You are asking for thoughts about. Its a pleasure to let you know mine.
To be honest I would not consider composing like that, since there is of course very much music written in a conventional style like that, If ever I think one must have at least anything, which made it worth to listen especially to this music. But this a matter of personal opinion and I respect yours not to occupy with the Work other ggreat and gifted composers have already done but frankly putting your Ideas beside them. This is at least couiragous if you really know what great Work was already done. However this is of coursae just a personal decision.
When it comes to the composition itself it sometimes appears to me, as if this Soul is not yet that well rested. since I hear many notes that seem to me more or less playing around, not so much focused on any convincing inner development of the inner thought of this composition. Again of course this is just my personal impression.
When it comes to the usage of the VSL-Samples I hear how much you like the old VSL-Samples perhaps sometimes without being aware of their shortcomings. The whole mix seem to me very very close as if the litener sits just among the musicians without giving enough the impression of a room which might unify the impression of the music as a whole. While especially the Woodwinds (and this is of course a bit a problems of the VSL Woodwinds we dio have so far) are very unrealistic dominant, so much that scarcly the impression of a real orchestra comes up when I listen. But that might also be caused by the fact, that you doesnt seem to be that diligent with the details of a musical breathing phrasing of each Instrument/Voice. It might be, that this is not only a problem of programming the samples right, since I know they can provide much more realism in this aspect, but also a question how much the phrasing has been already considered while composing. So both might be important reasons which makes alltiogether sound to me very midi and programmed.
Just my two cents, but they a<re honest and perhaps helpful. So dont give up. If you love music, spent the time it needs to become a satisfying result.
Thank you, Steffen Fahl, for your highly accurate, non-prejudiced comments. For those that are wondering, I was partaking in a little humour on another thread, which had degenerated at the expense of Steffen Fahl's rendering of a Tchaikovsky piece. I knew I would get the response above and I'm so happy I did, because it just confirmed something to me that I wasn't quite certain about 😉
Cheers!
Dave