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perhaps because he died in the year that saw the beginning of WW1?

Oops...

An "oops" indeed, because in 1918 the war ended.

That's a fascinating story!

Yes, I already came across the Lexicon entry. The entry on Naxos is much longer though.
Interesting fact: apparently, at some point Faesy had in his possession a manuscript of Wagner's Tannhäuser, with Wagner's own corrections in it.
Since it is suggested that Faesy must have known Wagner personally, that could very well have been the case.

I just came across this Swiss composer while browsing the catalogue of the Marco Polo label.
They've released one CD with four of Faesy's orchestral works on it.
They are two orchestral preludes (Götz von Berlichingen & Der Triumph der Liebe) a tone poem (Sempach), and a symphonic suite (Columbus).
I've listened to them and I must say that I like what I've heard.
On the back cover of the album, it is mentioned that his style is reminiscent of Wagner and Liszt.

I haven't found a Wikipedia page about the composer, but I found this biography on the Naxos website:
https://www.naxos.com/person/Albert_Rudolph_Faesy/20453.htm

I get the impression that Bungert has written some very large-scale pieces, and for me that's always good news! It's a shame there are no commercial recordings. From the large scale works, the only full (at least, I think it is) recording I came across is the Mysterium Op. 60, which is a radio recording.

I would be interested to hear that announcement as well, because I'm getting curious here...
Is there a way for me to find it?
I've listened to the symphony a few times in the past two weeks. Even though I think that (for example) his 9th symphony is much stronger than this one, it still has its moments.
I find myself enjoying a few passages in the 1st and 3rd movements.

In fact, this is a misattribution. The symphony from these YouTube videos is not Cuclin's Symphony No. 7, but his Symphony No. 17 "In preclassical forms" from 1965. I once got a broadcast recording of this symphony (again, just three movements, by the way) plus announcement which definitely clarified things. The title partly explains the neoclassical formulas Cuclin uses in this work (which, to be honest, I am not too fond of).

So this is his 17th symphony? Wow, I wasn't aware of that, mainly because on Cuclin's symphonies there's a big lack of information.
It's strange though, because I found this recording on the Internet Archive (the upload to YouTube was actually made possible by me alerting the uploader of this recording).
The original files I have of it include a short radio announcement at the end of the 3rd movement, which states (and I'm absolutely 100% sure that I heard correctly) this was his 7th symphony.
Did the announcer make a mistake there? And if so, is this actually a full recording without any cuts? (as the recording of the 9th symphony has a large amount of cuts)

Some time ago a recording of Cuclin's 7th symphony was posted to YouTube. I have a feeling it might be an incomplete recording (considering the amount of cuts that was made in his 9th symphony). Here are the three available movements:

1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJE9KA5P4GY
2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U9KHElPbdg
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TG6sgKQY2I0
There could be a 4th movement that wasn't recorded, but I haven't found a score of the piece to corroborate that.

After a search on Spotify, I've found a fragment of Marschner's opera 'Heinrich IV und D'Aubigné'. It's a very enjoyable piece, with an attractive horn solo. It's called "Das jagdhorn schallt".
I've found a few other interesting pieces as well there over the course of last year:

-Das Testament: Im alten Fass zu Heidelberg (this is a small choral piece)
-12 Bagatelles for Guitar

Also available is a selection of Lieder.

I originally planned to post this way earlier, but I forgot .
Last year I managed to obtain copies of Cuclin's 9th & 14th symphonies.
Both are very big: 415 & 435 pages respectively.
An "older Romanian man" (I don't know anything else about him) apparently travelled through the whole country to find any of Cuclin's works.
He found these two symphonies, copied them and passed them on.
So the message I sent along with the people from the church in my grandparents' village actually yielded some big results actually!
From what I understand, the other symphonies appear to be private property...

I'm planning on listening to a few oratorios by Lorenzo Perosi, and from this thread I get the impression that the reception of Perosi's music is, well... mixed.
Still, I'm intrigued by this composer, mostly because of the fact that he mainly composed oratorios and masses instead of operas. (Yes, I'm aware that's kind of an easy generalization )
I'm trying to find out which composers in a way may have influenced Perosi in his music, but so far it's been a bit difficult to pinpoint any.
What are your ideas on this subject?

Yes, I was already aware of that one. On Spotify a small fragment of Heinrich IV und d'Aubigné is available.

That's very interesting news!
I hope other operas by Marschner will be released in the future, such as "Der Bäbu" or "Kaiser Adolph von Nassau".

My copy of the Fritz Brun boxset arrived two days ago, and I've finished the first two discs.
So far I'm finding the music very enjoyable.

My copy of the Fritz Brun boxset arrived today, and I've almost finished the first disc.
So far I'm finding the music very enjoyable.