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You don't need to worry about that. On YouTube you can hear his 2nd Symphony. It is quite romantic.
https://youtu.be/_NZO0TYO1Uo

Kenneth Woods certainly did a nice job in orchestrating Brahms 2nd piano quartet. But to consider it to be "effectively a complete new Brahms symphony" ? I don't think so. To me it remains just orchestrated chamber music and, well, there is nothing wrong with that. To make it sound like a symphony - a Brahms symphony - he should not have used the horns like he did, i.e. as a quartet. In his symphonies Brahms has always used two pairs of natural horns. So to me the use of the horns in the first movement as well in the opening of the last movement does not sound like Brahms at all.

Volker Banfeld's interpretation of the Goetz piano concertos is indeed very convincing, but for the 2nd piano concerto  I'd prefer the more demur performance by Paul Baumgartner on a 1971 LP recording (as far as I know never issued on CD) which can be heard on YouTube.

Hurriedly before someone corrects me, I just remembered the Bruch Octet substitutes a double-bass for the second cello, so not a "natural" partner for the Mendelssohn!

Could that have been the reason why Santo and his companions were not quite so enthousiastic?

You're right of course, Santo. It is no use to discuss taste. It is just that I love to hear the piece and probably would have loved to play it, were it available when I still was an active viola player. To me it sounds utterly  Bruch'ish, much more than his 1st string quintet or his septet for wind and strings.
OK, sorry for being off topic.

I am quite surprised by the harsh judgement regarding the string octet by Max Bruch. Could you explain, Santo, what exactly makes it sound like the work of a 12 year old?

I think Jerfilm and Martin Eastick are referring to the link Semi.Serio has provided in the Downloads Section which is not working for me either. The link Alan has "hyperlinked" gives no problem.

OK, I presumed it was a reissue of the original BIS recording but apparently I was wrong. Still I think the live performance of the Swedish Royal Philharmonic is top.

It is indeed a very good registration and - more important - a superb performance. in my opinion the best available. As far as I know there is no studio recording on the market, only live performances (Järvi with the Gothenburg Orchestra and Svetlanov with the Swedish Radio Orchestra). The Swedish Royal Philharmonic Orchestra is really top!

We've had threads like this one before. And it is always interesting to read what other members like to hear. But I expect we all know that the chances for our wishes to become true are virtually none. That said I'm happy to present my wishlist of symphonies, all by composers known to me through other one of more other symphonies they've written, and it is just out of curiosity that I want to hear them.
- Sgambati: Symphony No. 2 in E flat Major
- Klughardt: Symphony No. 4 in C minor Op. 57
- Senfter: Symphonies No. 3 in A Major Op. 43, No. 5 in E minor and No. 6 in E flat Major
- Baussnern: Symphonies No. 2 in B minor "Dem Andenken von Johannes Brahms" (1899) and No. 4 in C minor (1914)
- Weigl: Symphonies No. 1 in E Major Op. 5 and No. 2 in D Minor Op. 19

I think I've found it: it is a recording issued in the Sony Classical Vivarte Series, called The Cello And The King Of Prussia. The cellist is Anner Bijlsma. Catalog no. 63360

Eric is right: it is indeed Bernhard Romberg's sonata op. 5 no.1, originally scored for harp and cello (or violin).

As far as I know Bernhard Romberg composed 6 cello sonatas but none of them in de key of E flat major. So it is likely somebody else, maybe not even with the name Romberg!

Yes, I've also seen and heard this particular video on YouTube. But I think it is utterly unlikely that this is  a composition by the composer of operettas like The Prince Student. The more serious compositions by Sullivan, Herbert, Frimml and others were still rpmantic in a way that was not so different from their other works. But this Cello Sonata - his first! so there must be at least another one - is purely classical. Moreover, the piano part is played here on Hammerklavier! Would Sigmund Romberg, even in his younger years, have written something like that? I can't imagine.

Fano' s Andante e Allegro con Fuoco for piano and orchestra can be heard on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9fB2_1ptXg