Raff: Complete Piano Suites, Vol. 1

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Label
Grand Piano
Release Date
October 10, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Joachim Raff
    • PERFORMER
      Hyelim Kim
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      October 10, 2025
    • UPC
      747313995714
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      GP957
    • LABEL
      Grand Piano
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Preludio

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    2. II. Mazurka

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    3. III. Toccatina

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    4. IV. Aria

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    5. V. Fuga

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    6. I. Preludio

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    7. II. Minuetto

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    8. III. Toccata

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    9. IV. Romanza

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    10. V. Fuga

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    11. I. Elegie in Sonatenform (Elegy in Sonata Form)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    12. II. Volkslied mit Variationen (Folksong with Variations)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    13. III. Ländler

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim

    14. IV. Märchen (Fairy Tale)

      Composer: Joachim Raff

      Performer: Hyelim Kim


Joachim Raff was a largely self-taught composer whose style stands somewhere between the German traditionalism of Schumann and the newer school of Wagner. Raff composed seven Suites for Piano, a form he preferred to the sonata, and this provided him with greater freedom as a composer, resulting in his most substantial contribution to the piano literature. This is reflected in the Mendelssohn-like lyricism of the First Suite; contrasts between Baroque and Romantic styles in the Third Suite, a piece admired by Liszt; and more nationalist inclinations in the memorably melodic Fifth Suite.