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FERNANDO OLIVA   16/10/2003	Subject: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL Message: Dear Friends, Finally and fortunately, I have completed my collection of Raff Symphonies. I also have two CD´s of Raff Chamber Music, and have his Piano Concerto... but I do not have still his famous CAVATINA, well... I never have listened this piece (!) Where I could buy it? Thanks in advance, kind regards from Barcelona, Fernando.
john_boyer   16/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: See the "Recordings" section of this web site under "Six Morceaux Op.85". The cavatina is part of that set of pieces.
FERNANDO OLIVA   17/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: Like ever, thanks John. I have other two questions: What label is MDG? Was Sextet for Strings published on another label?. Kind regards, Fernando.
Mark Thomas   17/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: Hi Fernanado, MDG is a German label which tends to specialise in "out of the way" repertoire. I have found it to be widely available throughout the world in major record stores like Tower and Virgin and through mail order. It also makes a lot of fuss about the sound quality of its recordings. It's good but I wouldn't say it was anything spectacular. As for the Sextet - no, this is the premiere recording and it is a very fine performance indeed. There's a review at www.raff.org/review24.htm. This CD is readily obtainable in the UK now, so I guess that you could find it in Spain without a problem.
FERNANDO OLIVA   17/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: Dear Mark, Thanks for all! I will try to find this CD in Barcelona however Virgin was closed his Mega-Store in our City two years ago. Kind regards, Fernando.
John Boyer   17/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: On the subject of MDG's sound, I have to say that the nicest thing about it is that it sounds very honest. As they like to boast, they don't add any of the fake reverb that most of the other labels drown their recordings in, and they always have realistic balances (no "Attack of the 10 Meter Soloist!"). By the way, Fernando, the Cavatina in its original form is on Volume 2 of the CPO series of Raff violin sonatas.
FERNANDO OLIVA   17/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: Dear John : Do you known when is planned to appears this second volume? Last summer I get the first, but do not have found the second. Thanks in advance. Kind regards, Fernando.
John Boyer   17/10/2003	RE: ESSENTIAL, VERY ESSENTIAL IP: Logged Message: It's been available since March: http://classical.towerrecords.com/towerclassical?n=0&att=Composer2+raff|Work_Title_By_Composer+sonata%202&cs=raff&csn=5&csr=1&csm=38876719&asr=1&asl=1&act=C34