Nate DeMaria <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>I am relatively new to the classical music repertiore, and I am looking to
>expand my personal listening repertiore.  Over the past year I have fell in
>love with Tchaikovsky's 6th symphony, the Brahms Symphonies, Scheherezade
>by Rimsky-Korsakov, the Sibelius, Tchaikovsky and Brahms Violin Concertos,
>and the short pieces of Samuel Barber. ...

Try the Glazunov violinconcerto - it has a warm sound like the Tjajkovskij,
and is in my opinion on of the better violinconcertos over all.

Try more Tjajkovskij!  He is always great!  The first symphony
"Winterdreams" (and what a wonderful title on a symphony!!) is not as
tragic moody as the 6.  but it is very charming, although the sonata form
maybe didn't fit Tjajkovskij so well.

I see you like Brahms; Why not try mister Zemlinsky(who is hot on the list
right now)'s symphonies

For archromantic: Have you tried any Wagner?

James Zehm
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