Raff & Erdmannsdörfer

[eschiss1]

Just noticed that-not for the first or last time in music history- Joachim Raff and Max E dedicated works to each other, maybe more than one each, maybe a deliberate trade at some point: I noticed eg the Raff fantasy op.207(b) (dedicated to Max and Pauline) and Erdmannsdörfer's piano trio in A minor published in 1880. If anyone has heard both these two works (I will try to hear the Raff which I may be able to stream over NML) would they make a good concert program (the former in its arranged form) in your opinion?

[Mark Thomas]

Both versions of Raff's Op.207 (a, for two pianos and b, for piano quintet) are dedicated to the Erdmannsdörfers. The piano quintet version is available on a Divox CD in a fizzing performance from Il Triticco. I've never heard anything by Erdmannsdörfer, but would love to.