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Art Rock, I ask because I recently went on a Schuman binge, having only had the 10th and In Praise of Shahn, which was for a long time my first and only Schuman.
I also acquired Searle and Sessions and Nørholm around the same time, a spree that was preceded by a Wellesz, Krenek, Nørgård orgy.
And I was wondering if you'd had a similar experience with Schuman to mine. (I now have Schuman's Symphony for strings and numbers 3, 4, 7, 8, and 9, too, plus some smaller things, including Judith.)
Anyway, as far as recommendations go, I've had the most success with Francis Dhomont's Frankenstein Symphony. At least four people have listened to that and then bought it on my say so. Well, on my say so and on their liking what they listened to, of course.
Rojo might be interested in that. Dhomont made it by sewing together snippets from dozens of other works, of students and colleagues of his and of pieces of his own--hence the title. And while it's fun to listen to it and be able to say "that's Gobeil" or "that's Calon" from time to time, it's not at all necessary to know any of the sources. I knew only a few when I first heard it. (If you like it, it's a good way to get acquainted with a lot of music by a lot of different people, as the insert lists every piece that Dhomont used.)
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I have never been interested in major orchestral works but that has changed lately - especially after listening to Gorecki's 3rd. So I would like to listen to his other symphonic works as well. I have heard that his 3rd symphony is very different - in terms of artistic expression and style - than his other works. Is that true? And are there any recordings of his 1st and 2nd symphonies that you can recommend? Thank you! 
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