Joachim Raff: Catalogue - Piano Music 3

Catalogue - Piano Music 3

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Opp.41-46 & WoO.6F-15A
Opp.54-79 & WoO.15B-21A
Opp.81-120 & WoO.22-22B

Other Works for Piano

Op.41 - Op.46 & WoO.6F - WoO.15A

Romanze Op.41 (1847 -1850). Listen to the complete work
Published: 1853, Kistner.

× Romanze Op.41
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Elegie auf den Tod Mendelssohn-Bartholdys [Elegy on the Death of Mendelssohn-Bartholdy] WoO.6F (1847).
Unpublished. LOST.

Le Prétendant. Musique de Fr. Kücken [Der Prätendent. Music by Fr. Kücken] Op.42 (1847-48).
Published: 1847-48, Kistner.

No.1 Capricietto.
No.2 Potpourri.
No.3 Grande Valse brillante [Brilliant Grand Waltz].

Fantasie über Themen aus Kücken’s Prätendent [Fantasy on Themes from Kücken’s Prätendent] WoO.7 (1847).
Unpublished. LOST.

Grande Valse brillante [Brilliant Grand Waltz] WoO.7A( 1848).
Unpublished. LOST.

Divertimento über Motive aus Halevy’s Jüdin [Divertimento on motifs from Halévy’s La Juive] Op.43 (1848).
Published: 1848, Müller.

Fantaisie sur de l’opéra Le Barbier de Séville de Rossini [Fantasy on Il barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini] Op.44 (1848).
Published: 1848, Müller.

Reminiscenzen aus Mozart’s Don Juan [Reminiscences of Mozart’s Don Giovanni] Op.45 (1848). Listen to an extract
Published: 1848, Müller.
I. Donna Anna & Ottavio—II. Zerlina & Don Giovanni—III. Une fête Champêtre [A Country Festival].

× Reminiscenzen aus Mozart’s Don Juan Op.45
Extract from the work.
Petronel Malan. © Hänssler Classic.

The Last Rose of Summer. Impromptu Op.46 (1849). Listen to an extract
Published: 1849, Cranz.

× The Last Rose of Summer Op.46
The end of the work.
Alesander Shaikin (YouTube).

Album Leaf WoO.9A (1849).
Unpublished.

Album Leaf WoO.9B (1849).
Unpublished.

Berliner-Polka [Berlin Polka] by Lumbye WoO.9G (1849).
Published: 1852, Schuberth. LOST. Anonymous arrangement made at the publisher’s request.

Hamburger-Polka [Hamburg Polka] by Lumbye WoO.9H (1849).
Published: 1853, Schuberth. LOST. Anonymous arrangement made at the publisher’s request.

Pariser Sommernacht [Parisian Summer Night] Quadrille by Lumbye WoO.9I (1848).
Published: 1852, Schuberth. LOST. Anonymous arrangement made at the publisher’s request.

Kathinka-Polka by de Ranken WoO.9J (1849).
Published: 1853, Schuberth. Anonymous arrangement made at the publisher’s request.

Reise-Marsch [Travel March] by de Ranken WoO.9K (1849).
Published: 1851, Schuberth as the work of the fictitious Ferdinand Burgmüller.

Quadrille by de Ranken WoO.9L (1849).
Unpublished. LOST. Anonymous arrangement made at the publisher’s request.

100 melodische Übungsstücke in fortschreitender Stufenfolge [100 Melodic Exercises in progressive sequence] WoO.9M (1849).
Published: 1852, Niemeyer as the work of Jakob Schmitt. Raff added 50 of the brief exercises to the 50 already written by Schmitt.

Nos.1-32 in C major.
Nos.33-39 in C major.
Nos.40-44 in A minor.
Nos.45-50 in G major.
Nos.51-58 in F major.
Nos.59 & 60 in D minor.
Nos.61-65 in D major.
Nos.66 in B minor.
Nos.67-71 in B flat major.
No.72 in G minor.
Nos.73-76 in A major.
No.77 in F sharp minor.
Nos.78-81 in E flat major.
No.82 in C minor.
Nos.83-85 in E major.
No.86 in C sharp minor.
Nos.87-89 in A flat major.
No.90 in F minor.
Nos.91 & 92 in B major.
No.93 in G sharp minor.
Nos.94-95 in D flat major.
No.96 in B flat minor.
No.97 in F sharp major.
No.98 in D sharp minor.
No.99 in G flat major.
No.100 in E flat major.

Opernfreund [Opera-Friend]. Potpourris WoO.9Q (1849).
Published: 1850, Schuberth as the work of the ficticious Ferdinand Burgmüller. LOST. Arrangements made at the request of the publisher, continuing an existing series published under Burgmüller's name.

No.1 Meyerbeer, Der Prophet.
No.2 Saloman, Das Diamantkreuz.

Tableau musical. Fantaisie sur un Air Bohémien-Russe by Henselt [Musical Picture. Fantasy on a Bohemian-Russian Air] WoO.9S (1849).
Unpublished. LOST. A simplified arrangement of Henselt's original, made at the request of the publisher Schuberth.

Große Fantasie über Motive aus der Oper Das Diamantkreuz von Siegfried Saloman [Grand Fantasy on motifs from the Opera Das Diamantkreuz by Siegfried Saloman] WoO.10 (1849).
Unpublished. LOST.

Two Violin Romances by Beethoven (Op.40 and Op.50), arranged for piano WoO.11 (1849). Listen to an extract
Published: 1849, Schuberth.

1. Andante.
2. Adagio espressivo.

× Two Violin Romances by Beethoven WoO.11
Beginning of 1. Andante.
Petronel Malan. © Hänssler Classic.

Grande Polonaise brillante precédée d’une Introduction [Grand Brilliant Polonaise preceded by an Introduction] by Kücken WoO.11A (1849).
Published: 1866, Schuberth. LOST. Anonymous arrangement made at the publisher’s request.

Valse-Rondino über Motive aus Das Diamantkreuz von S. Saloman [Waltz-Rondino on motifs from Das Diamantkreuz by S. Saloman] WoO.12 (1849).
Published: 1850, Schuberth.

Étude de Concert sur un motif des Puritains de Bellini [Concert Study on a motif from I Puritani by Bellini] WoO.12A (1849).
Unpublished.

Fantasie über Dir zum Angedenken will ich [Fantasy on I want to remember you] WoO.12B (1849).
Unpublished. LOST. Unfinished, Based on a song from Op.53 No.2, also lost.

Nocturne WoO.14B (1850).
Unpublished. LOST.

Four Nocturne Fragments WoO.14C (1851).
Unpublished.

1. Andantino.
2. Andante.
3. Moderato.
4. Largo.

Fantaisie WoO.15A (c.1850-52). Listen to an extract
Unpublished.

× Fantasie WoO.15A
Extract from the work.
Tra Nguyen. © Grand Piano.

Other Works for Piano

Op.54 - Op.79 & WoO.15B - WoO.21A

Tanz-Capricen [Dance Caprices] Op.54 (1852). Listen to an extract
Published: 1854, Trautwein.

I. Walzer [Waltz].
II. Mazurka.
III. Polka.

× Tanz-Capricen Op.54
From I. Walzer.
Gerhard Puchelt.

Frühlingsboten [Harbingers of Spring] Op.55 (1850-52). Listen to an extract
Published: 1853, Heinrichshofen.

No.1 Winterruhe [Hibernation].
No.2 Frühlingsnahen [Spring’s Approach].
No.3 Gelübde [Vow].
No.4 Unruhe [Anxiety].
No.5 Annäherung [Drawing closer together].
No.6 Wirrnis [Confusion].
No.7 Vorwurf [Reproach].
No.8 Fern [Aloof].
No.9 Frohe Kunde [Good Tidings].
No.10 Zu Zwei [Together again].
No.11 Ohne Ruh’ [Restless].
No.12 Abends [In the Evening].

× Frühlingsboten Op.55
From No.12 Abends.
Tra Nguyen. © Grand Piano.

Drei Salonstücke [Three Salon Pieces] Op.56 (1849). Listen to a complete piece
Published: 1854, Bachmann.

No.1 Eglogue [Eclogue].
No.2 Romance.
No.3 Valse-Etude [Waltz-Study].

× Drei Salonstücke Op.56
No.1 Eglogue.
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Schweizerweisen [Swiss Airs] Op.60 (1854). Listen to an extract
Published: 1855, Schuberth.

No.1 Sehnsucht nach dem Rigi [Longing for the Rigi].
No.2 Erinnerung [Remembrance].
No.3 Kuhreigen zum Aufzug auf die Alp im Frühling [Cattle-dance on the Ascent to the Mountain Pasture in Spring].
No.4 Sehnsucht und Mein Liebchen, Des Chühers Mailied [Longing & My Darling, The Herdsmen’s May Song].
No.5 Sehnsucht nach der Heimat. (Nostrasie.) Was machen? [Longing for Home. (Homesickness.) What to do?].
No.7 Appenzellerlied—Mes das äbbe—Bin i nit e lustige Schwyzerbue [Appenzell Song — It’s more like this — Aren’t I a happy Swiss Chap?].
No.8 Singt, Schweizer in der Fremde nie des Herdenreihens Melodie [Ye Swiss, Don’t Sing the Herdsmen’s Melody when Abroad].
No.9 Gruß an’s Bethli im Mai [Greetings to Betty in May].

× Schweizerweisen Op.60
The close of No.1 Sehnsucht nach dem Rigi.
Anne de Dadelsen. © Ex Libris AG.

Album Leaf WoO.15B (1853).
Unpublished.

Op.61 [Published without a collective title]:

Caprice on Motifs from Wagner’s Lohengrin Op.61 No.1 (1853). Listen to the complete piece
Published: 1855, Schuberth.
Reminiscences of Wagner’s Fliegende Holländer Op.61 No.2 (1853). Listen to the complete piece
Published: 1855, Schuberth.
Fantasy on Motifs from Richard Wagner’s Tannhäuser Op.61 No.3 (1853). Listen to the complete piece
Published: 1859, Schuberth.
Capriccio in Rondo-form on motifs from the Opera Genoveva by Schumann Op.61 No.4 (1855). Listen to the complete piece
Published: 1863, Schuberth.

× Caprice on Motifs from Wagner’s Lohengrin Op.61 No.1
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

× Reminiscences of Wagner’s
Fliegende Holländer Op.61 No.2
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

× Fantasy on Motifs from Richard
Wagner’s Tannhäuser Op.61 No.3
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

× Capriccio in Rondo-form on motifs from the
Opera Genoveva by Schumann Op.61 No.4
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Drei Salon-Etüden Op.62 aus Richard Wagner’s Opern [Three Salon Studies from Richard Wagner’s Operas] (1853).
Listen to an extract
Published: 1855, Schlesinger.

No.1 Andante des Duetts aus dem Fliegende Holländer (2. Act) [Andante from the Duet from Flying Dutchman (Act 2)].
No.2 Sextett aus Tannhäuser [Sextet from Tannhäuser].
No.3 Lohengrins Abschied aus der Oper Lohengrin [Lohengrin’s Farewell from the opera Lohengrin].

× Drei Salon-Etüden Op.62 aus Richard
Wagner’s Opern Op.62
From No.1 Andante des Duetts
aus dem Fliegende Holländer (2. Act).
Joanna Michna. © Elisio.

Album Leaf WoO.16D (1853). Unpublished.

Drei Tanzcapricen [Three Dance Caprices] WoO.16E (1852-1854).
Unpublished. Only incipits or sketches in Mss.

No.1 Schnellwalzer [Fast Waltz].
No.2 Polonaise.
No.3 Saltarello.

Album Leaf WoO.18B (1855).
Unpublished.

Capriccio Op.64 (1855). Listen to an extract
Published: 1857, Leuckart.

× Capriccio Op.64
The beginning of the work.
Aleksandr Shaikin (youTube).

Op.65 [Published without a collective title]:

Fantasy on motifs from Benvenuto Cellini by Hector Berlioz Op.65 No.1 (1854).
Published: 1865, Schuberth.
Caprice on motifs from the Opera König Alfred by J. Raff Op.65 No.2 (1854). Listen to an extract
Published: 1865, Schuberth.

× Caprice on motifs from the Opera König
Alfred by J. Raff Op.65 No.2
Extract form the work.
Tra Nguyen. © Grand Piano.

Five Transcriptions after Beethoven, Gluck, Mozart, Schumann & Spohr Op.68 (1856). Listen to a complete piece
Published: 1857, Peters.

No.1 Lebensglück [Life’s Happiness] by Beethoven.
No.2 Aria: Che fariò senza Euridice? [What shall I do without Euridice?] from Orpheus by Gluck.
No.3 O Isis und Osiris from Die Zauberflöte by Mozart.
No.4 Ich grolle nicht. Song by Schumann.
No.5 Lang mögen die Theuren leben! [Long Live the Lovers!] from Faust by Spohr.

× Five Transcriptions after Beethoven, Gluck,
Mozart, Schumann & Spohr Op.68
No.2 Aria: Che fariò senza Euridice? from Orpheus by Gluck.
Ruben Micieli. © Keyboard Trust.

Trovatore & Traviata. Deux Paraphrases de Salon d’ ápres Verdi [Two Salon Paraphrases after Verdi] Op.70 (1857). Published: 1857, Peters.
Listen to an extract

No.1 Il Trovatore: Pezzo concertato nel Finale 2o [Concertante Piece from the 2nd Act Finale].
No.2 La Traviata: Largo del Finale 2o [Largo from the 2nd Act Finale].

× Trovatore & Traviata Op.70
From No.1 Il Trovatore.
Catherine Sarasin. © Guild Music.

Les Plaisirs de la Vendage (Herbstfreuden) [The Pleasures of the Grape Harvest (Autumn Pleasures)]. Polka-Mazurka by Labitzky WoO.20A (1857).
Published: 1858, Schott. Anonymous arrangement made at the request of the publisher. Also for piano four hands.

Le Telegraphe [The Telegraph]. Gallop by Labitzky WoO.20B (1857). Published: 1858, Schott. Anonymous arrangement made at the request of the publisher. Also for piano four hands.

Drei Klavier-Soli [Three Piano Solos]: Ballade. Scherzo. Metamorphosen Op.74 (1852). Listen to an extract
Published: 1859, Schuberth. Premiere (Scherzo): 11 December 1859, Berlin.

I. Ballade.
II. Scherzo.
III. Metamorphosen [Metamorphoses].

× Drei Klavier-Soli Op.74
The close of III. Metamorphosen.
Tra Nguyen. © Grand Piano.

Gluck-Anthologie WoO.21A (1858).
Unpublished. LOST. Arrangements of 12 numbers from five operas by Gluck.

Suite de Morceaux pour petites mains [Suite of Pieces for Small Hands] Op.75 (1858-59). Listen to an extract
Published: 1859-60, Kistner.

No.1 Fleurette [Little Flower]. Romance.
No.2 Fabliau [Minstrel’s Tale].
No.3 Echo. Ranz des Vaches Suisse [Echo. Swiss Herdsman’s Melody].
No.4 Marche des Bohémien [March of the Bohemians].
No.5 Après le Coucher du Soleil [After Sunset]. Meditation.
No.6 Manon. Rondinetto.
No.7 Garcon-Meunier [The Miller’s Lad].
No.8 Tour à Cheval [Horse Ride]. Caprice.
No.9 Pleureuse [The Weeping Woman].
No.10 Babillarde [Chatterbox].
No.11 Au Clair de la Lune. Paysage [In the Moonlight. Landscape].
No.12 Mignonne. Valse [Cutie-Pie. Waltz].

× Suite de Morceaux pour petites mains op.75
From No.11 Au Clair de la Lune.
Maria Astanina (YouTube).

Cachoucha-Caprice Op.79 (1858). Listen to an extract
Published: 1861, Peters.

× Cachoucha-Caprice Op.79
Extract from the work.
Anne de Dadelsen. © Ex Libris AG.

Other Works for Piano

Op.81 - Op.120 & WoO.22 - WoO.22B

Op.81 [Published without a collective title] (1858).
Published: 1861, Peters.

Sicilienne. Air favori de l’opéra Les Vêpres Siciliennes de Verdi [Favourite Air from the Opera The Sicilian Vespers by Verdi] Op.81 No.1. Listen to an extract
No.2 Tarantelle d’après la Tarantelle de l’opéra Les Vêpres Siciliennes de Verdi [Tarantella, after the Tarantella in the Opera “The Sicilian Vespers” by Verdi]. Transcription.

× Sicilienne. Air favori de l’opéra Les Vêpres
Siciliennes de Verdi Op.81 No.1
The close of the piece.
Giacomo Di Tollo. © Andromeda Records.

Mazurka-Caprice Op.83 (1858). Listen to the complete work
Published: Schott, 1861.

× Mazurka-Caprice Op.83
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Chant de l’Ondin. Grande Etude de l’Arpeggio-Tremolando [Song of the Water Nymph. Grand Study in Arpeggio-Tremolando] Op.84 (1858). Listen to the complete work
Published: 1861, Peters.

× Chant de l’Ondin Op.84
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Introduction & Allegro Scherzoso Op.87 (1858). Listen to an extract
Published: 1862, Rieter-Biedermann.

Am Gießbach [At Giessbach Falls] Op.88 (1858). Listen to the complete work
Published: 1862, Rieter-Biedermann.

× Am Gießbach Op.88
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Villanella Op.89 (1859). Listen to the complete work
Published: 1862, Rieter-Biedermann.

× Villanella Op.89
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Two Marches from Handel’s Oratorios: Saul & Jephta. Transcriptions WoO.22 (1859).
Published: 1859, Schuberth.

I. Marsch aus Saul [March from Saul].

Marsch aus Jephta

Premium. Concert-Polka by Charles Mayer WoO.22B (1859).
Unpublished. LOST. Revision of a work already published by Schuberth in the USA. Mayer was a US composer, not the Prussian Mayer.

Capriccio Op.92 (1860). Listen to the complete work
Published: 1862, Peters.

× Capriccio Op.92
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Dans la Nacelle [In the Gondola]. Reverie-Barcarole Op.93 (1860). Listen to an extract
Published: 1862, Peters.

Impromptu-Valse [Impromptu-Waltz] Op.94 (1860). Listen to an extract
Published: 1863, Peters.

La Polka de la Reine [The Queen’s Polka]. Caprice Op.95 (1861. Listen to an extract
Published: 1863, Peters.

Three Sonatilles Op.99 (1861).
Published: 1864-65, Schuberth.

Sonatille I: Listen to the complete work
   I. Allegro agitato.
   II. Larghetto.
   III. Tarantella.
Sonatille II: Listen to a movement
   I. Allegro.
   II. Scherzo: Presto.
   III. Larghetto quasi Andante.
   IV. Finale: Vivace.
Sonatille III:
   I. Tema con Variazioni [Theme with Variations].
   II. Scherzo: Presto.
   III. Finale: Adagio—Vivacissimo—Adagio—Vivacissimo.

× Three Sonatilles Op.99
Sonatille I: I. Allegro agitato - II. Larghetto - III. Tarantella.
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Le Galop. Caprice brillante [The Gallop. Brilliant Caprice] Op.104 (1861).
Listen to the complete work
Published: 1864, Peters.

× Le Galop Op.104
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Cinq Eglogues [Five Eclogues] Op.105 (1861). Listen to an extract
Published: 1865, Peters.

I. Allegro molto.
II. Andante con moto—Presto—Tempo I.
III. Andante quasi Larghetto.
IV. Andante mosso.
V. Presto giojoso.

Fantaisie-Polonaise Op.106 (1861). Listen to an extract
Published: 1865, Peters.

Saltarello Op.108 (1863). Listen to an extract
Published: 1865, Rieter-Biedermann.

Rêverie-Nocturne Op.109 (1863).
Published: 1865, Rieter-Biedermann.

La Gitana, Danse Espagnole [The Gipsy Woman, Spanish Dance]. Caprice Op.110 (1863).
Published: 1865, Rieter-Biedermann.

Zwei Capricen (Bolero und Walzer) [Two Caprices (Bolero and Waltz)] Op.111 (1856). Listen to a complete piece
Published: 1857, Hallberger.

No.1 Bolero.
No.2 Walzer [Waltz].

× Zwei Capricen (Bolero und Walzer) Op.111
No.1 Bolero.
Digital realisation by Segundo Yogore.

Ungarische Rhapsodie [Hungarian Rhapsody] Op.113 (1863.
Published: 1865, Forberg.

Deux Morceaux lyriques [Two Lyric Pieces] Op.115 (1864).
Published: 1865, Forberg.

No.1 Moderato.
No.2 Allegro vivace.

Valse-Caprice [Waltz-Caprice] Op.116 (1864).
Published: 1865, Forberg.

Valse favorite [Favourite Waltz] Op.118 (1864). Listen to an extract
Published: 1865, Kistner.

× Valse favorite Op.118
Extract from the work.
Matthias Thiemal.

Fantasie Op.119 (1864).
Published: 1865,Kistner.

Spanische Rhapsodie [Spanish Rhapsody] Op.120 [1864].
Published: 1865, Kistner.

This catalogue is an abridged summary taken from The Music of Joachim
Raff: An Illustrated Catalogue by Mark Thomas, Edition Nordstern, 2021.