Joachim Raff - String Quartets Nos. 1 & 5 (Mannheimer Streichquartett)

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Composer: Joachim Raff

• String Quartet No. 5 in G Major, Op. 138
• String Quartet No. 1 in D Minor, Op. 77

Mannheimer Streichquartett

Daniel Bell & Shinkyung Kim, violins

Sebastian Bürger, viola

Armin Fromm, cello

Date: 2024

Label: CPO

https://www.jpc.de/jpcng/cpo/detail/-/art/joachim-raff-streichquartette-nr-1-5/hnum/8992775

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Joachim Raff (May 27, 1822 – June 24 or June 25, 1882) was a German-Swiss composer, teacher and pianist. He worked as Liszt's assistant at Weimar from 1850 to 1853, helping in the orchestration of several of Liszt's works. From 1878 he was the first Director of, and a teacher at, the Hoch Conservatory in Frankfurt, where he employed Clara Schumann and a number of other eminent musicians as teachers. His pupils there included Edward MacDowell and Alexander Ritter. Raff was very prolific, and by the end of his life was one of the best known German composers, though his work is largely forgotten today.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joachim_Raff

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The Mannheim String Quartet was founded in 1975 in Mannheim, and owes its name not only to its birthplace but also to the "Mannheim School", which was significantly involved in the development of the string quartet genre, and closely associated with the music of Mozart. The Quartet won many prizes during its student years and went on to establish itself firmly in the German and the international music scene. The quality of their recordings has been recognized by prizes such as the Echo Klassik and the Deutsche Schallplattenpreis. The Quartet is currently resident in the city of Essen.

http://www.msq.de/

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