Hyelim Kim - Raff: Complete Piano Suites, Vol. 1 (2025) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. Piano Suite No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 69: I. Preludio
02. Piano Suite No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 69: II. Mazurka
03. Piano Suite No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 69: III. Toccatina
04. Piano Suite No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 69: IV. Aria
05. Piano Suite No. 1 in A Minor, Op. 69: V. Fuga
06. Piano Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 72: I. Preludio
07. Piano Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 72: II. Minuetto
08. Piano Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 72: III. Toccata
09. Piano Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 72: IV. Romanza
10. Piano Suite No. 3 in E Minor, Op. 72: V. Fuga
11. Piano Suite No. 5 in G Minor, Op. 162: I. Elegie in Sonatenform. Allegro
12. Piano Suite No. 5 in G Minor, Op. 162: II. Volkslied mit Variationen
13. Piano Suite No. 5 in G Minor, Op. 162: III. Ländler. Allegretto



Joachim Raff was a largely self-taught composer whose style stands somewhere between the German traditionalism of Schumann and the newer school of Wagner. Raff composed seven Suites for Piano, a form he preferred to the sonata, and this provided him with greater freedom as a composer, resulting in his most substantial contribution to the piano literature. This is reflected in the Mendelssohn-like lyricism of the First Suite; contrasts between Baroque and Romantic styles in the Third Suite, a piece admired by Liszt; and more nationalist inclinations in the memorably melodic Fifth Suite.

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