Although the lied genre seems to play a rather subordinate role in Joachim Raff's oeuvre, it contains true gems of the art song. These were already raved about by Ludwig and Malwina Schnorr von Carolsfeld, the first performers of Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde. For this edition of selected works, Raff expert Simon Kannenberg has edited two outstanding lieder collections from Raff’s creative middle period.

Fascinated by the historical figure of Mary Stuart, Raff chose a collection of translatio...