Acis and Galatea

Album by George Frideric Handel & Lucy Crowe & Allan Clayton & Benjamin Hulett & Neal Davies & Jeremy Budd & Early Opera Company & Christian Curnyn

Acis and Galatea is a pastoral cantata by George Frideric Handel, first composed in 1718. It is written in English and blends pastoral melodies and operatic vocal writing with modest orchestral forces, and it was created during Handel's early English period as he moved from Italian opera towards English vocal drama.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Sinfonia. Presto
    3:02
  2. 2.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Chorus: 'Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!'
    5:07
  3. 3.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative, Accompanied. Galatea: 'Ye Verdant Plains and Woody Mountains'
    0:41
  4. 4.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Galatea: 'Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Choir!'. Andante
    5:57
  5. 5.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: [Air.] Acis: 'Where Shall I Seek the Charming Fair?'. Larghetto
    2:50
  6. 6.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Damon: 'Stay, Shepherd, Stay!'
    0:21
  7. 7.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Damon: 'Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing?'. Andante
    4:05
  8. 8.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Acis: 'Lo, Here My Love, Turn, Galatea, Hither Turn Thy Eye!'
    0:21
  9. 9.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Acis: 'Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing'. Larghetto
    6:15
  10. 10.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Galatea: 'Oh, Didst Thou Know the Pains of Absent Love'
    0:13
  11. 11.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Galatea: 'as When the Dove'. Andante
    5:53
  12. 12.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Duet. Acis and Galatea: 'Happy We!'. Presto
    2:48

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Chorus: 'Wretched Lovers! Fate Has Past'. A Tempo Ordinario
    3:55
  2. 3.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative, Accompany'd. Polyphemus: 'i Rage – I Melt – I Burn!'. Furioso – Adag [Io] Furi [Oso] - Adagio E Piano
    1:11
  3. 4.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: [Air.] Polyphemus: 'o Ruddier Than the Cherry'. Allegro
    2:51
  4. 5.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Polyphemus: 'Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running' With Galatea
    1:01
  5. 6.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Polyphemus: 'Cease to Beauty to Be Suing'. Allegro E Staccato
    4:55
  6. 7.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Coridon: 'Would You Gain the Tender Creature'. Allegro
    5:10
  7. 8.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Acis: 'His Hideous Love Provokes My Rage'
    0:19
  8. 9.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Acis: 'Love Sounds Th' Alarm'. Allegro
    4:15
  9. 10.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Damon: 'Consider, Fond Shepherd'. Larghetto
    6:53
  10. 11.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Galatea: 'Cease, Oh Cease, Thou Gentle Youth'
    0:26
  11. 12.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: [Trio.] Acis and Galatea: 'the Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains'. Andante E Staccato With Polyphemus
    2:13
  12. 13.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative, Accompany'd. Acis: 'Help, Galatea! Help, Ye Parent Gods!'
    1:17
  13. 14.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Chorus: 'Mourn, All Ye Muses! Weep, All Ye Swains!'. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
    3:01
  14. 15.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Solo and Chorus. Galatea: 'Must I My Acis Still Bemoan'. Adagio With Chorus
    4:25
  15. 16.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Recitative. Galatea: 'Tis Done! Thus I Exert My Pow'r Divine'
    0:25
  16. 17.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Air. Galatea: 'Heart, the Sea of Soft Delight'. Larghetto
    3:42
  17. 18.
    Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Chorus: 'Galatea, Dry Thy Tears'
    3:04

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