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I can confirm that the recording of symphony no. 2 was the one made a year before the first public performances in February 2014, and before the orchestra di Roma disbanded and the orchestral set bought from me mysteriously disappeared.

As for the Epitalamio, It seems a shame that Attardi fails in his interviews to give credit to the person who prepared the Epitalamio score for him.

Bringing it back to Mayer, I think with her work being so retrograde there's not much value in comparing her to Schumann or Mendelssohn merely because they were contemporaries.....but perhaps we can compare her to Czerny, Ries, or Hummel and then assess where she stands.

With all due respect, I would suggest that you study more closely some of all the scores that you mention.  Texture-wise, you may be hearing a superficial resemblance to the music of 100 years earlier, but harmonically there is no comparison.

Everything is in the interpretation and playing - Holly Hyun Choe understands the score better, I believe, than previous conductors and, together with her young players, delivers a performance that is exciting to hear.
There is subtlety in her writing. She makes, for instance, much use of enharmonic transitions which may not be immediately apparent to a listener. In my opinion, her symphonies can stand alongside those of her contemporary, Robert Schumann.

Emilie Mayer symphony 6, performance by Ensemble Reflektor in Germany live streaming today (Sunday October 2nd, 2022) on YouTube:

https://youtu.be/Ft1BDlAWUNc

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".

Hmmm! It's German!!

Now I'm confused. Are cpo and Hänssler both releasing different recordings of symphony 6 soonish?...

I am very pleased to say that Mayer 6 has been getting a lot of attention recently, and I have hired out the orchestral set twice last year for recordings.
The June 12th date is a subscription concert to launch the CD.

No, this is a different recording by Bremerhaven.

A little update on answers to the question regarding a recording of Mayer Symphony 6: I've just been told that the launch of the CD will be at a special concert in Bremerhaven on June 12th.

 

*This only leaves No.6 to be recorded commercially

I am told  the Symphony no.6 CD is in production in Germany.

Despite my four years as the classical music host on my college radio station, I'd never heard of her and immediately found a recording on youtube

If you are interested to read more about Dora Bright, you may wish to read my article about her. It includes corrections of some commonly mistaken facts written about her. https://www.trubcher.com/blog/dora-bright

Whoop! You are doing a wonderful job. Congratulations on all your recordings.

Nothing helpful but of interest that, only a few days ago, I discovered that I own a letter written by Stavenhagen from Weimar in May 1890. It belonged to my (pianist) grandmother previously, although she was not born until 1889, and I do not know how she came by it.  It may be addressed to Augustus Manns, but it's hard going to read the two sides of old German script written with a careless hand!

This composer is new to me. Thanks for the introduction. I like what I am hearing.

At last a premier recording of this excellent four movement work, composed 138 years ago by 'The English Mendelssohn' and performed now by Tia Jaynes (flute) with Alex von Marshall (piano) [edition by Trubcher Music Editions]
https://youtu.be/gxYLruPkf6Y
https://youtu.be/GE8gpf0Gtnk
https://youtu.be/iLiJf5OMaQs
https://youtu.be/i7XgG5AWiJ0

They are nice little pieces. I published a sheet music edition of a couple of them a few years ago. You can see an example of the sheet music here: https://www.trubcher.com/flute-guitar/gyrowetz-diabelli-savoyards-for-flute-and-guitar