Acis & Galatea
Neville Marriner · Robert Tear · Academy of St Martin in the Fields · Jill Gomez · Benjamin Luxon · Philip Langridge
Acis & Galatea (1998), CD, on Decca Classics. Music by George Frideric Handel, Thomas Arne, James Hook, William Boyce, performed by Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez; 46 tracks.
Composers
Tracklist
Disc 1
Acis and Galatea: Act I: 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!"
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Ye Verdant Plains
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 3. Recitative "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Quire!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 4. Aria "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act I: 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)
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Stay, Shepherd, Stay!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing?
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6. Aria "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Lo! Here My Love!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love!" (Acis)
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Acis and Galatea: Act I: 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)
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Oh! Didst Thou Know the Pains
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act I: As When the Dove Laments her Love
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 8. Aria "As when the dove laments her love" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act I: Happy We!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 9a. Duet "Happy we" (Galatea, Acis)
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Wretched Lovers!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 10. Choir "Wretched lovers!"
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 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)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Luxon
Acis and Galatea: Act II: O Ruddier Than the Cherry
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12. Aria "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Luxon
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12a. Recitativo "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Luxon
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 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)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Benjamin Luxon
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 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)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge
Disc 2
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 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)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Philip Langridge
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Cease, oh Cease, Thou Gentle Youth
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16a. Recitativo "Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 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)
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Help, Galatea! Help, Ye Parent Gods!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 18. Recitativo "Help, Galatea!" (Acis)
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Mourn, All Ye Muses!
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 19. Choir "Mourn, all ye muses!"
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 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)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act II: 'Tis Done: Thus I Exert My Pow'r Divine
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 20c. Recitativo "'Tis done" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 21. Aria "Heart, the seat of soft delight" (Galatea)
Neville Marriner, Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Jill Gomez
Acis and Galatea: Act II: Galatea, Dry Thy Tears
George Frideric Handel - Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 22. Choir "Galatea, dry thy tears"
Look Down, Harmonious Saint: Recitative: Look Down, Look Down
George Frideric Handel - Look down, harmonious saint, HWV 124
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Look Down, Harmonious Saint: Aria: Sweet Accents all Your Numbers Grace
George Frideric Handel - Look down, harmonious saint, HWV 124
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
George Frideric Handel - Meine Seele hört im Sehen, HWV 207
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
George Frideric Handel - Süsse Stille, sanfte Quelle ruhiger Gelassenheit, HWV 205
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Bacchus and Ariadne: Recitative: The faithless Theseus...
Thomas Arne - Bacchus and Ariadne
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Bacchus and Ariadne: Aria: Ah Theseus, Theseus stay
Thomas Arne - Bacchus and Ariadne
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Bacchus and Ariadne: Recit: The jolly God who rules
Thomas Arne - Bacchus and Ariadne
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Bacchus and Ariadne: Aria: Cease lovely Nymph to weep
Thomas Arne - Bacchus and Ariadne
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Bacchus and Ariadne: Recitative: With soft reluctance
Thomas Arne - Bacchus and Ariadne
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Bacchus and Ariadne: Aria: Learn hence ye fond maidens
Thomas Arne - Bacchus and Ariadne
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Fair Caelia Love Pretended: Recit: Fair Caelia love pretented
Thomas Arne - Fair Caelia love pretented
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Fair Caelia Love Pretended: Aria: To all the sex deceitfull
Thomas Arne - Fair Caelia love pretented
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Fair Caelia Love Pretended: Recit: But Caelia now repenting
Thomas Arne - Fair Caelia love pretented
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields
Fair Caelia Love Pretended: Aria: How engaging, how endearing
Thomas Arne - Fair Caelia love pretented
Neville Marriner, Robert Tear, Academy of St Martin in the Fields