Henri-Joseph de Croes (1758-1842) - Sinfonia in Es-Dur (1782)

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Composer: Henri-Joseph de Croes (1758-1842)
Work: Sinfonia in Es-Dur (1782)
Performers: Tеrra Nova Ensemble; Vlad Wеvеrbеrgh (conductor)

Sinfonia in Es-Dur (1782)
1. Adagio, allegro 0:00
2. Andantino 6:59
3. Menuett 10:30
4. Rondo 13:09

Painting: Felix Philippoteaux (1815-1884) after Louis Carrogis 'Carmontelle' (1717-1806) - The Gentlemen of the Duke of Orleans
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Henri-Joseph de Croes 'le fils' [Crois, Kruss]
(Brussels, 16 August 1758 - Regensburg, 6 January 1842)

Flemish composer. Son of Henri-Jacques de Croes (1705-1786), kapellmeister and director of music at the Royal Court Orchestra in Brussels, he received music lessons from his father. When he was eighteen he joined the service of the Princes of Thurn and Taxis in Regensburg in Bavaria, at first as a violinist (1776-1798) and from 1798 onward, as kapellmeister. Karl Anselm, the fourth prince of Thurn and Taxis (from 1773 to 1797), encouraged court music in the summer residence at Trugenhofen and at the main residence in Regensburg. He continued to develop the ensemble, which had been founded for diplomatic reasons by his father, Alexander Ferdinand, one of the Emperor’s leading representatives. He engaged numerous virtuoso musicians, including the French violinist Joseph Touchemoulin, the Bohemian composer Franz Xaver Pokorný, the oboe player Giovanni Palestrini and flautist Fiorante Augustinelli. Together with the famous Mannheim orchestra and the Esterhazy family’s orchestra in Eisenstadt, the Thurn and Taxis orchestra at Regensburg was among the best of its era. Henri Joseph de Croes married the opera singer Maria Augusta Houdière (?-1806). They had two children, both of whom died in their youth. As a composer, he wrote an opera, seven partias for clarinets and strings, several concertos, two symphonies, and chamber music.