Joachim Raff: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
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Joachim Raff
Joachim Raff: Complete Works for Cello & Piano
Christoph Croisé (cello), Oxana Shevchenko (piano)
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Release Date: Friday 4 February 2022
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The beautiful, lyrical music of prolific 19th-century Swiss composer Joachim Raff was widely performed during his lifetime but is relatively under-represented today. Who better than Christoph Croisé, Raff's modern day compatriot, to breathe new life into the composer's complete works for cello and piano.
Raff's chamber music, and especially his works for cello, were among his most notable achievements. Having established a career in Germany in the mid-1850's, Raff encountered the eminent cellist Bernhard Cossman whose mastery of the instrument inspired the composer's rich Romantic oeuvre. Christoph, who has "got it all - technical chops, impeccable musicianship" (Gramophone), puts a fresh, 21st-century spin on Raff's memorable music resulting in this benchmark recording.
"The beautifully turned performances by the Swiss-French-German cellist Christoph Croisé and the Moscow-trained Kazakh pianist Oxana Shevchenko show the often elegantly-textured Duo, two Fantasy Pieces and two Romances in a favourable light." - The Irish Times
Tracks:
Duo for piano and cello, Op. 59 16:19
1. Andantino - Allegro appassionato
Fantasie-stücke for cello and piano, Op. 86
2. No. 1. Begegnung 7:20
3. No. 2. Erinnerung 8:10
Romances for horn (or cello) and piano, Op. 182
4. No. 1 Romance in F 5:10
5. No. 2 Romance in B-flat 5:12
Sonata for piano and cello in D, Op. 183
6. I. Allegro 12:34
7. II. Vivace 2:52
8. III. Andante 5:47
9. IV. Allegro 8:55
Total duration: 72:22
