| Symphony No. 5 in E major Op. 177 Orchestre Breitkopf & Härtel
Orchestra (Picc.2.2.2.2 - 4.2.3.0 - timp.trg.side dr - str) SKU: BR.PB-5698(+)
Orchestra (Picc.2.2.2.2 -
4.2.3.0 - timp.trg.side
dr - str) SKU:
BR.PB-5698 Lenore
- Urtext. Composed by
Joachim Raff. Edited by
Iris Eggenschwiler.
Orchestra; Softbound.
Partitur-Bibliothek
(Score Library). Romantic
period. Full score. 232
pages. Duration 40'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #PB
5698. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.PB-5698). ISBN
9790004216354. 10 x 12.5
inches. Joachim
Raff's Fifth Symphony
Lenore op. 177, composed
in 1872, reveals the
composer as a
representative of the
middle ground between
Neo-German aesthetics and
the symphonic tradition.
It owes its name to G. A.
Burger's ballade, which
is the programmatic basis
of the final movement.
Using this literary
model, Raff oriented
himself to the Berlioz
program symphonies and
the Liszt symphonic-poem
concept, on the one hand,
but on the other, he let
the three preceding
movements follow
traditional symphonic
form. Raff conducted the
Lenore symphony's
premiere in December 1872
in a concert by the
Furstliche Hofkapelle in
Sondershausen. The
concert went to his
satisfaction, although
the audience evidently
did not know what to make
of the work: [...] and
the symphony [...] was
played before this
faintly musical party.
Essentially for the
greater glory of God and
my edification, less for
that of the said public,
which seems to have been
rather horrified by it.
His friend Hans von Bulow
had, however, a great
pleasure in hearing the
symphony the following
year in Berlin. In her
preface, the editor Iris
Eggenschwiler provides
detailed information
about the work's genesis,
documents Raff's ideas
and intentions, and
facilitates a
comprehensive orientation
within the historical
context. Breitkopf &
Hartel is now presenting
for the first time with
this symphony an
orchestral work by Raff
in a modern Urtext
edition, thus also
continuing its
collaboration with the
Joachim-Raff-Gesellschaft
.In collaboration with
the Joachim-Raff-Archiv
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| Piano Sonatas Op. 14 and Op. 168 Piano seul Breitkopf & Härtel
Piano SKU: BR.EB-8993 Urtext. Composed by Joachim Raff. Edited by ...(+)
Piano SKU:
BR.EB-8993
Urtext. Composed
by Joachim Raff. Edited
by Ulrich Mahlert. Solo
instruments; Softbound.
Edition Breitkopf.
Sonata; Romantic. Score.
112 pages. Breitkopf and
Haertel #EB 8993.
Published by Breitkopf
and Haertel (BR.EB-8993).
ISBN 9790004187227. 9
x 12 inches. 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
compositional aspiration
whereas Raff otherwise
frequently leans towards
the salon-music genre in
his piano music. Raff
composed the early sonata
op. 14 in 1844 after his
first works were
positively evaluated and
Felix Mendelssohn
Bartholdy had encouraged
him to venture a career
as a composer. The
Fantasie-Sonate [Fantasy
Sonata] in d minor op.
168, Raff wrote in 1871
at the height of his fame
as one of Germany's then
most-played composers.
Its dedication to Camille
Saint-Saens shows his
opposition to the rampant
German disapproval of
France and its music
representatives in the
wake of the
Franco-Prussian war of
1870/71. The second
version of the sonata op.
14, composed in the fall
of 1881, had only the
opus number in common
with the earlier version.
In this late work Raff
had created an entirely
new sonata. ,,Beautifully
presented on cream paper,
with exceptional clarity
and generous spacing. The
Fantasie-Sonate in D
minor Op. 168, in
particular, is a
masterpiece which
manifests both
considerable power and
exquisite craftsmanship.
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| Heralds of Spring op. 55 Piano seul Breitkopf & Härtel
Piano SKU: BR.EB-9412 12 Piano Pieces - Urtext. Composed by Joachi...(+)
Piano SKU:
BR.EB-9412 12
Piano Pieces -
Urtext. Composed by
Joachim Raff. Edited by
Ulrich Mahlert. Solo
instruments; stapled.
Edition Breitkopf.
Sonata; Romantic. Score.
56 pages. Duration 30'.
Breitkopf and Haertel #EB
9412. Published by
Breitkopf and Haertel
(BR.EB-9412). ISBN
9790004188866. 9 x 12
inches. Joachim
Raff's 12 piano pieces
Fruhlingsboten 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
published piano works.
The title of the work,
translated as Heralds of
Spring, is multilayered:
It refers not only to
spring in nature as
expressed in the headings
of the first two pieces,
Winterruhe [Hibernation]
and Fruhlingsnahen
[Spring's Approach], but
the words Heralds of
Spring also indicate
love's spring, the
blossoming of love for
his future wife, the
actress Doris Genast.
This appears in the
headings of the pieces as
of no. 3, sketching the
path of an imaginary
couple approaching union
via various annoyances.
And ultimately, Raff saw
in his new piano work the
harbingers of his future
works, created under
happy circumstances. In
Fruhlingsboten Raff
repeatedly demonstrates
his ability to adapt
idioms and compositional
techniques from works by
Liszt, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Schumann,
and others. The pieces do
nonetheless possess their
own thoroughly original
diction with a character
spectrum just as diverse
as their stylistic piano
design. Mahlert's new
edition, as beautifully
presented as ever from
this publisher, is
exemplary, and can easily
be recommended to
advanced pianists with a
love of
nineteenth-century
repertoire.
Superb.(Andrew Eales,
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