Acis & Galatea

by George Frideric Handel; Susan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith, Matthew Brook, Dunedin Consort, John Butt

Tracklist

  1. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Sinfonia3:12
  2. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Chorus "Oh, the pleasure of the plains!"6:13
  3. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Accompagnato "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains"0:45
  4. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!"6:17
  5. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Where shall I seek the charming fair?"3:05
  6. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!"0:22
  7. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?"4:10
  8. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Recitative "Lo, here my love"0:30
  9. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "Love in her eyes sits playing"6:50
  10. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Recitative "Oh, didst thou know the pains of absent love"0:16
  11. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Air "As when the dove laments her love"6:57
  12. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I. Duet "Happy we!"2:35
  13. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Chorus "Wretched lovers!"4:25
  14. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Accompagnato: I rage — I melt — I burn!1:27
  15. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air: O ruddier than the cherry3:16
  16. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running1:11
  17. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Cease to beauty to be suing"5:24
  18. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Would you gain the tender creature"5:42
  19. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative "His hideous love provokes my rage"0:21
  20. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Love sounds th'alarm"4:50
  21. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Consider, fond shepherd"6:41
  22. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth"0:25
  23. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Trio "The flocks shall leave the mountains"3:03
  24. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Accompagnato "Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!"1:30
  25. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Chorus "Mourn, all ye muses!"3:43
  26. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Solo & Chorus "Must I my Acis still bemoan"4:14
  27. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Recitative "'Tis done! Thus I exert my pow'r divine"0:18
  28. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Air "Heart, the seat of soft delight"4:02
  29. Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II. Chorus "Galatea, dry thy tears"3:18