I digress.
I share your love of Chausson and like what I've heard of the Godar. And, ditto, yes, the Schubert Quartets.
I found the Lalo difficult to really like, and, I must say, I have and have for a long time, had a kind of indifference to much of Mendelssohn.I love his last three Symphonies, the fiddle concerto, the Octet and some of the quartets, but there's a kind of 'business' about much of his music which grates on me. There's also a kind of sweetness and perpetual light which is anathema to me. Yes, there are dark moments, but they are few and far between. To my ears, his music never probes enough. I can't help but get the feeling that he was a very talented musician who basically led a very charmed life.
Which leads me to my next post which will be a list of Musical Blind Spots
I will listen to the Amirov again. I like what I've heard.
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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