Here's a fascinating appreciation of Raff's music...
http://www.wolfiewolfgang.com/2013/05/saying-farewell-to-joseph-joachim-raff.html (http://www.wolfiewolfgang.com/2013/05/saying-farewell-to-joseph-joachim-raff.html)
This has been online for a couple of months and is a very worthwhile read. He is enthusiastic about Raff in all the right ways, it seems to me.
Always happy to read about Raff. It's from www.raff.org that I first chanced upon this little gem of a forum.