5 - Shostakovich - Symphony No 15 - a despairing, apocalyptic vision of the present. He ridicules the attitude of the Soviet state and I would also say the vast majority of people with incongruent excerpts from the William Tell overture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i71RLbflINY
4 - Nielsen - Symphony No 5 - seems contrived equally by emotional intent and by forces of nature themselves. Beauty tinged with pessimism and longing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6o3JnyVRCw
3 - Hindemith - Piano Sonata for duet - especially the slow movement which is ruled by foot-tapping syncopations.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uisa3DhllGU
2 - Rachmaninov - Symphony No 2/ arr '5th piano concerto'. Not the greatest pieces ever written but certainly one of the most passionate - a guilty pleasure, indeed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfWFlMyfGYw
1 - Janacek - Sinfonietta -a poem to the glory and endless inspiration offered by nature.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gbncXDimwbQ