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.
Orchestral
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: (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) No. 6 in C minor, Suite in Ancient Style No. 7 in D major, The Maid of the Mill No. 8 in C major, Suite in Canon Form
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)
Piano music Op. 2: 3 Pièces caractéristiques (first written 1842; revised and published 1877) Op. 3: Scherzo in C minor (1842; revised 1881) Op. 5: 4 Galop-caprices (1843; revised 1878) Op. 6: Variations (1843; revised 1878) Op. 7: Rondo brillante in B-flat major (1843) Op. 11: Air suisse in A-flat major (1844) Op. 14: Grand Sonata in E-flat minor (1844; revised 1881) Op. 15: 6 Poèmes (1845) Op. 17: Album lyrique (1845; revised 1849) Op. 38: Grand Mazurka in A-flat major (1847) Op. 41: Romance in A-flat major (1847; revised 1850) Op. 54: 3 Dance-Caprices (1852) Op. 64: Caprice in F-sharp minor (1855) Op. 69: Piano Suite No. 1 in A minor (1857) Op. 71: Piano Suite No. 2 in C major (1857) Op. 72: Piano Suite No. 3 in E minor (1857) Op. 79: Cachoucha-Caprice in C minor (1858) Op. 82: 12 Pieces for Piano Four Hands (1858-1859) Op. 91: Piano Suite No. 4 in D minor (1859) Op. 92: Caprice in D minor (1860) Op. 94: Impromptu-waltz in B-flat major (ca. 1860) Op. 99: 3 sonatinas (1861) Op. 104: Caprice brillante in E-flat major Le galop (1861) Op. 106: Fantasy-Polonaise in A minor (1861) Op. 111: 2 Caprices (1856; revised ca. 1865) Op. 115: 2 Morceaux lyriques (1864) Op. 116: Waltz-Caprice in G major (1864) Op. 118: Waltz favorite in D-flat major (1864) Op. 119: Fantasy in G minor (1864) Op. 125: 3 Piano Pieces (1865) Op. 126: 3 Piano Pieces (1865) Op. 142: Fantasy in F-sharp major (1867) Op. 144: Tarаntella in A minor (1867) Op. 156: Waltz brillante in E-flat major (1870-1871) Op. 157: 2 Piano Pieces (1870) Op. 162: Piano Suite No. 5 in G minor (1870) Op. 163: Piano Suite No. 6 in G major (1871) Op. 164: 3 Piano Pieces (1871) Op. 166: 2 Piano Pieces (1871) Op. 168: Fantasy-Sonata in D minor (1871) Op. 196: 4 Piano Pieces (1875) Op. 197: Caprice in D-flat major (1875) Op. 204: Piano Suite No. 7 in B-flat major (1876). Hear Ossip Gabrilowitsch play Rigaudon, Op. 204, No. 3 by Raff (Welte-Mignon recording # D296) on a 1921 Baldwin C, 6'2" Welte-Mignon Reproducing Piano.
Songs
Orchestral songs
Op. 66: Dream-King and his Love (1854) Op. 199: Two Scenes (1875)
Songs for multiple voices
Op. 114: Twelve Songs for Two Voices (1860-1864) Op. 184: Six Songs from Emanuel Geibel for Three Female Voices (1870-1873)
Lieder
Op. 16: Three Lieder from Lord Byron (1844; destroyed by the composer) Op. 18: Three Lieder from Julius Scheffel (1844; destroyed by the composer) Op. 47: Three Lieder from J.G. Fischer (1848) Op. 48: Two Lieder from Gotthold Logau (1848) Op. 49: Three Lieder from J.G. Fischer (1848) Op. 50: Two Italian Lieder from C.O. Sternau (1849) Op. 51: Five Lieder from Emanual Geibel (1849-1850) Op. 52: Three Lieder from C.O. Sternau (1850) Op. 53: Two Lieder from the Rhine from C.O. Sternau (1849) WoO. 20a: Fatal Love, cycle of lieder and songs (1855) Op. 98: Spring Songs, 30 compositions for one voice (Romances, Ballads, Lieder and Songs) with piano accompaniment (1855-1863) WoO. 21: Serenade from C.O. Sternau (1859) Op. 172: Maria Stuart, cycle of songs (1872) Op. 173: Eight Songs (1868-1870) Op. 191: The Language of Flowers, six songs from Gustav Kastropp (1874) WoO. 47: Spring Song (before 1879) WoO. 52a: Two Settings of Tennyson's Tears, Idle Tears (1878 or 1879) Op. 211: Blondel de Nesle, cycle of songs (1880)
Arrangements
Arrangements of works by others
Orchestral arrangements
WoO. 14a: Orchestration and arrangement of Liszt's original sketches for the overture Der entfesselte Prometheus (1850) WoO. 34a: Orchestration of Huldigungsmarsch ("Homage March") by Richard Wagner (1871) WoO. 39: J.S. Bach's Chaconne for solo violin, arranged for large orchestra (1874) WoO. 41: J.S. Bach's English Suite arranged for orchestra (1874)
Choral arrangements
WoO. 15b: Orchestral arrangement of Liszt's Psalm XX Domine salvum fac regum (1853)
Arrangements for piano four hands
Op. 13: Waltz-Rondino on some motifs from the opera Les Huguenots by Giacomo Meyerbeer (1844) Op. 42: Der Prätendent, music by Franz Kücken (1847) WoO. 39: J.S. Bach's Chaconne for solo violin, arranged for piano four hands (1874)
Arrangements for violin and piano
WoO. 10a: Arrangement of 3 Etudes and an Elegy for piano four hands by Karl Vollweiler (1849; unknown fate) WoO. 10b: Arrangement of 2 Romances for piano by Adolf von Henselt (1849; unknown fate) WoO. 10c: Arrangement of a song by Louis Spohr (1849; unknown fate) WoO. 10d: Arrangement of a song by Carl Reissiger (1849; unknown fate)