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Thank you so much for your reply! Yes, ultimately, what matters in a good performance is musicality and engagement. Regardless of ideology.

What are your general thoughts on using period instruments in the Romantic repertoire? Do you have any good examples of successful recordings featuring historically informed performances?

Harmonia Mundi is releasing an album by Emilie Mayer on September 18, which appears to be the first in a series featuring her orchestral music, performed on period instruments. First up are her First Symphony, Piano Concerto, and two overtures.  https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9879500--emilie-mayer-piano-concerto-symphony-no-1-overtures-symphonic-works-vol-1   

A new release featuring Paul Caro's String Quintets will be released tomorrow, December 22.   https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9838695--paul-caro-string-quintets?srsltid=AfmBOoqLkuQSPFj9tRBOfjEXuCKSmv9qJyH-SnUXnlCXRbqYRgqlgCu_

Yes, you're probably right. But I'm glad I had the opportunity to hear the work.

I think it's unfair to completely dismiss the work. I've found many beautiful passages, especially with the choir, now that I've listened to the oratorio a few times.

The concert overture "Normannerne", (the normans), is now available: https://www.7digital.com/artist/niels-borksand/release/hakon-b%C3%B8rresen-8164450 And on You Tube.

Unfortunately, the first symphony is no longer on YouTube. I missed it.

That is good news!

Something new about this release? It is eagerly awaited!

Among all symphonies that deserves to be on CD, my vote goes for Haarklou's fourth because it is a very impressive work, especially the mighty opening. Adolf Reichel's second is another candidate. And of course the rest of Kalliwoda's symphonies from CPO.

Although i like "romantic" music. So has the greatest discoveries, thanks to this forum, been unsung composers such as Skulte, Arnic and Stoyanov. But as I understand, no longer fit in? For me, is still music that evokes feelings the main thing, whatever label. It was a necessary development of the music during the 1900s, as the "romantic" music tended to get lost in clichés. But I am still an advocate for the beautiful music, like Vasks, for instace, is he a romantic composer?

Must be aneurysm then. Have searched in all my swedish literature about the cause of his death. But have not found anything more specified than that he died of disease. On a swedish blog someone wrote about this aneurysm. Yes. Anyway he was one of the founder, here in Stockholm, to a chamber music society, including Jan Carlstedt, called "Samtida musik" (contemporary music) The year was 1960
and the group came to form front against the more Darmstadt oriented composers, who had a kind of power position. The group wrote music that was more rooted in neo-classicism and romanticism. A kind of moderate modernism. Where the lyrical and melodic are prominent. There is a beautiful violin sonata of Bo Linde that somehow characterizing this style. Poetic and intense. Feelings for real.

As far as I know, did he not commit suicide. It was a hernia in the neck that suddenly broke.

I have also become dependent on Blaz Arnic. It is a marvellous symphony (the 5th). Does anyone know how to find this cd with his eighth symphony? Or you have to cycle to Ljubljana and buy it.