Lyricist(s): Gay, John
Conductor(s): Curnyn, Christian
Label: Chandos
Genre: Opera
Period: Baroque
Catalogue No: CHSA0404-05
Barcode: 095115040423
Release Date: 06/2018

HANDEL, G.F.: Acis and Galatea (1718 original version) [Opera] (Crowe, A. Clayton, Hulett, N. Davies, Budd, Curnyn)

Tracklist

Disc 1
Handel, George Frideric
Gay, John - Lyricist
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Pierce, Rowan (soprano)
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
1 Sinfonia 03:02
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
2 Oh, the pleasures of the plain! (Chorus) 05:07
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Pierce, Rowan (soprano)
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
3 Accompagnato: Ye verdant plains and woody mountains (Galatea) 00:41
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
4 Aria: Hush, ye pretty warbling choir! (Galatea) 05:57
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
5 Aria: Where shall I seek the charming fair (Acis) 02:50
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
6 Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay (Damon) 00:21
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
7 Aria: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing (Damon) 04:05
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
8 Recitative: Lo! here my love (Acis) 00:21
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
9 Aria: Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis) 06:15
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
10 Recitative: Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love (Galatea) 00:13
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
11 Aria: As when the dove (Galatea) 05:53
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
12 Duet: Happy we! (Acis, Galatea) 02:48
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
Disc 2
1 Wretched lovers! Fate has past (Chorus) 03:55
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Pierce, Rowan (soprano)
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
2 Accompagnato: I rage! (Polyphemus) 01:11
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
3 Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus) 02:51
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
4 Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running (Polyphemus, Galatea) 01:01
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
5 Aria: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus) 04:55
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
6 Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Coridon) 05:10
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
7 Recitative: His hideous love provokes my rage (Acis) 00:19
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
8 Aria: Love sounds th' alarm (Acis) 04:15
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
9 Aria: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon) 06:53
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
10 Recitative: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea) 00:26
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
11 Trio: The flocks shall leave the mountains (Acis, Galatea, Polyphemus) 02:13
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
12 Accompagnato: Help, Galatea! (Acis) 01:17
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
13 Mourn, all ye muses! (Chorus) 03:01
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Pierce, Rowan (soprano)
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
14 Aria: Must I my Acis still bemoan (Galatea, Chorus) 04:25
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Pierce, Rowan (soprano)
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
15 Recitative: Tis done! Thus I exert my pow'r Divine (Galatea) 00:25
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
16 Aria: Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea) 03:42
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)
17 Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus) 03:04
Crowe, Lucy (soprano)
Pierce, Rowan (soprano)
Clayton, Allan (tenor)
Hulett, Benjamin (tenor)
Budd, Jeremy (tenor)
Davies, Neal (bass-baritone)
Early Opera Company Orchestra (Orchestra)
Curnyn, Christian (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 01:26:36