Acis and Galatea

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Trackliste Acis und Galatea (Oper in 2 Akten) (Gesamtaufnahme) Händel, Georg Friedrich Sinfonia (1. Teil) Chor: Oh, the happy pleasure of the plains! Accompagnato: Ye verdant plains and woody mountains Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! (Arie) Arie: Where shall I seek the charming fair? Rezitativ: Stay, shepherd, stay! Arie: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing? Rezitativ: Lo! here my love: turn, Galatea, hither turn thy eyes Arie: Love in her eyes sits playing Rezitativ: Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love As when the dove (Arie) Duett: Happy we! Chor: Wretched lovers! Fate has passed (2. Teil) Accompagnato: I rage, I melt, I burn! Arie: O ruddier than the cherry Rezitativ: Whither, fairest, art thou running Cease to beauty to be suing (Arie) Arie: Would you gain the tender creature Rezitativ: His hideous love provokes my rage Arie: Love sounds th'alarm Consider, fond shepherd (Arie) Rezitativ: Cease, O cease, thou gentle youth Trio: "The flocks shall leave the mountains" Accompagnato: Help, Galatea! Help ye parent gods! Chor: Mourn, all ye muses! Weep, all ye swains! Chor: Must I my Acis still bemoan Rezitativ: 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine Heart, the seat of soft delight (Arie) Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears Look down, harmonious saint