Aaron Green on about.com lists ten symphonies you should own and includes Samuel Barber's lyrical Symphony No. 1, Charles Ives' Symphony No. 1, and Anton Dvorak's "New World" Symphony. Of course, the list also includes Brahms, Beethoven, Haydn, Mahler, and Mozart. No Glenn Branca though...
For how much I generally like Barber's music, I would instead recommend the Harris Third Symphony.
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