A real bargain: Raff’s violin sonatas from cpo

[Peter1953]

For those who are not familiar yet with this lovely chamber music, this could turn out to be a beginning of a lifelong love...

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Joachim-Raff-Violinsonaten-Vol-3/hnum/2559050

and

http://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/Joachim-Raff-Violinsonaten-Vol-4/hnum/5821718

[petershott@btinternet.com]

Golly! At those prices I'm tempted to order second copies just in case my first ever wears out!

[TerraEpon]

....I need volume 2. It seems to be gone everywhere.

[Peter1953]

Just came home from a holiday in Germany and Austria and found a batch of ordered CD's, most from Röntgen, the piano music by Urspruch (I will come back to that), some others and Vol. 3 of Raff's works for violin and piano. Since I already have the Tudor discs, I was not interested in the cpo releases. But Vol. 3 also includes Aus der Schweiz, op. 57 (13:55) and op. 63 no. 1, a duo on motifs from Wagner's Der Fliegende Holländer (8:32).
Especially op. 57 is a truly sparkling, most delightful and well-crafted piece. According to the booklet notes the center of the musical texture [...] draws on the old melody of the Swiss cowherd's tune with its motivic surroundings.
I am very happy with this addition to my Raff collection. This lovely piece is another prove of Raff's great compositional skills.
Strongly recommended, and not only for the bargain price.

[Alan Howe]

Thanks to you, Peter, I picked up the cpo/Raff CDs - and excellent they are too!