Raff - Chamber Music 1Joachim Raff was an autodidact. Having grown up in Switzerland, he first tried his hand with moderate success in numerous places as a composer of salon pieces. Franz Liszt became aware of the young man's talents and hired him as a kind of private secretary. In Weimar Raff orchestrated some of Liszt's early symphonic poems and gained his appreciation. This first recording by the Leipzig String Quartet shows that this was no accident. Raff's first two

following their 2020 critically acclaimed debut album

It's a comprehensive overview of his career as a chart artist

together with Concerto con Anima under Michael Preiser

garnered widespread critical acclaim and continues to be a staple of classical radio programming

Freely improvised in seven parts

Sharon Small

filling the Royal Chapel

allowing the additions of violin and bandoleon accordion (played by the tango musicians Sara Ryan and Adolfo Trepiana

but stumble onto mysterious and terrifying signs that they may not be the predators after all

Having had seven top 10 singles and two Gold albums over the course of two years

drummers Vinnie Colaiuta

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