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Acis and Galatea Handel; Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony & Seattle Symphony Chorale

Release: 1991 , Language: , Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 29, Length: 1:41:35, Barcode: [none]
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 ACIS AND GALATEA, HWV 49 - ACT 1. Sinfonia 3:40
2 Chorus: Oh, the pleasure of the plains 5:40
3 Accompagnato (Galatea): Ye verdant plains 0:49
4 Air (Galatea): Hush, ye pretty warbling quire 6:56
5 Air (Acis): Where shall I seek the charming fair 3:01
6 Recitative (Damon): Stay, shepherd, stay 0:24
7 Air (Damon): Shepherd, what art thou pursuing 4:54
8 Recitative (Acis): Lo! here my love 0:28
9 Air (Acis): Love in her eyes sits playing 7:01
10 Recitative (Galatea): Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love 0:17
11 Air (Galatea): As when the dove laments 6:19
12 Duet (Acis and Galatea) & Chorus: Happy we! 3:35
CD #2
1 ACT 2. Chorus: Wretched lovers! 6:06
2 Accompagnato (Polyphemus): I rage, I melt, I burn 1:19
3 Air (Polyphemus): O ruddier than the cherry 3:27
4 Recitative (Polyphemus, Galatea): Whither, fairest, art thou running? 1:22
5 Air (Polyphemus): Cease to beauty to be suing 5:36
6 Air (Damon): Would you gain the tender creature 5:31
7 Recitative (Acis): His hideous love provokes my rage 0:29
8 Air (Acis): Love sounds th'alarm 5:20
9 Air (Damon): Consider, fond shepherd 5:22
10 Recitative (Galatea): Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth 0:26
11 Trio (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus): The flocks shall leave the mountains - Torture, fury, rage, despair 3:00
12 Accompagnato (Acis): Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods! 1:11
13 Chorus: Mourn, all ye muses 5:54
14 Solo (Galatea) & Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan? - Cease, Galatea, cease to grieve 6:37
15 Recitative (Galatea): 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine 0:19
16 Air (Galatea): Heart, the seat of soft delight 3:50
17 Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears 2:38