GENESIS - Franz Xavier RICHTER

2 SACD-Compatibles CDCorinne Chapelle & Rachel Spath, violinsMarkus Fleck, ViolaAndreas Fleck, celloFranz Xavier RICHTERQuartett C-Dur op. 5/1Quartett g-Moll op. 5/5bQuartett D-Dur op.5/6Quartett A-Dur op. 5/3Quartett Es-Dur op.5/4Quartett B-Dur op. 5/2Quartett G-Dur op.5/5An ominous foreboding, blood in the snow, a corpse in winter ...These is the story of a tragic incident which took place near the court of the Duke of Hildburghausen in 1757, and forms part of the unusual credentials of a man who avoided a fatal end only by a hair's breadth because he chose to play string quartets. In his memoirs, the violinist and composer Carl Ditters von Dittersdorf recalls refusing an invitation to take a ride in a horse-drawn sleigh due to a premonition. As a consequence, while Dittersdorf was playing first violin with his brothers in the court orchestra, a young man sitting next to the coachman on the sleigh ride was killed due to reckless driving. Stimulated with high-quality coffee and indulging in the finest tobacco, Dittersdorf named the celebrated composer of that era whose works they were playing that evening: Franz Xaver Richter, the Mannheim master of counterpoint and a composer of the most exquisite chamber music and symphonies