Piano Works of Joachim Raff (Vol 1)

• Suite No. 2 in C major for Piano, op 71
• Suite No. 5 in G minor for Piano, op 162
• Bach: Suite No 1 in G major for Solo Cello, BWV 1007, Transcribed for Piano by Raff, WoO 31#1

Our first recording of music by Joachim Raff using new editions of each score, specially prepared for these recordings by the publisher of definitive Raff scores, Edition Nordstern. This is Volume 1 of a four CD project presenting the first integral recordings of Raff's seven Suites for Piano and of his transcriptions of Bach's Six Cello Suites. First Recordings - Released February 2004. [DDD 69:17]

Read the program notes for Raff's Suite No. 2 in C and for Suite No. 5 in g

Listen to portions of Suite No. 2 and Suite No. 5 in RealAudio format.

See an image of the compact disc with track listings.

"Recordings of exceptional interest", Piano Magazine (2005)

Read a review at raff.org.