Joseph Joachim Raff

Revised version by the Gustav MahlerGesellschaft, Vienna

Revised version by the Gustav MahlerGesellschaft, Vienna

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...

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...

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...

Il celebre primo concerto per violoncello di Joachim Raff viene oggi riscoperto solo gradualmente. Ciò è sorprendente sia per la qualità della composizione sia per l'accoglienza entusiastica che ebbe...

La Quinta Sinfonia "Lenore" op. 177 fu composta nel 1872 e mostra Joachim Raff come rappresentante di una via di mezzo tra l'estetica della Nuova Germania e la tradizione sinfonica. Deve il suo appell...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...