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In my view his "music" is Stockhausen with the piano as the synthesizer.

Thank you so much, Mark! The Largo from "Die Sterne" is amazing.

Is it possible to obtain the text for each of these works in German and English? I purchased this album digitally and wasn't aware that the booklet only comes when you get the physical CD.

I would recommend the Klipsch Bluetooth neckband, which runs at about $129. Have used Klipsch for years and always reliable.

There existed only a (cut) recording from the 1970s]

Do we know if the score was lost after the Werner Andreas Albert radio recording from the mid-1970s?

Boosey & Hawkes Publishing Co. dates the symphony to 1904-5, just for reference.

Also, the Medizinerorchester Bern is set to perform the symphony in Switzerland on the 30th (Biel) and 31st (Bern) of January, 2021.

It will be recording premieres for all three songs (Op.199 comprises two songs), which makes this release an important one for Raff aficionados.

Very exciting! And to know that it should be out by the end of the year. Looking forward to it.

This particular issue has now been discussed to death. Let's now return to the music involved here.

Alan, I was going to jump in and keep beating the dead horse about the translating, but if you insist. 

Have the two Raff songs (Op. 66 & Op. 199) ever been recorded in a concert or realized electronically? Or would this be the first time the public would be able to hear a recording?

I stumbled across the name Harold Darke in the entry on Switzerland and his symphony from 1910-14  entitled "Switzerland".

An article from "The New Music Review," dated 1920, briefly describes Darke's symphony:

"Well, an Englishman, Mr. Harold Darke, has written a symphony entitled 'Switzerland.' The three movements are 'Zermatt, Gornergrat, and Ripplealp,' and there are quotations from Poe to enable the hearer to dilate with the proper emotion. A matter-of-fact Englishman thought that 'The Englishman on a Holiday' would be as good a title as any for the symphony."

My exposure to Hurwitz was slightly different than most where I first encountered his thoughts on YouTube, and then proceeded to read his reviews, and I understand his criticisms without being taken aback. For others, it is clear how he may have been snobbish.

He is clearly self-aware of how he can come off as a pretentious jerk in his written reviews, but shows his humbleness in how this isn't his career or destined profession. He pokes fun at himself, and sarcasm is one of his fortes.

I remember in his Raff video where he went off on a tangent of how the composer was on Wheel of Fortune to win a vacation to Thuringia. No idea why he did that, but it made me laugh and I gained more respect in that he never takes himself or his readers too seriously. Everyone has their own opinions, and it is sometimes healthy to satirize the music world for the benefit of the community.

I wonder how many of our fellow members have a similar Overflow Room?

According to three separate websites, Vol. 1 is scheduled to be released on the 4th of September.

https://www.weltbild.de/artikel/musik/hans-rott-saemtliche-orchesterwerke-vol-1_27804214-1

https://www.saturn.de/de/product/_christopher-g%C3%BCrzenich-orchester-k%C3%B6ln-ward-hans-rott-s%C3%A4mtliche-orchesterwerke-vol-1-sinfon-cd-2658876.html

https://www.buecher.de/shop/orchester/hans-rott-saemtliche-orchesterwerke-vol-1/wardchristopherguerzenich-orchester-koeln/products_products/detail/prod_id/59536569/

I don't understand the album covers.

In my opinion, an excellent choice for them to pick the D'Avalos recording.

Update:

The Aachen Theater in Germany will be performing both "Waldwanderung" and "Trost in der Natur" along with others works in April/May 2021.

https://theateraachen.de/de_DE/produktionen/6-sinfoniekonzert-wanderlust.1277395
https://theateraachen.de/de_DE/produktionen/7-sinfoniekonzert-schillernde-naechte.1277396

Is the extract that they're using the beginning of the fourth movement? If so, I can see why they used it as it represents an "imminent threat," followed by the scenes of the artillery in the film.