Acis and Galatea
~ Release by Handel; Lucy Crowe, Allan Clayton, Benjamin Hulett, Neal Davies, Jeremy Budd, Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn (see all versions of this release, 1 available)
Annotation
Galatea - Lucy Crowe
Acis - Allan Clayton
Damon - Benjamin Hulett
Polyphemus - Neal Davies
Coridon - Jeremy Budd
Tracklist
| |Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 1 | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Sinfonia. Presto
| George Frideric Handel | 3:02 | |
2 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Chorus: 'Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!'
| George Frideric Handel | 5:08 | |
3 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative, Accompanied. Galatea: 'Ye Verdant Plains and Woody Mountains'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:41 | |
4 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Galatea: 'Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Choir!'. Andante
| George Frideric Handel | 5:57 | |
5 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: [Air.] Acis: 'Where Shall I Seek the Charming Fair?'. Larghetto
| George Frideric Handel | 2:51 | |
6 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Damon: 'Stay, Shepherd, Stay!'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:21 | |
7 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Damon: 'Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing?'. Andante
| George Frideric Handel | 4:06 | |
8 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Acis: 'Lo, Here My Love, Turn, Galatea, Hither Turn Thy Eye!'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:22 | |
9 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Acis: 'Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing'. Larghetto
| George Frideric Handel | 6:15 | |
10 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Galatea: 'Oh, Didst Thou Know the Pains of Absent Love'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:13 | |
11 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Galatea: 'as When the Dove'. Andante
| George Frideric Handel | 5:54 | |
12 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Duet. Acis and Galatea: 'Happy We!'. Presto
| George Frideric Handel | 2:48 |
Hybrid SACD (CD layer) 2 | ||||
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# | Title | Artist | Rating | Length |
1 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Chorus: 'Wretched Lovers! Fate Has Past'. A Tempo Ordinario
| George Frideric Handel | 3:55 | |
2 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative, Accompany'd. Polyphemus: 'i Rage – I Melt – I Burn!'. Furioso – Adag [Io] Furi [Oso] - Adagio E Piano
| George Frideric Handel | 1:12 | |
3 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: [Air.] Polyphemus: 'o Ruddier Than the Cherry'. Allegro
| George Frideric Handel | 2:51 | |
4 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Polyphemus: 'Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running' With Galatea
| George Frideric Handel | 1:02 | |
5 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Polyphemus: 'Cease to Beauty to Be Suing'. Allegro E Staccato
| George Frideric Handel | 4:56 | |
6 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Coridon: 'Would You Gain the Tender Creature'. Allegro
| George Frideric Handel | 5:11 | |
7 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Acis: 'His Hideous Love Provokes My Rage'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:19 | |
8 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Acis: 'Love Sounds Th' Alarm'. Allegro
| George Frideric Handel | 4:16 | |
9 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Damon: 'Consider, Fond Shepherd'. Larghetto
| George Frideric Handel | 6:54 | |
10 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Galatea: 'Cease, Oh Cease, Thou Gentle Youth'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:26 | |
11 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: [Trio.] Acis and Galatea: 'the Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains'. Andante E Staccato With Polyphemus
| George Frideric Handel | 2:13 | |
12 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative, Accompany'd. Acis: 'Help, Galatea! Help, Ye Parent Gods!'
| George Frideric Handel | 1:17 | |
13 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Chorus: 'Mourn, All Ye Muses! Weep, All Ye Swains!'. Adagio Ma Non Troppo
| George Frideric Handel | 3:01 | |
14 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Solo and Chorus. Galatea: 'Must I My Acis Still Bemoan'. Adagio With Chorus
| George Frideric Handel | 4:25 | |
15 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Recitative. Galatea: 'Tis Done! Thus I Exert My Pow'r Divine'
| George Frideric Handel | 0:25 | |
16 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Air. Galatea: 'Heart, the Sea of Soft Delight'. Larghetto
| George Frideric Handel | 3:43 | |
17 | Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Chorus: 'Galatea, Dry Thy Tears'
| George Frideric Handel | 3:05 |
Credits
Release
bass-baritone vocals [Polyphemus]: | Neal Davies (operatic bass) |
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solo soprano vocals [Solo Chorus Soprano]: | Rowan Pierce (soprano) |
soprano vocals [Galatea]: | Lucy Crowe (soprano) |
tenor vocals [Acis]: | Allan Clayton (tenor) |
tenor vocals [Coridon]: | Jeremy Budd |
tenor vocals [Damon]: | Benjamin Hulett (tenor) |
Discogs: | https://www.discogs.com/release/12105603 [info] |
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ASIN: | UK: B07C5S33HY [info] |
purchase for mail-order: | https://www.prestomusic.com/classical/products/8438255--handel-acis-and-galatea [info] |
discography entry: | https://www.chandos.net/products/catalogue/CHAN 0404 [info] |