from Handel: Acis and Galatea (CDA66361/2) 1 Sinfonia [3'13] 93 minutes 21 seconds 29 tracks2 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] ‘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) |