Ok, I know Reicha is at the limit of our remit here (though on the whole his music isn't boring!... ) but an upcoming CD from cpo (https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/9871673--reicha-complete-symphonies-vol-1) promises his complete symphonies, volume 1. I may be wrong- or -have- all his symphonies been recorded, yet? but this seems good news.
(We're still waiting on all his string quartets, too- as it is that series seems to have stalled after a very few volumes.)
That looks promising! I have been streaming some of Reicha's piano works on Toccata lately, so that is a nice coincidence. I gather the numbering of Reicha's catalogue is quite complicated (according to Wikipedia, the opus numbers are in 'disarray' and some pieces were published multiple times), so I'm not sure if everything has been recorded already.
Of the 11 symphonies (plus one lost) listed by Wikipedia, several don't have keys listed (one is in C minor, though), and of the others, only one is in D major (the key of the symphony on this album). There is a symphony in D on a disc conducted by Petr Altrichtr but in 3 movements, not 4. The first movement sound sample begins the same way as on the new disc, the last movement doesn't. Someone remarked in notes to one of Altricht[e]r's recordings of the work that its minuet is incomplete- maybe cpo includes a version of it and an alternate finale, or something. We may know in a few months...
The Reicha symphony situation is extremely confusing. There are multiple sort....small sets of them, there's 1 and 2, as well as "Symphony a Grand Orchestre" 1 and 2, and Symphony a Petit Orchestre No. 1 though not sure that even GOT No. 2. And to make it more confusing there's also Grande Symphonie 1 and 2. And some that just have keys.
Hopefully this series will set the record straight as to what is what here, because my research has come up short.
Incidently I've never heard of this 'AJR' catalog, don't see anything about it online.....would love to though.
according to a recording of it, the symphony for small orchestra is in C minor.
Then there's the two salon symphonies, one in D major (but not the one on this recording) and one in E minor...
Let me nail my colours to the mast.
Reicha (a bit like Danzi ,Weyse and,perhaps,Witt) acts as a bridge into Romanticism. Far more so than,say, the Wranitzkys, to my ears. I think his music falls within our remit.
And Eric is spot-on. Reicha is never boring. I personally believe he surpasses the masters mentioned above, from the knowledge of the three symphonies of his already in my possession. The brief excerpts of this symphony are very attractive and this is a CD and series that I will be buying.