Georg Friederich Handel, Georg Friederich Handel
Acis and Galatea (1718 version), HWV 49a

Georg Friederich Handel - Acis and Galatea (1718 version), HWV 49a

  • Release date: 1988
  • Category: Baroque
  • Duration: 1:35:25
  • not rated
  • Added February 3, 2004
  • Played October 13, 2012

Tracks

CD1
1. Sinfonianot rated3:26
2. Chorus "Oh, the pleasure of the plains!"not rated5:55
3. Accompanato (Galatea) "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains"not rated0:57
4. Air (Galatea) "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!"not rated6:19
5. Air (Acis) "Where shall I seek the charming fair?"not rated3:22
6. Recitative (Damon) "Stay, shepherd, stay!"not rated0:25
7. Air (Damon) "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?"not rated4:28
8. Recitative (Acis) "Lo! here my love"not rated0:31
9. Air (Acis) "Love in her eyes sits playing"not rated6:53
10. Recitative (Galatea) "Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love"not rated0:20
11. Air (Galatea) "As when the dove"not rated6:32
12. Duet (Galatea, Acis) "Happy we!"not rated2:33
41:48
CD2
1. Chorus "Wretched lovers! Fate has past"not rated5:04
2. Accompagnato (Polyphemus) "I rage - I melt - I burn!"not rated1:23
3. Air (Polyphemus) "O ruddier than the cherry"not rated3:07
4. Recitative (Polyphemus, Galatea) "Whhither, fairest, art thou running"not rated1:06
5. Air (Polyphemus) "Cease to beauty to be suing"not rated5:39
6. Air (Damon) "Would you gain the tender creature"not rated5:42
7. Recitative (Acis) "His hideous love provokes my rage"not rated0:26
8. Air (Acis) "Love sounds th'alarm"not rated5:26
9. Air (Damon) "Consider, fond shepherd"not rated6:33
10. Recitative (Galatea) "Cease, O cease, thou gentle youth"not rated0:31
11. Trio (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus) "The flocks shall leave the mountains"not rated2:30
12. Accompagnato (Acis) "Help, Galatea! help, ye parent gods!"not rated1:05
13. Chorus "Mourn, all ye muses! weep, all ye swains!"not rated3:16
14. Galatea, Chorus "Must I my Acis still bemoan"not rated3:55
15. Recitative (Galatea) "'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine"not rated0:24
16. Air (Galatea) "Heart, the seat of soft delight"not rated4:09
17. Chorus "Galatea, dry thy tears"not rated3:11
53:37

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