On the NCA label (now deceased?) a series called ‘The Sound of Weimar’ gave us 5 CD’s with the tone poems by Franz Liszt; a 6th volume was issued on cpo and a 7th – with Schubert transcriptions – on Alpha records. I really hope this interesting series will be continued. There’s still some unknown Liszt to enjoy! Orchester Wiener Akademie (on period instruments and an orchestra not larger than around 40 players) under Martin Haselböck!

Out January, 30th: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/boris-papandopulo-klavierkonzert-nr-3/hnum/5892046
I enjoyed the first CD with Papandopulo's music very much. This one: https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/boris-papandopulo-klavierkonzert-nr-2/hnum/3097679

I just hope cpo will release many/some of the 'promised' releases I've seen in their respective catalogues over the last few years: Pfitzner's Rose von Liebesgarten; symphonies by Glass, David, Kallstenius, Andriessen, Röntgen, Pijper, Bargiel etc. etc.

For anyone interested in slightly modern, and very tonal romantic, French symphonism: http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573687
But beware: these are not the complete Arcanes Symphoniques - only a handful - and the complete recording can be had on an Accord release: https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B001EI9YYK/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=A2WLNRCAB0QEE8

'Oude wijn in nieuwe zakken', that's what we say over here: old wine in new bottles.
Congratulations Finland: you made it!

How about the recording quality of te 4th Symphony on the NF CD-release? The Youtube thing sounds pretty like my bathroom acoustics....

Bought this release at the website mentioned above.
Arrived within 5 days from Belgrade (to a certain large coastal town at the east side of the North Sea). Very good production, great presentation, booklet with extensive essay in English and (I think) Serbian. I think the recording is excellent, done in 2008/2009 and labelled as ADD. No problem. The music is performed with panache and zest. It’s a amalgam of Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, Ravel, Glazunov and has some peppered numbers that sound like Balkan folk music in symphonic style. Very much recommended. Thanks for this mr. Esterhase.

Very interesting indeed. Do you think this is a recent recording. The webpage says 2015 but that also could be the year of release...

As being Dutch I’m not going to be very chauvinistic but I’d like to ad Willem van Otterloo as conductor/composer and Otto Ketting. Van Otterloo’s marvellous Symphony nr.2 is completed by Otto Ketting. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CSu1w5F6lyI
https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willem_van_Otterloo (The English wiki entry, alas, isn’t very informative on Van Otterloo).
And please don’t forget one of our icons: Reinbert de Leeuw. His ‘Der nächtlige Wanderer’ is an orchestral work full of fantasy and reminiscence: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxjecPnc3T8

Hope it's worth the wait! http://www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.573343

Probably worth a try, the pdf. booklet says 'Granddad Laughs, an eccentric opera in two acts. Libretto by Alexander Tchaikovsky after Ivan Krylov’s fables. With children as special audience in mind, the composer writes the opera in a simple musical language using couplet and song forms. At the same time, he freely employs devices of musical drama of the 20th century – a method of collage and cinematographic “fade-in” (when characters of one fable continue to act in the stories that follow), grotesque refraction of music genres and a startling combination of “high” and “low,” a peculiar stage polyphony. Virtuosity of the vocal and symphonic score and characteristic use of different music timbres are combined with convenience of performance and transparency of sound. [Qute ends]

I hope Northern Flowers gets a second life.
Consider this http://www.prestoclassical.co.uk/r/Northern%2BFlowers/NFPMA99117%252F8
As a young boy I was at the premiere of this long and fantastic symphony (with my father). I remember Rozhdestvensky shouting the text. If this 'new' recording is the radio recording transferred to disc, we've to fear for the sound quality............ (Listen to it on youtube)

I totally agree, bought the cpo set, listened to it 4 or 5 times, couldn't swallow it and sold it on ebay, poor buyer... :-\

I ordered this one directly from the RVW society. (Didn't have time to listen to the disc yet). It's a little cheaper that way - if that interests you - and I think I support the Society directly.
http://rvwsociety.com/albionrecords/

I look very much forward to this release! There're many Uilenspiegel works composed (R. Strauss, Reznicek, Van Gilse etc.), hope the one by Braunfels is a good one too!