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As late as 1947, he was still hailing the “organic superiority” of the German symphonists; two years later, he decried the “biological insufficiency” of atonality.

Is Anton Bruckner, an earlier-generation Austrian composer who also wound up in Vienna, edging out Mahler as the symphonist with which to show your stuff?

It has its adherents and it has its merits, particularly the big moments in the Credo, where there are hints of the great symphonist to come.

He wasn’t then appreciated as the greatest symphonist, but he knew he was.

To my ear, Mr. Glass has been most consistently rewarding over the past decade as a symphonist.