Joseph Haydn: String Quartets op. 33. Quatuor Terpsycordes playing on period instruments stringed with gut.
In 1997 four young musicians in Geneva founded the Terpsycordes Quartet: Girolamo Bottiglieri (violin), Raya Raytcheva (violin); Caroline Haas (viola); François Grin (cello). The Terpsycordes Quartet won the first prize at the 56th International Competition for Musical Performers in Geneva in 2001. The Quartet also won prizes at the competitions in Trapani, Weimar and Graz.
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