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HANDEL, G.F.: Acis and Galatea (Kotoski, Gordon, Siebert, Opalach, Seattle Symphony Chorale and Orchestra, Schwarz)
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HANDEL, G.F.: Acis and Galatea (Kotoski, Gordon, Siebert, Opalach, Seattle Symphony Chorale and Orchestra, Schwarz)
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Acis and Galatea, variously described as a pastoral, a ‘little opera’ and a masque, is one of Handel’s most popular works. It is a delectable succession of pastoral airs, love-lorn lyrics, and sprightly or mourning choruses, spiced by the pungent and unforgettable interjection of the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, who destroys the idyll of the shepherd Acis and the nymph Galatea. Handel had first turned to the subject in a cantata written in Naples in 1708. His English work, formally a masque, went through several stages until the two-act version of 1739 written principally by John Gay and graced by Handel’s exquisite music.
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Disc
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Handel, George Frideric
Gay, John, lyricist(s)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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Act I: Sinfonia
00:03:44
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Act I: Oh, the pleasures of the plain (Chorus, Acis, Galatea)
00:05:40
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Act I: Accompagnato: Ye verdant plains and woody mountains (Galatea)
00:00:49
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Act I: Aria: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire (Galatea)
00:06:56
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Act I: Aria: Where shall I seek the charming fair (Acis)
00:03:01
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Act I: Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay (Damon)
00:00:24
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Act I: Aria: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing (Damon)
00:04:54
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Act I: Recitative: Lo! here my love (Acis)
00:00:28
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Act I: Aria: Love in her eyes sits playing (Acis)
00:07:01
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Act I: Recitative: Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love (Galatea)
00:00:17
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Act I: Aria: As when the dove laments (Galatea)
00:06:19
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Act I: Duet: Happy we! (Acis, Galatea, Chorus)
00:03:34
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Disc
2
Handel, George Frideric
Gay, John, lyricist(s)
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49
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Act II: Wretched lovers! Fate has passed (Chorus)
00:06:10
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Act II: Accompagnato: I rage, I melt, I burn (Polyphemus)
00:01:20
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Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus)
00:03:27
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Act II: Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running (Polyphemus, Galatea)
00:01:22
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Act II: Aria: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus)
00:05:37
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Act II: Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Damon)
00:05:31
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Act II: Recitative: His hideous love provokes my rage (Acis)
00:00:30
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Act II: Aria: Love sounds th'alarm (Acis)
00:05:20
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Act II: Aria: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon)
00:05:23
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Act II: Recitative: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea)
00:00:26
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Act II: Trio: The flocks shall leave the mountains (Acis, Galatea, Polyphemus)
00:03:01
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Act II: Accompagnato: Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods! (Acis)
00:01:11
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Act II: Mourn, all ye muses (Chorus)
00:05:54
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Act II: Aria: Must I my Acis still bemoan (Galatea, Chorus)
00:06:37
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Act II: Recitative: 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine (Galatea)
00:00:19
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Act II: Aria: Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea)
00:03:50
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Act II: Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus)
00:02:35
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Total Playing Time:
01:41:40
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