SKU: BR.PB-5622-07
With his first String Quartet in D minor, op. 77, composed in 1855, the native Swiss composer Joachim Raff (1822-1882) bid a brilliant farewell to Weimar.
ISBN 9790004215197. 6.5 x 9 inches.
With his first String Quartet in D minor, op. 77, composed in 1855, the native Swiss composer Joachim Raff bid a brilliant farewell to Weimar. He had been there as Franz Liszt's assistant since 1850 and had made a name for himself in the city's art scene - now he embarked on new paths. He composed his second Quartet in A major, op. 90, already in 1857 in Wiesbaden, the spa town that was to become his home for 21 years. The two quartets are unequivocal works: orchestrally-conceived, full of energetic vigor, and at times uncompromisingly modern. They confidently continue the Beethoven tradition and attest at the same time to Raff's intensive confrontation with Richard Wagner's music during the Weimar years. In his chamber music, the composer wanted to achieve progress in an inherently historical way and to ground the individual substance in existing forms, as he told the Viennese violinist Josef Hellmesberger, who launched opus 77. The quartets, first published in 1860/62, found illustrious interpreters, among them, the Muller brothers' renowned ensemble, to which opus 90 was also dedicated, and Joseph Joachim.In collaboration with the Joachim-Raff-Archiv Lachen (CH)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 composition - without, however, sacrificing musical quality.
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Frühlingssonate.
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Köhler, Louis, ed, Schmidt, Richard, ed.
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Klassische Stücke ; 3, Larghetto aus Sinfonie opus 36, Tema con variazioni aus Septett opus 20, Rondo aus Sonate opus 6, Adagio cantabile aus Trio opus 1:1, Menuett aus Sonate opus 29:3, Adagio cantabile aus Septett opus 20, Rondo opus 51:1, Adagio cantabile aus opus 13, Allegretto aus Trio opus 70:2, Andante WoO 57, Rondo opus 51:2, Andante con moto aus Sinfonie opus 21.
