Regarding Bruckner, I can only point to my Bruckner Shortlist (https://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2022/Feb/Bruckner-sy-checklist.htm) for my favourite recordings and say that the start of my love affair for his music was the Scherzo of the Ninth and that I still consider the Eighth to be the greatest symphony ever written. But some folk just don't have the implant for his music - others are born hard-wired for a love of it.
I am trying to "get into" Bruckner and Mahler but have not had much luck. I usually like Late Romantic composers like Strauss, Wagner, and Rachmaninov, but I have had trouble with these two. Mahler seems scatterbrained and stylistically all over the place, and Bruckner feels rather dour and dull.
I was wondering if anyone could give suggestions about good works/recordings I could use to increase my experience with these composers, because I feel like based on their popularity, I should be able to enjoy their music. Thanks
-Noah
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