's Hans Heiling will be performed in the Aalto-Theater Essen on several occasions this year:

24 February, 19:00
28 February, 19:30
3 March, 19:00
9 March, 19:30
22 March, 19:30
29 April, 16:30
12 May, 19:00
27 May, 18:00
22 June, 19:30

I gave the symphony a listen on Spotify yesterday, and it sounds very interesting. Because of the name "Metamorphosen-Sinfonien" Scherber gave to his symphonies, I was expecting some kind of avant garde, but it isn't! It sounds a lot like Bruckner, especially the first two minutes of the first movement.

The Kinderlieder were also very enjoyable.

I'd consider this CD an important release.

I will give this piece a full listen later on, but from what I hear it sounds very interesting!

You're correct! The father of Jan was Marius Adrianus, and Henri François Robert was one of his brothers.