760623225524

Joachim Raff: Chamber Music Vol. 2

Leipzig String Quartet

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Format: CD

Cat No: MDG3072255

Release Date:  02 September 2022

Label:  MDG

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  760623225524

Genres:  Classical  Chamber Music  

  • Description

    To mark the 200th anniversary of the composer's birth, the renowned Leipzig String Quartet presents a world premiere recording of the 5th String Quartet from Joachim Raff's much under-appreciated chamber music.

    In addition, the four musicians present the quartet op. 192,2 with the epithet "Schöne Müllerin".



    Unlike Schubert's Schöne Müllerin, there seems to be no tragic ending in Raff's wanderer's fate, but a better one. Here, too, the young man falls in love with the miller's daughter, here, too, there is - as the title of the 4th movement reveals - "unrest", but after an "explanation" the work ends in the snappy "Polterabend" (wedding-eve party). Why Raff did not then also compose a wedding remains his secret...

    While the "Schöne Müllerin" is laid out like a suite, the 5th string quartet follows the classical form. Raff had already broken away from Liszt's influence, and so the work is characterised by the extremely skilful treatment of the often catchy motifs. The fast second movement is remarkable, its familiar variations breathing Mendelssohnian esprit.

    Also Available:

    Joachim Raff: Chambermusic Vol. 1; Quartet No. 1 Op. 77;

    Quartet No. 2 Op. 90 [MDG3072187]


  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Raff: Quartet No. 5 Op.138
      • 5. Quartet No.7 Op.192, 2 In E Flat Major