Acis and Galatea, HWV49a (Handel)
from Handel: Acis and Galatea (CDA66361/2)
1 Sinfonia [3'13]
2 Oh, the pleasure of the plains! (Chorus) [5'48]
3 Ye verdant plains and woody mountains (Galatea) [0'48]
4 Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! (Galatea) [6'04]
5 Where shall I seek the charming fair? (Acis) [3'18]
6 Stay, shepherd, stay! (Damon) [0'22]
7 Shepherd, what art thou pursuing? (Damon) [4'42]
8 Lo! here my love, turn, Galatea, hither turn thy eyes (Acis) [0'24]
9 Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis) [7'48]
10 Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love (Galatea) [0'18]
11 As when the dove (Galatea) [6'28]
12 Happy we! (Galatea/Acis) [2'46]
13 Wretched lovers! Fate has passed (Chorus) [3'56]
14 I rage, I melt, I burn! (Polyphemus) [1'14]
15 O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus) [3'11]
16 Whither, fairest, art thou running? (Polyphemus/Galatea) [0'56]
17 Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus) [5'32]
18 Would you gain the tender creature (Damon) [5'49]
19 His hideous love provokes my rage (Acis) [0'21]
20 Love sounds th' alarm (Acis) [5'00]
21 Consider, fond shepherd (Damon) [6'21]
22 Cease, O cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea) [0'26]
23 The flocks shall leave the mountains (Galatea/Acis/Polyphemus) [2'30]
24 Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods! (Acis) [1'08]
25 Mourn, all ye muses! Weep, all ye swains! (Chorus) [3'05]
26 Must I my Acis still bemoan? (Galatea/Chorus) [4'11]
27 'Tis done, thus I exert my pow'r divine (Galatea) [0'25]
28 Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea) [4'02]
29 Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus) [3'15]
93 minutes 21 seconds 29 tracks
‘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’ ...
‘An unfailingly delightful work, beautifully performed and recorded’ (Gramophone)
‘A first-class Handel release’ (American Record Guide)