Joachim Raff's seldom-performed songs receive a rare glimpse of sunlight in this Hungaroton release devoted mostly to Raff's Op. 98, subtitled "Sangesfrühling" (Spring of Song). As performed by mezzo soprano Andrea Meláth and pianist Emese Virág, Raff's songs reveal a fluid compositional style often reminiscent of his mentor Franz Liszt, though usually without the flash of lyrical inspiration or sense of poetic revelation. Raff's mastery of the piano is evident in his liquid accompaniments, which, though rarely fully ...
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Joachim Raff's seldom-performed songs receive a rare glimpse of sunlight in this Hungaroton release devoted mostly to Raff's Op. 98, subtitled "Sangesfrühling" (Spring of Song). As performed by mezzo soprano Andrea Meláth and pianist Emese Virág, Raff's songs reveal a fluid compositional style often reminiscent of his mentor Franz Liszt, though usually without the flash of lyrical inspiration or sense of poetic revelation. Raff's mastery of the piano is evident in his liquid accompaniments, which, though rarely fully engaged in the exposition of his chosen poems, benefit from a seamless and often ambiguous harmonic vocabulary. Likewise, his writing for the voice is idiomatic, attractive, and attentive to the ebbs and flows of language, although the tunes are rarely catchy or memorable. "Müllerlied" (No. 2) is a compact gem that would make the similarly "mill-inspired" Franz Schubert proud with its straightforward and infectious enthusiasm; Raff patiently allows the following "Mädchenlied" to unfold...
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