Acis & Galatea - Georg Friedrich Händel; Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt

Acis & Galatea

Album by Georg Friedrich Händel; Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt

Released 16 October 2008

Tracklist

1
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel
3:12
2
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Chorus "Oh, the pleasure of the plains!"
George Frideric Handel
6:13
3
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Accompagnato "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains"
George Frideric Handel
0:45
4
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!"
George Frideric Handel
6:17
5
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Where shall I seek the charming fair?"
George Frideric Handel
3:05
6
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!"
George Frideric Handel
0:22
7
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?"
George Frideric Handel
4:10
8
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Recitative "Lo, here my love"
George Frideric Handel
0:30
9
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Love in her eyes sits playing"
George Frideric Handel
6:50
10
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Recitative "Oh, didst thou know the pains of absent love"
George Frideric Handel
0:16
11
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "As when the dove laments her love"
George Frideric Handel
6:57
12
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Duet "Happy we!"
George Frideric Handel
2:35
13
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Chorus "Wretched lovers!"
George Frideric Handel
4:25
14
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Accompagnato: I rage — I melt — I burn!
George Frideric Handel
1:27
15
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air: O ruddier than the cherry
George Frideric Handel
3:16
16
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running
George Frideric Handel
1:11
17
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Cease to beauty to be suing"
George Frideric Handel
5:24
18
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Would you gain the tender creature"
George Frideric Handel
5:42
19
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative "His hideous love provokes my rage"
George Frideric Handel
0:21
20
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Love sounds th'alarm"
George Frideric Handel
4:50
21
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Consider, fond shepherd"
George Frideric Handel
6:41
22
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth"
George Frideric Handel
0:25
23
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Trio "The flocks shall leave the mountains"
George Frideric Handel
3:03
24
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Accompagnato "Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!"
George Frideric Handel
1:30
25
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Chorus "Mourn, all ye muses!"
George Frideric Handel
3:43
26
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Solo & Chorus "Must I my Acis still bemoan"
George Frideric Handel
4:14
27
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative "'Tis done! Thus I exert my pow'r divine"
George Frideric Handel
0:18
28
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Heart, the seat of soft delight"
George Frideric Handel
4:02
29
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Chorus "Galatea, dry thy tears"
George Frideric Handel
3:18