Acis and Galatea
John Eliot Gardiner · English Baroque Soloists · Norma Burrowes · Anthony Rolfe Johnson · Willard White · Martyn Hill
Acis and Galatea (2003), CD, on Archiv Produktion. Music by George Frideric Handel, performed by John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson; 29 tracks.
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Disc 1
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Sinfonia
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 1. Sinfonia
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Oh, the pleasure of the plains
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 2. Choir "Oh the pleasure of the plains!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Ye verdant plains
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 3. Recitative "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 4. Aria "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Where shall I seek the charming fair
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5. Aria "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Stay, shepherd, stay
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6. Aria "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Lo! here my love
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love!" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Love in her eyes sits playing
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7. Aria "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Oh! didst thou know
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Disc 2
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Wretched lovers
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 10. Choir "Wretched lovers!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: I rage, I melt, I burn
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 11. Recitativo accompagnato "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Willard White
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: O ruddier than the cherry
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12. Aria "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Willard White
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Whither, fairest, art thou running
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12a. Recitativo "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Cease to beauty to be suing
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 13. Aria "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Willard White
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Would you gain the tender creature
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14. Aria "Would you gain the tender creature" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: His hideous love
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14a. Recitativo "His hideous love provokes my rage" (Acis)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Love sounds th'alarm
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Consider, fond shepherd
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16. Aria "Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting's the pleasure" (Damon)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Cease, o cease
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16a. Recitativo "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: The flocks shall leave the mountains
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 17. Trio "The flocks shall leave the mountains" (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Help, Galatea
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Mourn, all ye Muses
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 19. Choir "Mourn, all ye muses!"
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Must I my Acis still bemoan
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 20a. Solo with Choir "Must I my Acis still bemoan" (Galatea, choir)
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Anthony Rolfe Johnson
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: 'Tis done
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
John Eliot Gardiner, English Baroque Soloists, Norma Burrowes