Richter, F.X.: Grandes Symphonies (1744), Nos. 7-12 (Set 2)

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Aapo Häkkinen
Helsinki Baroque Orchestra
Franz Xaver Richter

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Composer Biography

Richter was believed to have been taught in Vienna by Imperial Kapellmeister Johann Joseph Fux, a prolific composer and author of the influential counterpoint treatise Gradus ad Parnassum.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Richter resisted many new formal and stylistic developments pioneered by Johann Stamitz, the music director of the Mannheim court orchestra, preferring to root his works in an older tradition.

Composition History

The Six Grandes Symphonies were composed around 1740 and published in Paris in 1744 as the second of a set of twelve symphonies.

Performer Biography

The Helsinki Baroque Orchestra, founded in 1997, uses period instruments to offer new perspectives on old masterworks.

Composer Biography

Richter was by profession a singer and descriptions of him as a virtuoso di camera presumably refer to his vocal abilities.

Compositional Technique

Richter's works are harmonically richer and more imaginative in their part-writing compared to his colleagues, due to his preference for an older tradition over new stylistic developments.