Four-movement symphony in 18th Century

'Symphony' is a new product in eighteenth Century Europe. It was developed from the overtures (also called 'sinfonia'), which were played at the beginning of operas. The first generation of the symphonies stayed closely to the movement structure of the overtures, which was fast-slow-fast. However, Johann Stamitz (1717-1757), a great composer at the time, tried to add a movement (Minuet and Trio) between the the second and the third movements. This addition of the movement influenced much on the composition of symphonies afterwards. Franz Xaver Richter (1709-1789) was one of the composers who was influenced by this. Symphony in C major (Them. Index 11) is one of his symphonies with four movements. This audio presents the beginning of the third movement of the symphony, which is a Minuet and Trio. Since the piece have not been recorded by anyone, the audio is produced by Sibelius 7 Sounds Chamber.