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I just heard his Variations Symphoniques for Cello and Orchestra, Op. 23 on youtube. Terrible sound quality though. Too bad. It could use a good modern recording.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ty-bt8hiAoQ

His best-known composition is Suite gothique, which is a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its concluding Toccata. Is is? I don't know organ except Bach and Widor though.  Does that make him sung? Looks like there is a recording of it with the Orchestre symphonique de Mulhouse on the Fuga Libera label.

I doubt they will record this. Very exiting to be able to hear a live performance of this work this weekend - in VT of all places!
http://www.bcsvermont.org/events

Will be playing LIVE in Montreal Sunday. That's the best way by far to hear music. The OPMEM (Orchestre philharmonique des musiciens de Montréal) will be playing it. They do some cool stuff. A few years ago they did the Wager Symphony.

There is going to be a major performance of the Farrenc 2nd Symphony on July 6th at the Lanaudiere Festival in Quebec. Super conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin will lead the Orchestre Métropolitain- Montréal. He is conducting the work with the Philadelphia Orchestra next January too. I see no indication that either will be broadcast or that he will record the work. But I will be at the Quebec performance!

I got to hear his  Série Brasileira at Bard over the summer. Kind of repetitive, but enjoyable melodic romantic music. I enjoyed it. Critics consecrated Alberto Nepomuceno as a champion of Brazilian musical nationalism. I'm finally getting to listen to some of the works of his on youtube like the G minor Symphony.  According to this  "Renowned composers and critics consider the most important symphony written by an American musician in the nineteenth century. "
http://www.filarmonica.art.br/educacional/obras-e-compositores/obra/sinfonia-em-sol-menor/

I am getting the chance to hear a live performance of his Symphony No.1 in D-major this summer. Leon Bostein again. What a cool guy he is to give us these fine rarities in live performances. Apparently Carrillo's famous for developing a theory of microtonal music which he dubbed "The Thirteenth Sound". I've never heard of him though. From what I see he wrote six symphonies and  three are microtonal.

 He wrote five violin concertos. I see that his 4th and 5th violin concertos were recorded by Hyperion a few years back. I have not gotten that CD yet. But I was looking at Montreal area concerts and see Les Concerts de la Métropole is doing his 5th Concerto Friday. A treat! I will be there. But I see Wiki says he composed two symphonies and an opera. I see no other references to those works. Is that a mistake? Does anyone know the works of Ferdinand David?

Never thought I would get to hear that played in a live concert. But last night at Bard College a student- Dongfang Ouyang - performed it with the American Symphony lead by Leon Botstein. What a treat! Added bonus was that I got to hear a relatively new piece called Stroke by Joan Tower - while sitting right next to her. According to her it's going to be recorded by Naxos later this year. Can Joan Tower count as an unsung composer? One more performance of the same concert tonight at Bard. Highly recommended listening.

I just got a recording of his 3rd Symphony at a used CD shop and listened to it a couple of times. Very Russian, tonal and accessible - not at all modernist. The way I like my Russian music. Also has some other cool stuff - Gutsul Rhapsody, Volga Rhapsody,  and Carpathian Rhapsody on the disc. I'm sure I have a recording of his 2nd Symphony somewhere - but I can't locate it. I am sure I bought it a few years back. 

Any other fans of Boiko? Any rare recordings of his stuff? I can't find any indication that his 1st Symphony has been recorded.

I have the two recordings that Jarvi made of the 1st and 2nd Symphonies. Not great, but not bad either. I am a big fan of anything Russian though. I kept waiting for recordings of the rest of his symphonies to come, but it never happened. Now I see that the American Symphony under Botstein is doing the Metamorphosen, Op. 10 from 1913 in concert Saturday. It has not ever been recorded as far as I know. I'm kind of tempted to bring some recording equipment. It must be pretty good if Botstein is doing it.