The Queen’s Favourites / La Petite Écurie

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Label
Arcana
Release Date
April 22, 2022
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Thomas Morgan, James Paisible, Henry Purcell
    • PERFORMER
      La Petite Ecurie
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 22, 2022
    • UPC
      3760195735275
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      A527
    • LABEL
      Arcana
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Ouverture

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    2. II. Aire

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    3. III. Ornepaipe

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    4. IV. Entrée

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    5. V. Gigue

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    6. VI. Paspiet

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    7. VII. Trompette

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    8. I. Ouverture

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    9. II. Gavotte

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    10. III. Hornpipe

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    11. IV. [Aire]

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    12. V. Scotch Tune

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    13. VI. Rondeau

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    14. VII. Allemande

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    15. VIII. Gigue

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    16. IX. Rondeau

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    17. X. [Aria]

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    18. XI. Hornpipe

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    19. XII. Chaconne

      Composer: Thomas Morgan

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    20. I. [Preludio]

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    21. II. [Song Tune]

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    22. III. Hornpipe

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    23. IV. Overture

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    24. V. [Aire]

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    25. VI. Rondeau

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    26. No. 2. Air

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    27. No. 3. Hornpipe

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    28. No. 6. Air

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    29. Trumpet tune

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    30. Aire

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    31. Gigue

      Composer: Henry Purcell

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    32. I. Prelude

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    33. II. Aire

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    34. III. Hornipipe

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    35. IV. Minuet

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    36. V. Pasacaille

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    37. The Queen's Farewell

      Composer: James Paisible

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    38. I. [Ouverture]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    39. II. [Menuet]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    40. III. [Rigaudon]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    41. IV. [Aire]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    42. V. [Trompette]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    43. VI. [Courante, Passepied]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    44. VII. [Intrada]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    45. VIII. [Bourrée]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie

    46. IX. [Passacaille]

      Composer: Gottfried Finger

      Ensemble: La Petite Écurie


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 favorite 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 recognized in both his own music and several other pieces, suggesting that he may have copied, organized 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.