Richter: 6 Symphonies, Op. 2

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Release Date: 6th Jan 2023
Catalogue No: 777991-2
Label: CPO
Length: 57 minutes

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Richter, F X: Symphony in D major, Op. 2 No. 1

Work length7:23

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I. Allegro spiritoso

Track length2:55

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II. Andantino grazioso

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III. Presto

Track length1:26

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Richter, F X: Symphony in F major, Op. 2 No. 2

Work length9:01

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I. Adagio con brio

Track length2:43

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II. Andantino affettuoso

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III. Presto

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Richter, F X: Symphony in C major, Op. 2 No. 3

Work length11:06

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I. Allegro con spirito

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II. Andantino

Track length2:20

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III. Presto ma non tanto

Track length3:26

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Richter, F X: Symphony in E flat major, Op. 2 No. 4

Work length13:28

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I. Allegro maestoso

Track length5:35

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II. Andante grazioso

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III. Menuetto - Trio - Menuetto da capo

Track length3:23

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Richter, F X: Symphony in G major, Op. 2 No. 5

Work length8:00

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I. Allegro con brio

Track length2:26

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II. Andantino

Track length3:28

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III. Vivace

Track length2:06

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Richter, F X: Symphony in D major, Op. 2 No. 6

Work length8:23

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I. Allegro spiritoso

Track length2:26

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II. Andantino grazioso

Track length3:40

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III. Presto

Track length2:17

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Franz Xaver Richter shares the honors with Johann Stamitz as one of the founding figures of the Mannheim school and the famous court orchestra of Prince Elector Carl Theodor of the Palatinate. Richter joined this renowned ensemble in 1747, serving as a composer, violinist, and bassist. His works combine Baroque stylistic features with elements of the style galant, and he numbered among the masters of the Mannheim school who made very important contributions to the beginnings of the early classical symphony. While Johann Stamitz, Ignaz Holzbauer, and Anton Fils, drawing on ideas of Italian provenance, shaped the new musical language of what came to be known as the Mannheim school, Richter’s own comparatively conservative view of music was an obstacle to his advancement. His collection of Six Symphonies op. 2 dedicated to Prince Elector Carl Theodor was printed by the publisher Johann Julius Hummel in Amsterdam in 1759. All six symphonies have three movements, and in these works Richter generally adhered to the model established by the opera sinfonia. Only the fourth symphony in this collection forms an exception in that Richter has a minuet with a trio in the last position instead of a presto. Despite some backward-looking tendencies, Richter was not at all an enemy of progress – but just the opposite: he was the first »Mannheimer« to publish string quartets. Our recording of the symphonies is based on the editions prepared at the research center for the study of Southwest German court music at the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences.

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