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Bax's Tintagel combines Wagner's yearning (Tristan and Isolde) with Debussy's delicacy (La Mer).  I rather like Vanska's (w/London Phil) astringent yet urgent approach, with nicely counterbalances Bax's opulence.

Admittedly Bruckner did not yet redefine the symphony here, but the F minor symphony reflects Schumann and Mendelssohn with his own peculiar "dark radiance."  I also sense the sheer joy Bruckner took in his musical craft.