List of compositions by Joachim Raff
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This is a list of compositions by Swiss-German Romantic composer Joachim Raff. Raff was a prolific composer and composed numerous works in a wide variety of genres. His works include eleven symphonies, five concertos, six operas, eight string quartets, numerous other chamber works, over 100 works for solo piano and many songs and song cycles.
Symphonies
- WoO. 18: Grand Symphony in E minor in five movements (lost; movements 4 and 5 re-used in Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, Op. 101)
- Op. 96: Symphony No. 1 in D major An das Vaterland ("To the Fatherland") (1859-1861)
- Op. 140: Symphony No. 2 in C major (1866)
- Op. 153: Symphony No. 3 in F major Im Walde ("In the Forest") (1869)
- Op. 167: Symphony No. 4 in G minor (1871)
- Op. 177: Symphony No. 5 in E major Lenore (1870-1872)
- Op. 189: Symphony No. 6 in D minor Gelebt: Gestrebt, Gelitten, Gestritten - Gestorben - Umworben ("Lived: Struggled, Suffered, Fought - Died - Glorified") (1874)
- Op. 201: Symphony No. 7 in B-flat major In den Alpen ("In the Alps") (1875)
- Op. 205: Symphony No. 8 in A major Frühlingsklänge ("Sounds of Spring") (1876)
- Op. 208: Symphony No. 9 in E minor Im Sommer ("In Summer") (1878)
- Op. 213: Symphony No. 10 in F minor Zur Herbstzeit ("To Autumn Time") (1879; revised 1881)
- Op. 214: Symphony No. 11 in A minor Der Winter ("The Winter") (1876, unfinished; completed by Max Erdmannsdörfer)
Soloist and orchestra
- Op. 67: The Love Fairy: Characteristic Concert Piece in A minor for violin and orchestra (1854)
- Op. 76: Ode to Spring: Concert Piece in G major for piano and orchestra (1857)
- Op. 161: Violin Concerto No. 1 in B minor (1870-1871)
- Op. 180: Suite for Violin and Orchestra in G minor (1873)
- Op. 185: Piano Concerto in C minor (1873)
- Op. 193: Cello Concerto No. 1 in D minor (1874)
- Op. 200: Suite for Piano and Orchestra in E-flat major (1875)
- WoO 45: Cello Concerto No. 2 in G major (1876)
- Op. 206: Violin Concerto No. 2 in A minor (1877)
Orchestral suites
- Op. 101: Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major (1863)
- WoO. 35: Italian Suite in E minor (1871)
- Op. 194: Orchestral Suite No. 2 in F major In the Hungarian Style (1874)
- WoO. 45: Orchestral Suite No. 3 in B-flat major Thüringian (1877)
Other orchestral works
- WoO. 15: Festival Overture (1851-1852; lost)
- WoO. 16a: Fantasy in the form of a grand freely developed Overture (1853; destroyed by the composer)
- WoO. 17: Music to the tragedy Bernhard von Weimar (1854)
- Op. 103: Celebration Overture (1864)
- Op. 117: Festival Overture in A major (1864)
- Op. 123: Concert Overture in F major (1862)
- Op. 124: Festival Overture in B-flat major (1865)
- Eine feste Burg ist unser Gott, Ouvertüre zu einem Drama aus dem Dreißigjährigen Krieg (A mighty fortress is our God", Overture to a drama about the Thirty Years' War), Op. 127
- Op. 139: Festival March (1867)
- WoO. 48: Elegy for Orchestra (1879)
- WoO. 49: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's The Tempest (1879)
- WoO. 50: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Macbeth (1879)
- WoO. 51: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1879)
- WoO. 52: Orchestral Prelude to Shakespeare's Othello (1879)
- WoO. 56: Grand Fugue for Orchestra (1882; fragment)
Operas and choral works
Operas
- WoO. 14: King Alfred, opera in four acts (1848-1849)
- WoO. 20: Samson, opera in five acts (1853-1854)
- WoO. 29: The Password, opera in three acts (1868)
- Op. 154: Lady Phantom, comic opera in three acts (1870)
- WoO. 46: Benedetto Marcello, opera in three acts (1877-1878)
- WoO. 54: Die Eifersüchtigen (The Jealous Ones), comic opera in three acts (1881-1882)
Works for chorus and orchestra
- WoO. 8: Der 121. Psalm (Psalm 121, 1848)
- WoO. 16: Te Deum (1853)
- WoO. 19: Dornröschen (Sleeping Beauty or Briar Rose), fairy-tale epic in four parts (1855)
- Op. 80: Wachet auf! (Awake!), cantata after Emanuel Geibel (1858)
- Op. 100: Deutschlands Auferstehung (Germany's Resurrection), Festival Cantata for the fiftieth anniversary of the Battle of
- Op. 141: De Profundis, Psalm 130 for soprano, eight-part choir, and orchestra, dedicated to Franz Liszt (1867)
- WoO. 30a: Accompaniment of six wind instruments for the Laudi Sion & Stabat mater of the church in Lachen (1868; lost)
- Op. 171: Zwei Lieder (Two songs) for mixed choir and orchestra(1871)
- Op. 186: Morgenlied (Morning song)' and One Who Has Passed Away (1873)
- Op. 209: Die Tageszeiten (The times of day), text by Helge Heldt (pseudonym of Helene Raff), four movements for piano, choir and orchestra (1877-1878)
- WoO. 53: Die Sterne (The stars), text by Helge Heldt, cantata for choir and orchestra (1880)
- Op. 212: Welt-Ende – Gericht – Neue Welt (World's End - Judgement - New World), oratorio (1879-1881)
Works for choir a capella
- Op. 97: Ten Songs for Men's Choir (1853-1863)
- Op. 122: Ten Songs for Men's Choir (1853-1863)
- WoO. 27: Four Marian Antiphones after the Cantus Firmus of the Roman church (1868)
- WoO. 31: Kyrie and Gloria (1869)
- WoO. 32: Pater Noster (1869)
- WoO. 33: Ave Maria (1869)
- Op. 195: Ten Songs for Men's Choir (1860-1870)
- Op. 198: Ten Songs for Mixed Choir (1860-1874)
Chamber music
Piano quintets
- Op. 107: Piano Quintet in A minor (1862)
- Op. 207b: Fantasy for Piano Quintet in G minor (1877)
Piano quartets
- Op. 202, No. 1: Piano Quartet No. 1 in G major (1876)
- Op. 202, No. 2: Piano Quartet No. 2 in C minor (1876)
Piano trios
- WoO. 9: Piano Trio in C minor (1849-1850; destroyed by the composer)
- Op. 102: Piano Trio No. 1 in C minor (1861)
- Op. 112: Piano Trio No. 2 in G major (1863)
- Op. 155: Piano Trio No. 3 in A minor (1870)
- Op. 158: Piano Trio No. 4 in D major (1870)
String quartets
- WoO. 13: String Quartet in C major (1849-1850; destroyed by the composer)
- Op. 77: String Quartet No. 1 in D minor (1855)
- Op. 90: String Quartet No. 2 in A major (1857)
- Op. 136: String Quartet No. 3 in E minor (1866)
- Op. 137: String Quartet No. 4 in A minor (1867)
- Op. 138: String Quartet No. 5 in G major (1867)
- Op. 192: Three String Quartets (1874)
Violin sonatas
- Op. 73: Violin Sonata No. 1 in E minor (1853-1854)
- Op. 78: Violin Sonata No. 2 in A major (1858-1859)
- Op. 128: Violin Sonata No. 3 in D major (1865)
- Op. 129: Violin Sonata No. 4 in G minor (1866)
- Op. 145: Violin Sonata No. 5 in C minor (1868)
Other works for violin and piano
- Op. 57: From Switzerland: Fantastic Eclogue (1848)
- Op. 58: Two fantasy pieces for violin and piano (1850-1852; revised 1861)
- Op. 59: Duo for piano and cello or violin in A major (1855)
- Op. 85: Six pieces for violin and piano (1859)
- Op. 203: Volker, cyclic tone poem (1876)
- Op. 210: Suite for violin and piano in A major (1879)
- WoO. 55: Duo for violin and piano in G minor (1882)
Works for cello and piano
- Op. 59: Duo for piano and cello or violin in A major (1855)
- Op. 86: Three fantasy pieces for cello and piano (1854)
- Op. 182: Two Romances for cello and piano (1873)
- Op. 183: Cello Sonata in D major (1873)
Other chamber works
- Op. 124: Festival Overture for wind instruments on four beloved student songs (1865)
- WoO. 25: Introduction and Fugue for organ in E minor
- Op. 176: String Octet in C major (1872)
- Op. 178: String Sextet in G minor (1872)
- Op. 188: Sinfonietta in F major for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns (1873)