G.F.Handel - Aci & Galatea

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'An unfailingly delightful work, beautifully performed and recorded' (Gramophone)

'Une des plus délicieuses partitions du XVIII Siècle' (L'Avant Scene Opera, France)

'A first-class Handel release' (American Record Guide)

'McFadden is a loving Galatea, Ainsley a charming Acis, and Covey-Crump a finely polished Damon. Michael George is magnificent - a nimble but ferocious Polyphemus whose every note is absolutely centred' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide)

contents:


CD 1

1 - Part 1 No 01: Sinfonia
2 - Part 1 No 02: Oh, the pleasure of the plains! (Chorus)
3 - Part 1 No 03. Accompagnato: Ye verdant plains and woody mountains (Galatea)
4 - Part 1 No 04. Air: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! (Galatea)
5 - Part 1 No 05. Air: Where shall I seek the charming fair?(Acis)
6 - Part 1 No 06. Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay! (Damon)
7 - Part 1 No 07. Air: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing? (Damon)
8 - Part 1 No 08. Recitative: Lo! here my love, turn, Galatea, hither turn thy eyes
9 - Part 1 No 09. Air: Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis)
10 - Part 1 No 10. Recitative: Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love (Galatea)
11 - Part 1 No 11. Air: As when the dove (Galatea)
12 - Part 1 No 12. Duet: Happy we! (Galatea/Acis)

CD2

1 - Part 2 No 01: Wretched lovers! Fate has passed (Chorus)
2 - Part 2 No 02. Accompagnato: I rage, I melt, I burn! (Polyphemus)
3 - Part 2 No 03. Air: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus)
4 - Part 2 No 04. Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running? (Polyphemus/Galatea)
5 - Part 2 No 05. Air: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus)
6 - Part 2 No 06. Air: Would you gain the tender creature (Damon)
7 - Part 2 No 07. Recitative: His hideous love provokes my rage (Acis)
8 - Part 2 No 08. Air: Love sounds th' alarm (Acis)
9 - Part 2 No 09. Air: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon)
10 - Part 2 No 10. Recitative: Cease, O cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea)
11 - Part 2 No 11. Trio: The flocks shall leave the mountains (Galatea/Acis/Polyphemus)
12 - Part 2 No 12. Accompagnato: Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods! (Acis)
13 - Part 2 No 13: Mourn, all ye muses! Weep, all ye swains! (Chorus)
14 - Part 2 No 14. Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan? (Galatea/Chorus)
15 - Part 2 No 15. Recitative: 'Tis done, thus I exert my pow'r divine (Galatea)
16 - Part 2 No 16. Air: Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea)
17 - Part 2 No 17: Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus)
18 - Look down, harmonious saint


The King's Consort
dir. Robert King