JAMES PAISIBLE (1656-1721): Suite in C, Prelude IV in G Minor, The Queen’s Farewell, GOTTFRIED FINGER (c.1655-1730): Ouverture in F, THOMAS MORGAN (fl.1691-1699): Ouverture in G Minor, HENRY PURCELL (1659-1695): Suite Angloise.
Catalogue Number: 05X011
Label: Arcana
Reference: A527
Format: CD
Price: $18.98
Description: Paisible, who came originally from France, was Queen Anne’s favorite composer; he composed and directed numerous works for ‘the Queen's Oboe Band’. 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. La Petit Écurie.