Like Ralph Moore, I did not hear Bruckner....although the very opening with its emphasis on brass writing and turbulent accompanying string figuration might suggest the Austrian's occasional way of writing.
The scherzo might be mistaken for Rachmaninov by someone who didn't know the Rachmaninov symphonies as there is a resemblance but I kept comparing much of the music (especially the first movement) with the style of contemporary work by such composers as Karlowicz, Rozycki and Novak which derives influences from Wagner, Liszt, Tchaikovsky and Franck. There's more than a smattering of Glazunov, too, especially in parts of the variation movement.
I don't know that I'd agree that the 3rd symphony is "bloated"...certainly two of my recordings however - Stokowski and Ormandy - make some cuts. Another older performance I have by Scherchen on three lp sides - which I once followed with the huge score I borrowed from the library- is, I seem to remember, complete.
That Macal recording of Gličre's Second Symphony may be heard on YouTube - in individual movements - and I have just listened to it. I did not know it so thank you for the tip - it is certainly highly melodic, entertaining and approachable. I did not so much hear the influence of Bruckner in it as that of Rachmaninov, whose Second Symphony was exactly contemporaneous. Lots of Dvořák, too! I endorse your recommendation as it was certainly a discovery for me, too.
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