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angie   22/1/2003	Subject: discovering Raff Message: I've been introduced in Raff's symphonies through Fernando Oliva, and I have to say that I have been impressed almost for all of them, but most the 4, by now my favourite. Hope to enjoy for a long time his music and your opinions.
FERNANDO OLIVA   23/1/2003	RE: discovering Raff IP: Logged Message: Hello Angie, Last monday I bought via Internet RAFF´S 2ND. SYMPHONY (Schneider/Slovak/Marco Polo). I hope we´ll listen it together. Remember "LENORA" (#5)and "IN DEN ALPEN" (#7). I think you enjoyed very much than like we heard the 4th. And remember Concert-Overture in F, ten minutes of very very good music. I prefer this ten minutes than large symphonies of others consagrated compositors. I´ve good luck, and also bought this tuesday Rubinstein´s piano concerto #4 (superb!) & Balakirev p. c. #2 (so good!). Shall we listen too? . Fernando.
Mark   24/1/2003	RE: discovering Raff IP: Logged Message: Yes, possibly because they don't have programmes, the 2nd. and 4th. symphonies seem to get less attention than the other nine but they are both amongst my personal favourites. I certainly find them more enjoyable and more satisfying musically than, say, Nos.1, 6 and 11. No.2 in particular I'd put amongst Raff's best symphonies.