uhm, I'll play. 

A record I've owned in one form or another since around 1972 is Martinon, Paris Conservatory,St-Saen, Danse Macabre- mournful violin, intense dynamic passages, cut on Decca UK- the old London Treasury US copy was a G.B. pressing, pretty cheap, often same dead wax as OG. (Of course, you could buy the Decca and spend money).

Another piece- I like a lot - EMI ASD 3483, Haendal Plays Britten, Berglund, Violin Concertos; well worth the cost of buying a clean copy from the UK (another dark, brilliant violin piece). 

Things to Come, side two, Bliss, EMI ASD will sound familiar--probably one of the great British film scores, which is a story in itself. 

I got a million of 'em. :)

Have fun. 

Anton Bruckner’s symphonies, especially, 4, 7, 8 & 9. Bruckner loved big, loud brass choirs. Barenboim’s performance of the 4th with the Chicago Symphony on DG is a good one. The CSO has a great brass section and Barenboim unleashes them on that recording. The vinyl reissue on DG’s The Original Source series improves substantially on the original release, but it may be out of print by now.

Mahler's 2nd is my favorite symphony. It has everything in it.

+1 Mahler. Symphony 5, 7, 8 

Also check out Kabelac: Hamlet Improvisations for Large Orchestra 

Mahler. Symphony 5, 7, 8

7 and 8 are not my favorites. 6 and 9 are much better. :)

Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphony #5, Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis, The Lark Ascending