Acis and Galatea
Album by Georg Friedrich Händel; Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Released 1 July 1999
Tracklist
- CD 1
- 1Acis and Galatea: Act I. SinfoniaGeorg Friedrich Händel3:15
- 2Acis and Galatea: Act I. Chorus "Oh, the pleasure of the plains"Georg Friedrich Händel4:47
- 3Acis and Galatea: Act I. Recitativo "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel0:42
- 4Acis and Galatea: Act I. "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel6:29
- 5Acis and Galatea: Act I. "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis)Georg Friedrich Händel3:02
- 6Acis and Galatea: Act I. Recitativo "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)Georg Friedrich Händel0:19
- 7Acis and Galatea: Act I. "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing" (Damon)Georg Friedrich Händel3:58
- 8Acis and Galatea: Act I. Recitativo "Lo! Here my love" (Acis)Georg Friedrich Händel0:24
- 9Acis and Galatea: Act I. "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)Georg Friedrich Händel6:05
- 10Acis and Galatea: Act I. Recitativo "Oh! Didst thou know the pains" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel0:13
- 11Acis and Galatea: Act I. "As when the dove laments her love" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel6:08
- 12Acis and Galatea: Act I. "Happy we!" (Acis, Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel2:40
- 13Acis and Galatea: Act I. Chorus "Happy we!"Georg Friedrich Händel1:11
- CD 2
- 1Acis and Galatea: Act II. Chorus "Wretched lovers!"Georg Friedrich Händel4:21
- 2Acis and Galatea: Act II. Recitativo accompagnato "I rage, I melt, I burn" (Polyphemus)Georg Friedrich Händel1:14
- 3Acis and Galatea: Act II. "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)Georg Friedrich Händel3:02
- 4Acis and Galatea: Act II. Recitativo "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus, Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel0:55
- 5Acis and Galatea: Act II. "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus)Georg Friedrich Händel4:26
- 6Acis and Galatea: Act II. "Would you gain the tender creature" (Damon)Georg Friedrich Händel5:39
- 7Acis and Galatea: Act II. Recitativo "His hideous love provokes my rage" (Acis)Georg Friedrich Händel0:21
- 8Acis and Galatea: Act II. "Love sounds th'alarm" (Acis)Georg Friedrich Händel4:32
- 9Acis and Galatea: Act II. "Consider, fond shepherd" (Coridon)Georg Friedrich Händel6:33
- 10Acis and Galatea: Act II. Recitativo "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel0:24
- 11Acis and Galatea: Act II. "The flocks shall leave the mountains" (Acis, Galatea, Polyphemus)Georg Friedrich Händel2:14
- 12Acis and Galatea: Act II. Recitativo accompagnato "Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!"Georg Friedrich Händel1:14
- 13Acis and Galatea: Act II. Chorus "Mourn, all ye muses!"Georg Friedrich Händel3:42
- 14Acis and Galatea: Act II. "Must I my Acis still bemoan" (Galatea, Chorus)Georg Friedrich Händel6:05
- 15Acis and Galatea: Act II. Recitativo "'Tis done: thus I exert pow'r divine" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel0:26
- 16Acis and Galatea: Act II. "Heart, the seat of soft delight" (Galatea)Georg Friedrich Händel3:35
- 17Acis and Galatea: Act II. Chorus "Galatea, dry thy tears"Georg Friedrich Händel3:02
More by Georg Friedrich Händel, Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
Release credits
- bass vocals [2-5, 11]
- editor, sound
- tenor vocals [9]
- choir vocals [2.1, 2.13-14, 2.17, 1.2, 1.13], performing orchestra
- producer
- soprano vocals [1.6-7, 2.6]
- tenor vocals [1.5, 1.8-9, 1.12, 2.7-8, 2.11-12]
- soprano vocals [2.4, 2.10-11, 2.14-16, 1.3-4, 1.10-12]
- conductor
Issues
A2x CD1 July 1999