| Naxos | Musical reputations are fragile. Joachim Raff is now remembered principally as the composer of a Cavatina, a salon piece, and as an assistant to Liszt in Weimar, little more than a foot-note in the history of the symphonic poem. In his own time he enjoyed very considerable renown, justified, it seemed, by a prolific talent and by his distinction as a teacher. Raff was born in Lachen, near Zürich, in 1822. His father had taken refuge in Switzerland, leaving Württemberg to avoid conscription into the French army. Raff’s early education was at Wiesenstetten, in Württemberg, followed by a period of teacher-training at the Jesuit Gymnasium in Schwyz, where he won prizes in Latin, German, and Mathematics. Thereafter he took employment as a schoolmaster, while working hard at his private studies in music. Mendelssohn, whom he had approached, recommended him to the attention of the Leipzig publishers Breitkopf and Härtel, who issued sets of his piano pieces in 1844, the year in which the young composer resolved to try his luck in Zürich. |
| Disc No: 8.555491 | |
| Price: Sek. 74 | |
| Name: Raff - Symphony No. 3 - 10 | |
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| Order |
| Composer | Opus | Music | Key | Performer |
| Raff, Joachim | Op.153 | Symphony No. 3 'In the Forest' | F major | Slovak State Philharmonic Orchestra - Urs Schneider |
| Raff, Joachim | Op.213 | Symphony No. 10 'In the Autumn' | F minor |