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ID: ACDBH048-2 (EAN: 8717775550549) | 1 SACD | DSD Released in: 2011
- LABEL:
- Aliud
- Subcollection:
- Clarinet
- Composers:
- CROES, Henri Joseph De
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Interprets:
- BOSSERS, Johan (piano) | BUYSSCHAERT, Jan | GEERTS, Sander (viola) | SUYS, Diederik (viola) | WEVERBERGH, Vlad
- Ensembles:
- South-West German Chamber Orchestra Pforzheim
- Conductors:
- TEWINKEL, Sebastian
- Other info:
Music by Henri Joseph de Croes has been transcribed by Miel Pieters en played by Vlad Weverbergh accompanied through the "Südwestdeutsche Kammerorchester Pforzheim" and a clarinet/string ensemble for the divertimenti.
Henri Joseph De Croes
In the late 18th century, the Thurn and Taxis family of Regensburg was not only well-placed aristocracy, but also held the monopoly on the post and carriage trade in Europe. Karl Anselm, the fourth sovereign of Thurn and Taxis, was a music lover, and he made his court orchestra into one of the most known in Europe. Thanks to the influence of his famous father, Henri Jacques De Croes, from Antwerp, Henri Joseph De Croes (Brussels 1758 - Regensburg 1842) began to play violin in this orchestra when he was just seventeen years old.
The Regensburg court orchestra played a central role in the development of the clarinet in the second half of the 18th century. The orchestra could count many different talented clarinettists in its midst, as well as other musicians who also played clarinet as their second instrument. The court library's rich collection contains no less than 36 clarinet concerti from the second half of the 18th century, including works by Johann Stamitz, Johann Zach, Theodor Freiherr von Schacht, Vaclav Knežek and Henri Joseph De Croes, among others.
The parthias are stylised pieces for a rather odd ensemble of two clarinets, two violas and contrabass. This instrumentation seems to have been standard at the Regensburg court; there are also parthias by Schacht and Knežek for the same sort of ensemble. A parthia (or 'partita' or 'partia') was originally the name for a solo piece, but German composers later used the term as a synonym for a suite. The parthias by De Croes date from 1780 to 1788 and from 1794. They are light pieces, alternating between andante and menuet with a sometimes surprisingly important part for the contrabass. They are written in an original, refined style and never become banal. Henri Joseph De Croes composed his Clarinet Concerto in Bb Major in 1790, one year before Mozart wrote his own Clarinet Concerto. This work sounds light, frivolous, and relatively undramatic, as well, but the strong melodies and fine orchestration show the hand of a talented composer.
Due to family problems (the death of his two children), political causes (the end of the Holy Roman Empire in 1806, the end of the monopoly on the post, and the end of the representative function of the court orchestra) and financial problems, the Henri-Joseph De Croes' oeuvre remained small: just one clarinet concerto, a few symphonies, one ballet, an opera (called The Warlock) and a variety of divertimentos and parthias.
| CROES, Henri Joseph De (1758-1842) | | | Concerto for Clarinet | | | 1. | Allegro | 9:59 | | | 2. | Andante | 4:10 | | | 3. | Rondo | 5:31 | | | Partias | | | 4. | Andante 8 nr 6 | 1:22 | | | 5. | Andante 16 nr 1 | 5:38 | | | 6. | Allegro 30 nr 3 | 1:01 | | | 7. | Adagio 30 No. 1 | 4:00 | | | 8. | Adagio 30 No. 4 | 1:36 | | | 9. | Allegro 28 No. 12 | 1:03 | | | 10. | Andante 8 No. 2 | 1:30 | | | 11. | Adagio 30 No. 6 | 2:11 | | | 12. | Andante con variazione 16 No. 8 | 3:21 | | | 13. | Menuetto 8 No. 5 | 3:23 | | | 14. | Andantino 30 No. 11 | 2:57 | | | 15. | 29 No. 1 | 1:52 | | | 16. | Allegro 16 No. 12 | 2:45 | | | 17. | Allegro 8 No. 3 | 1:31 | | | 18. | Allegro 8 No. 1 | 3:35 | | | 19. | Allegro 8 No. 9 | 1:31 | | | 20. | Andante 8 No. 4 | 1:37 | |
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