Handel: Acis and Galatea

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Handel: Acis and Galatea

Handel: Acis and Galatea

SACD(Super Audio CD - 2 PACK)

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Product Details

Release Date: 06/01/2018
Label: CHANDOS
UPC: 0095115040423

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~1. Sinfonia. Presto
  2. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~2. Chorus: Oh, the pleasure of the plains!
  3. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~3. Recitative, accompanied. Galatea: Ye verdant plains and woody mountains'
  4. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~4. Air. Galatea: Hush, ye pretty warbling choir!. Andante
  5. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~5. [Air] Acis: Where shall I seek the charming fair?. Larghetto
  6. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~6. Recitative. Damon: Stay, shepherd, stay!
  7. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~7. Air. Damon: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?. Andante
  8. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~8. Recitative. Acis: Lo, here my love, turn, Galatea, hither turn thy eyes!
  9. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~9. Air. Acis: Love in her eyes sits playing. Larghetto
  10. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~10. Recitative. Galatea: Oh, didst thou know the pains of absent love'
  11. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~11. Air. Galatea: As when the dove. Andante
  12. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~12. Duet. Acis and Galatea: Happy we!. Presto

Disc 2

  1. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~14. Chorus: Wretched lovers! Fate has past. A tempo ordinario
  2. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~15. Recitative, accompany'd. Polyphemus: I rage - I melt - I burn!. Furioso - Adag[io] Furi[oso] - Adagio e piano
  3. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~16. [Air.] Polyphemus. O ruddier than the cherry. Allegro
  4. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~17. Recitative. Polyphemus: Whither, fairest, art thou running
  5. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~18. Air. Polyphemus: Cease to beauty to be suing. Allegro e staccato
  6. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~19. Air. Coridon: Would you gain the tender creature. Allegro
  7. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~20. Recitative. Acis: His hideous love provokes my rage
  8. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~21. Air. Acis: Love sounds th' alarm. Allegro
  9. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~22. Air. Damon: Consider, fond shepherd. Larghetto
  10. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~23. Recitative. Galatea: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth
  11. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~24. [Trio.] Acis and Galatea: The flocks shall leave the mountains. Andante e staccato
  12. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~25. Recitative, accompany'd. Acis: Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!
  13. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~26. Chorus: Mourn, all ye muses! Weep, all ye swains!. Adagio ma non troppo
  14. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~27. Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan. Adagio
  15. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~28. Recitative: Tis done! Thus I exert my pow'r Divine
  16. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~29. Air: Heart, the seat of soft delight. Larghetto
  17. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a~30. Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Benjamin Hulett   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Allan Clayton   Primary Artist,Tenor (Vocal)
Lucy Crowe   Primary Artist,Soprano (Vocal)
Christian Curnyn   Primary Artist,Conductor
Neal Davies   Bass Baritone
Jeremy Budd   Tenor (Vocal)
Early Opera Company   Orchestra

Technical Credits

John Gay   Librettist
David Vickers   Liner Notes
Hans Lebbe   Photography
Keith McGowan   Instrument Design
Marco Borggreve   Photography
Phil Poynter   Photography
Jonathan Cooper   Engineer
George Frederick Handel   Composer
Evangeline Scott   Photography
Gerard Collett   Photography
Rosanna Fish   Assistant Engineer,Editing
Laura Harling   Photography
Malcolm Greenhalgh   Instrument Design
Sue Shortridge   A&R
Alexandre C. Guillemot   Cover Photo
Alexander Pope   Librettist
John Hughes   Librettist
Rachel Smith   Recording Producer
Finn S. Gundersen   Booklet Editor
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