Thanks for your reply. I will check out all of them.
These these works might qualify as underrated, but I think few of them are "overlooked"!
Kalinnikov 1 - Kuchar is good, but have you heard Friedmann on Arte Nova? He makes it seem a much grander work. I wish he had recorded the 2nd symphony too.
Prokofiev 6 - Rozhdestvensky is my reference, though Kuchar is good too. I haven't heard Gaffigan's recording, but I did hear a little of his 3rd: the performance seemed good, and the sound was very impressive.
Shostakovich 4 - For such a "difficult" work, this has had a high success rate in terms of recordings. Most cycles I've heard do it justice, but I especially liked Jansons, Barshai and Rozhdestvensky. I haven't yet heard Boreyko.
If I might add to the list of underrated works:
Amirov's symphony for strings. There was also a great disc of his "symphonic mugams" on Naxos.
Practically anything by Chausson! My favourite recording of his symphony is by Ansermet.
Lalo's piano concerto. It's received a few adequate recordings, but my favourite is still the old Dosse/Kuntzsch performance on Vox.
Mendelssohn's piano quartet 3 in B minor, op.3. Though really I could list all his string quartets and quintets as well.
Schubert's string quartet 3 in B flat (but any of the early quartets repay listening). My favourite performance is by the Quatuor Sine Nomine
Schumann's violin concerto. There isn't really a performance tradition yet, so most recordings fall short in my opinion. Bell/Dohnanyi remains the best available.
Godar's cello sonata. A modern work that doesn't defy the listener's pleasure. Here is a performance by the original interpreter:
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