Currently listening to Schumann's Rhenish Symphony. Beautiful music. Conventional lay-out in the classical mold. Nothing innovative, even the orchestration is a bit dry in some parts, but the musical details and the melodic breadth are overwhelming.
Which leads me to come up with a list of my favorite Symphonies and Piano Concertos:
1. Mahler no. 2
2. Brahms No. 2
3. Beethoven no. 7
4. Dvorak no. 9
5. Schumann "Rhenish"
6. Franck
7. Mahler no. 1
8. Brahms no. 4
9. Schumann "Scottish"
10. Beethoven no. 9
Piano Concertos
1. Tchaikovsky no. 1
2. Chopin no.1
3. Chopin no. 2
4. Rachmaninoff no. 1
5. Ravel Concerto for the left hand
6. Brahms no. 1
7. Dvorak
8. Scharwenka
9. Prokofiev no. 5
10. Saint-Saens
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