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Classical composers, symphonies

I thought I would reach out to Audiogon fans of classical music for some help, having seen the numerous posts in the afficionados thread.

I am a big fan of large orchestral works like symphonies, particularly of Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, V Williams, Wagner, Mahler, Brahms, and Bruckner(Romantic).

If you could recommend one or more additional composers to explore that are similar, who would you recommend?

Thanks in advance.
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mamboni
55 posts
 
Scriabin Symphony No.3 - bombastic, harmonically daring, forward looking, plenty of meat for the ears of the serious romantic symphony afficionado. The Jarvi/DNRSO performance on CHANDOS (with the excellent Arensky Silhouettes) is an absolute barn burner - it will test your system, and your wall paint.


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twoleftears
1,457 posts
 
@mamboni Pulled the Unicorn-Kanchana and Chandos off the shelf.  How many other Audiogoners have 2 recordings of Gliere #3, I wonder.  I checked the two Farberman CDs and visually they look OK.  Haven't listened in a while, so must remedy that.
 
newbee
4,093 posts
 
twoleftears, I have more than two performances. :-)

But I must admit I rarely listen to them now. Farberman’s is, at this stage of my life, or it could be argued, any stage of my life, too long! :-)

Just for fun I put on Botstein’s (on Telarc) as it's the shortest of the bunch 70min +/-, I still fell asleep. Some nice music there, somewhere, if you stay awake. :-)
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