in F major - lost' never existed. Instead, it seems that the work in F major is actually a concert aria with an opening orchestral section in the same key (which was taken to be the opening of an unidentified symphony). (ii) The work formerly identified as 'Symphony No. 4 in C minor' (1846 - of which only the piano four-hands adaptation of its three extant movements survives) is now properly identified as 'Three Movements of a Symphony in C major (not minor): presumed never orchestrated'. It is undated. It was erroneously identified as the Symphony in C minor now known as No.3 (above). Piano Concerto (1850): scored for both orchestra and piano four-hands Serenade for Strings (nd) Concert Overture in C major Innerer Kampf ("Inner Struggle"), orchestral overture (nd) Die Braut von Messina ("The Bride of Messina"), orchestral overture (1850) Dramatische Overture (1878) Chamber music String Quartet in E-flat major (1850) String Quartet in G major (1870) Piano Trio in A-flat major (1868): third movement seems to be a reworking of the 2nd movement of the Piano Concerto. Piano Quartet in C minor (1836) Piano Quartet in A-flat major (1870): the first and the last movements possibly are reworkings of earlier compositions. Instrumental works Sonata for Piano 4-hands in D minor (1850) Piano Sonata No. 2 in C major, Op.7 (1855) 6 Character Pieces, Op.14 (by 1871) Piano Sonata in D minor, Op.18 (1880) Recordings The Tyrolean State Museum has released multiple CDs with works by Rufinatscha. Among them are the extant symphonies (nos. 1, 2, 3, 4 [5] and 5 [6], the Piano Trio, the String Quartets in E flat major and G major, and the four-hand reduction of the Piano Concerto. As of November 2009 the full orchestra version of the Piano Concerto became available, along with two concert overtures. A series of CDs of Rufinatscha's orchestral music is now being planned by Chandos Records, of which the first - the 5th [6th] Symphony and the overture The Bride of Messina - has now (March 2011) been issued. Notes References Music Guide (Forum) Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck shop 1812 births 1893 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century male musicians Austrian male classical composers Austrian Romantic composers People from Mals Composers from Vienna