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Classical composers, symphonies

I thought I would reach out to Audiogon fans of classical music for some help, having seen the numerous posts in the afficionados thread.

I am a big fan of large orchestral works like symphonies, particularly of Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, V Williams, Wagner, Mahler, Brahms, and Bruckner(Romantic).

If you could recommend one or more additional composers to explore that are similar, who would you recommend?

Thanks in advance.
recluse

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gdnrbob
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I just discovered Etienne Mehul. He was around Mendelsohn's time. Very interesting composer. 
Spotify has a great catalog of Early Romantic composers on mostly Naxos Label.
Later Romantic composers:
Anton Rubenstein- Piano Cto #4 and numerous piano pieces that you will probably recognize.
Hector Berlioz- who is a class upon himself.
Earlier Romantic composers:
August Charles DeBeriot and Fredrich Von Flotow
B
gdnrbob
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I can agree with the OP's feelings toward Sibelius.
Besides the Violin concerto, and up to the 2nd symphony, I find him a bit dark- It must be those Finnish winters....
OP, if you like Schumann, then there are a number of Early Romantic composers.
Ferdinand Ries
Carl Maria Von Weber
Felix Mendelsohn
Ignaz Pleyel
Carl Czerney
Franz Schubert
Fredrick Chopin

Sorry if I have repeated some composers.
If you join Spotify, they have a nice catalog and you can search under a composer for a 'Related Artist'. I discovered many composers I never knew existed from that list.
Bob
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