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Yes, indeed, Sterling are to be congratulated on their Noskowski series. Apart from the operas, I don't think there's much significant by him that's unavailable on CD, so maybe is their last one.

How about kicking off with some examples, Paul? I can't think of any myself, but suspect you have something in mind.....

Thanks, Alan! That's clear enough. 

In that case, I'll say a word in favour of the neglected Symphony in D major by Bellini, written when he was a young man, per Grove (although I can't find an exact date). Maybe not especially "remarkable", but interestingly scored, and looking forward to the operatic style ... and half bad for a teenager!

I am a little lost with this thread because I really don't understand what is meant by "late classical". The common practice is to give 1820 as the beginning of the romantic period, so I suppose that "late classical" would be music composed, say 1790-1820? 

Coupled with the Shchedrin violin sonata - that really is an odd choice! The later issue has it coupled with the unfinished Borodin piano trio.

As I have just been listening to the Symphony No.5 in G minor after a long hiatus, I thought I'd pick up on this old thread about one of the very gifted UCs about whom we rarely speak.

As a belated reply to the last post, from Peter, yes sad that he died in his 50s and that he was so encumbered with work, but as I pointed out in a previous post he still managed an astonishing output, including 6 symphonies (the two G minor ones being excellent), and five/six piano concertos (we don't need to revisit that one!). The latter are on CD, but I think the symphonies are still hard to find.

If anyone is interested, I am happy to upload an mp3 of the Symphony No.5 in the old BBC radio performance by the Ulster Orchestra, conducted by Kenneth Alwyn. I believe this is a studio/concert performance rather than ex-LP. I recorded it directly from the BBC broadcast all those years ago, and now I see the same broadcast has popped up on YouTube. 

Hmmm ... but we do seem to have strayed somewhat from Weingartner songs!

What a great way to start the day - with this sparkling, brightly played and engaging music.
Sincere thanks 'jerfilm' 

Joseph Dente - yet another unjustly unsung composer. It's hard to understand why this particular symphony has been so neglected. It's so enjoyable. I do hope we'll hear more about and by him ...

Just a pedantic observation .... I see that our downloads incorrectly referred to Mayer instead of Meyer.  For a moment there I thought I had missed out on a new Unsung Composer. 

Alan, is this the Piano Trio in C minor? If so, I have an mp3 of the version featuring David Oistrakh, from a mono Melodiya/Westminster LP. But I haven't listened to it for a long time....

Suk, Novak, Karlowicz - for me that just about sums up the best in late romantic tone poems. Sadly, although they are fairly well covered by recordings, they are never heard in the concert hall in Australia. My impression is that Strauss and Sibelius are the tone poets of choice here.

I think composers like Draeseke simply don't offer enough that the public regard as new or different. The general appetite for the familiar on one hand, and the dramatically different on the other, accords no place for most of our UCs because they fall between the two. Why bother with an Unsung Composer when there are so many comfortable, familiar, reassuring, great and established composers? Unless they are offering a totally new or instantly attractive listening experience they stand little chance. Modern audiences, I believe, generally seek out the familiar, while a minority seek out the dramatically different. On both counts, composers such as Draeseke lose out.

In Australia, we are hearing a lot of the music that accompanies video games (notably the music for the Final Fantasy series), and it is becoming very popular on the classical radio station. It's rather like film music - sweeping Rachmaninovian symphonic themes, Mahlerian spikiness, and sweet melodies, juxtaposed with contemporary electronics. It seems to be offering the best of both worlds - the familiar and the new - without being too 'challenging'.

I must confess that I have very few of Abbado's recordings, although I do have the versions of Mahler's 9th and 10th he did with the VPO on DGG. Somehow, he flew under my radar.... In view of the comments here, I obviously should have paid him more attention! I have no doubt that he was a fine man as well as a great conductor, and that he will be fondly remembered. 

The odd thing is, I am probably not alone in being able to imagine what these works would sound like!  As far as UCs are concerned, I think a late Piano Concerto by Arthur Foote might have been a great work - if his Piano Quintet is any indicator.

Yes sub-Straussian indeed.
Does anyone have some biographical information about Yuri Kochurov?