Purcell: Z 629/4. Come let us leave the town (The Fairy Queen) - Hunt, Wistreich (Norrington)
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The Fairy Queen, Z 629
Dramatic opera in five acts
Text: Anonymous, after William Shakespeare's 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' (c.1595)
Music: Henry Purcell (1659-1695)
First performance: 2 May 1692, in London (Queen's Theatre, Dorset Garden)
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4a. Prelude
for 2 violins and basso continuo
4b. Come let us leave the town
for soprano, bass and basso continuo
Published (without the prelude) in the fifth book of 'Comes Amoris' (London: John Carr, 1694)
Also published (without the prelude) in the first book of 'Orpheus Britannicus' (London: Henry Playford, 1698)
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Lorraine Hunt, soprano
Richard Wistreich, bass
The London Classical Players,
conducted by Roger Norrington
Recorded in November 1993
Pitch: A = 415 Hz
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This movement was added to the dramatic opera for the revival of February 1693.
The score of the duet section is from 'Comes Amoris'.
Marc D.
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