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I'm not a musicologist, so the following reflections are based on my personal impressions as well as booklets included in various CD's.
Start with Saint-Saëns 3rd (1886). This well known work made a great impression on Widor, who warmly praised Saint-Saëns's talent as on orchestrator. Widor's answer was his own 3rd symphony Op. 69 (https://youtu.be/mjCWX1xRUZk?si=b9YQZDcEs7ItCwhq), with organ and in two distinct parts as Saint-Saëns (1893). Widor's was performed in Paris in 1895, with Vierne at the organ. I don't think that the structure of Vierne's symphony (four movements in two parts) and the closeness of the theme of the scherzo to that of Widor's 3rd scherzo are coincidental.
It can be added that Vierne's symphony is dedicated to Gabriel Fauré.
Still missing is a recording of his Ballade for violin and orchestra Op. 52.

... and Boëllmann and Vierne...

Just watched the youtube teaser. I'd listened to Chausson many times but I'd never realized that the call of the trombones at 1:55 then 2:06 (teaser timings) is identical to the theme of Dvorak's 9th finale. Is it a coincidence ? Chausson's is from 1890 and Dvorak's from 1893...

Robertson's version is definitely incomplete, missing nos 1, 13, 16, 18, 20, 21 and 22 of the ballet. The order on the record is not the right order either...

May I suggest Georges Onslow's String Quintet No32 in D minor Op78. One of his last string quintets dating from the early 1850's, this surely has to be one of his finest works. One slight problem here though is that it is written for two violas which may be offputting to those considering the aspects of programming etc. Nevertheless this is a fine work which deserves to be better known and is representative of this composer at his very best - it certainly awakened in me an interest in string chamber music which had previously been dominated by piano-orientated repertoire. Apart from the unusual instrumentation, I'm afraid I cannot offer much with regards to difficulty etc., but the parts are readily available from IMSLP. Also, at present, there does not appear to be a modern recording - the only one dates from 1980's and was originally issued on LP. 

I've seen the CD (coupled with quartet Op.8 N°1) by Gérard Jarry et al. for sale on ebay. It's still dowloadable from various sites. It's available on youtube, for those interested.

Fortunately, in the recent years, all of Magnard's music has been recorded, except his operas Yolande (only the reduction for voices and piano has survived and, contrary to Guercoeur, Ropartz did not reorchester it) and Berenice (available as mp3 from a performance in Marseille in 2001).
To me, his masterpieces are his last two symphonies, the Chant funèbre, the violin sonata and the string quartet.

The "listen" button redirects you to the page of the concert. Then click on "MDR KULTUR Konzert" below the picture. The cello concerto starts at 5:05.

My mistake!

I've come across Ukrainian pianist Anna Shelest's youtube channel:https://www.youtube.com/c/ShelestatthePiano/featured
Lots of unsung piano pieces, in particular Hélène de Montgeroult, Mel Bonis, Cécile Chaminade, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelsohn as well as late-romantic Anton Rubinstein, Mykola Lysenko or Levko Revutsky.

Attardi has already recorded Symphony No.2 (coupled with the Piano Concerto) on the Amadeus label. It was issued in 2015.

All very confusing!

Here is the link to the interview in Italian: https://www.facebook.com/rtptv.it/videos/234582198863522/?extid=NS-UNK-UNK-UNK-AN_GK0T-GK1C

He announces the Epitalamio coupled with the second symphony and the Festive Overture.

I was the author of the deleted post. I got the information of Attardi performing Sgambati's Epitalamio from an interview in Italian he gave after his concert in Messina. I don't remember the link to it. In this interview he mentioned that the Epitalamio together with the second symphony and an Overture (?) would be recorded for Brilliant. That's all I know.

British pianist Clare Hammond is another advocate for Montgeroult's piano pieces. A CD by her playing a selection of 29 études has been published by Bis. She presents it on her youtube channel https://youtu.be/-kGKGxB1yJc (she also made the effort of presenting it in French https://youtu.be/8cWRFEgyV2s)

The opening concert of the Insula Orchestra under Laurence Equilbey will be at the Seine Musicale in Boulogne-Billancourt (suburb of Paris) on September 29 and 30. It will comprise Louise Farrenc's 2nd symphony as well as her two overtures. The first part of the concert will feature Beethoven's 2nd piano concerto (soloist Lucas Delbargue).

As far as I know, "militaire" was never spelled in French without the final e. This title is repeated with the same consistent misspelling on the various parts of the manuscript. Probably a confusion between German and French, between "militär" and "militaire". As I said before, "sinfonie" was a common spelling in France during the 18th and early 19th centuries: Czerny's 2nd symphony is titled "Grande sinfonie". Anyway, "Sinfonie militär" would be incorrect in German, the adjective has to precede the noun. In conclusion, I think the title "sinfonie militair" is a pleasant mix of French and German!

I suppose the title "Sinfonie militair" was supposed to be French. "Sinfonie" was acceptable at the time (now spelled "symphonie"). But "militair" always had, and still have, a final "e", in both masculine and feminine forms: "militaire".