The Queen’s Favourites La Petite Écurie

• James Paisible (1656 - 1721): Suite in C Major:
• 1 Paisible: Suite in C Major: I. Ouverture 02:05
• 2 Paisible: Suite in C Major: II. Aire 01:13
• 3 Paisible: Suite in C Major: III. Ornepaipe 01:14
• 4 Paisible: Suite in C Major: IV. Entrée 01:33
• 5 Paisible: Suite in C Major: V. Gigue 00:56
• 6 Paisible: Suite in C Major: VI. Paspiet 00:36
• 7 Paisible: Suite in C Major: VII. Trompette 00:55
• Thomas Morgan (1691 - 1699): Ouverture in G Minor:
• 8 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: I. Ouverture 01:57
• 9 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: II. Gavotte 00:41
• 10 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: III. Hornpipe 00:58
• 11 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: IV. [Aire] 00:47
• 12 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: V. Scotch Tune 01:07
• 13 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: VI. Rondeau 00:31
• 14 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: VII. Allemande 01:54
• 15 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: VIII. Gigue 01:00
• 16 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: IX. Rondeau 01:10
• 17 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: X. [Aria] 00:55
• 18 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: XI. Hornpipe 00:55
• 19 Morgan: Ouverture in G Minor: XII. Chaconne 03:21
• Henry Purcell (1659 -1695): Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen:
• 20 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen: I. [Preludio] 02:03
• 21 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen: II. [Song Tune] 01:50
• 22 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen: III. Hornepaipe 00:51
• 23 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen: IV. [Ouverture] 02:06
• 24 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen: V. [Aire] 00:57
• 25 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from The Fairy Queen: VI. Rondeau 01:55
• Suite Angloise, from Bonduca:
• 26 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from Bonduca: I. Aire 01:36
• 27 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from Bonduca: II. [Hornpipe] 00:56
• 28 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from Bonduca: III. [Aire] 00:39
• Suite Angloise, from King Arthur:
• 29 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from King Arthur: I. Trompette, Trompette II, Trompette III 03:34
• 30 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from King Arthur: II. Aire 01:28
• 31 Purcell: Suite Angloise, from King Arthur: III. Gigue 01:16
• James Paisible: Prelude IV in G Minor:
• 32 Paisible: Prelude IV in G Minor: I. Prelude 02:29
• 33 Paisible: Prelude IV in G Minor: II. Aire 01:26
• 34 Paisible: Prelude IV in G Minor: III. Hornipipe 00:37
• 35 Paisible: Prelude IV in G Minor: IV. Minuet 00:41
• 36 Paisible: Prelude IV in G Minor: V. Pasacaille 02:27
• The Queen’s Farewell:
• 37 Paisible: The Queen’s Farewell 03:08
• Gottfried Finger (1655 - 1730): Ouverture in F Major:
• 38 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: I. [Ouverture] 03:08
• 39 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: II. [Menuet] 00:48
• 40 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: III. [Rigaudon] 00:49
• 41 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: IV. [Aire] 01:05
• 42 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: V. [Trompette] 01:27
• 43 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: VI. [Courante, Passepied] 01:59
• 44 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: VII. [Intrada] 01:53
• 45 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: VIII. [Bourrée] 00:33
• 46 Finger: Ouverture in F Major: IX. [Passacaille] 02:03
• Total Runtime 01:07:32

Info for The Queen’s Favourites

On its debut album, La Petite Écurie presents a fascinating collection of English music by the most respected composers from around 1700: Thomas Morgan, Godfrey Finger, James Paisible and Henry Purcell. Paisible, who came originally from France, was Queen Anne’s favourite composer; he composed and directed numerous works for ‘the Queen's Oboe Band’. However, it is not only suites by Paisible himself that feature in this manuscript source; his handwriting can be recognised in both his own music and several other pieces, suggesting that he may have copied, organised performances of and perhaps arranged works by his colleagues for concerts at court. A rich variety of styles, rhythms and expressive forms may be heard here in overtures, dances, operatic arias and melodies, most of which are quite unknown. Since the oboe music of the eighteenth century is still rarely played and researched today, La Petite Écurie has set itself the task of rediscovering the beauty of a repertory that was very much in vogue at the time, performing it at the most prestigious European early music festivals and planning further recording projects.

Miriam Jorde Hompanera, oboe
Valerie Colen, oboe
Marc Bonastre Riu, taille
Giovanni Battista Graziadio, bassoon
Philipp Lamprecht, percussion

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