Die Violinsonate Nr. 1 e-moll op. 73, eine "Große Sonate für Violine und Klavier", nimmt in Joachim Raffs Schaffen eine wichtige Stellung ein: Sie spiegelt zahlreiche, für Raff charakteristische, küns...
Joachim Raff's 12 piano pieces Frühlingsboten op. 55, originating in 1852/53, mark a new creative start in his compositional oeuvre, in which the composer left behind his previously written and publis...
Revised version by the Gustav MahlerGesellschaft, Vienna
Stylistiquement très influencé par l'école nord-allemande de Liszt, Raff est attiré à Weimar en 1850 sur la recommandation de Mendelssohn, où il occupe le poste de directeur du conservatoire de Hoch j...
The three piano sonatas by Joachim Raff (1822-1882), representing his three main creative phases, occupy a special position among his more than 100 piano pieces. They reflect a significant composition...
Raff's Cello Sonata op. 183 appeared in print in late 1873; at a time when Raff's success was at its zenith with Symphonies Nos. 3 and 5 as well as many chamber works. Little is known about the circum...
Le célèbre premier concerto pour violoncelle de Joachim Raff commence seulement à être redécouvert aujourd'hui. C'est étonnant, tant au vu de la qualité de la composition que de l'accueil enthousiaste...
La Cinquième Symphonie "Lenore" op. 177 a été écrit en 1872 et montre Joachim Raff comme un représentant d'une voie médiane entre l'esthétique allemande moderne et la tradition symphonique. Il doit so...
Orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern: The two captivating quartets are now available as Urtext editions. With his first String Quartet in D minor, op....
Some eighteen years elapsed between Raff’s first counted String Quartet op. 77 and his Quartets Nos. 6-8 op. 192, combined as one work. As such, Raff parted with the weighty single opus in quartet com...
With his Six Morceaux, Raff created a collection of six short pieces with the aim of 'pleasantly entertaining many a listener' and demonstrating that he was 'also capable of writing something easy'. A...
Klavier lernen bei Richard Strauss Wenn heute auch weniger populär, galt Joachim Raff dennoch als anerkannter Komponist seiner Zeit mit ansehnlichem musikalischem Einfluss. So ist es bspw. seiner Orch...
Energetic tempo, soaring vocal lines, and unified rhythmic texture create a rousing setting of Schulze's text about Jager (hunters) roaming the forest. The strophic form and straightforward harmony ma...
Swiss composer Joachim Raff was born in Lachen in 1822, and during the course of his life he composed more than 200 works, including 11 symphonies. A romantic composer, he was strongly influenced by n...
Le célèbre premier concerto pour violoncelle de Joachim Raff commence seulement à être redécouvert aujourd'hui. C'est surprenant, tant au vu de la qualité de la composition que de l'accueil enthousias...