HANDEL Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)
The Sixteen - Harry Christophers (Dir)
The Sixteen Productions
2 CD
000:00
Oper
2019-05-10
Acis and Galatea Händel, Georg Friedrich Sinfonia O, the pleasure of the plains! (Chorus) Ye verdant plains (Accompagnato) Hush, ye pretty warbling quire! (Air) Where shall I seek the charming fair? (Air) Stay, shepherd, stay! / Shepherd, what art thou pursuing? (Recitative / Air) Lo, here my love / Love in her eyes sits playing (Recitative / Air) Oh, didst thou know the pains / As when the dove (Recitative / Air) Happy we! (Duet) Wretched lovers! (Chorus) I rage - I melt - I burn! (Accompagnato) O ruddier than the cherry (Air) Whither, fairest (Recitative) Cease to beauty to be suing (Air) Would you gain the tender creature (Air) His hideous love / Love sounds th'alarm (Recitative / Air) Consider, fond shepherd (Air) Cease, oh cease (Recitative) The flocks shall leave the mountains (Trio) Help, Galatea! (Accompagnato) Mourn, all ye muses! (Chorus) Must I my Acis still bemoan / 'Tis done! (Solo & Chorus) Heart, the seat of soft delight (Air) Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus)
HANDEL Georg Friedrich (1685-1759)The Sixteen - Harry Christophers (Dir)Label : The Sixteen Productions
Jeremy Budd (Tenor) - Grace Davidson (Sopran) - Stuart Young (Bass) - Mark Dobell & Simon Berridge (Tenor) // Handel's pastoral opera is a tale of love, tragedy and liberation. The libretto by John Gay, based on Ovid's Metamorphoses (book XIII), tells of the eternal love between the mortal shepherd Acis and goddess Galatea and how it is doomed by the jealous Cyclops Polyphemus.
