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HANDEL, G.F.: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 (excerpts)

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Composer
HANDEL, GEORGE FRIDERIC
Artist
The Sixteen, Christophers
Format
CD
Label
Coro
Released
Feb 01, 2019
Catalog #
COR16169
UPC
828021616921

About

Famed for it's interpretations of some of Handel's most loved works, The Sixteen marks the start of it's 40th anniversary season by releasing it's first new Handel recording in five years. 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. Handel's music beautifully demonstrates the pain and love in such beautiful, dramatic choruses as 'Wretched lovers!' and the grief felt by Galatea in 'Must I my Acis still bemoan'. Staying true to the premiere in 1718, just five singers and nine instrumentalists feature on this intimate recording.

Tracklist 24 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 Act I: Sinfonia 03:20
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act I: Sinfonia
    Duration
    03:20
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  3. 2 Act I: Oh, the pleasures of the plain (Chorus, Acis, Galatea) 05:41
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act I: Oh, the pleasures of the plain (Chorus, Acis, Galatea)
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  4. 3 Act I: Accompagnato: Ye verdant plains (Galatea) 00:44
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act I: Accompagnato: Ye verdant plains (Galatea)
    Duration
    00:44
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  5. 4 Act I: Aria: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire (Galatea) 06:11
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act I: Aria: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire (Galatea)
    Duration
    06:11
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  6. 5 Act I: Aria: Where shall I seek the charming fair (Acis) 03:31
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act I: Aria: Where shall I seek the charming fair (Acis)
    Duration
    03:31
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Jeremy Budd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  7. 6 Act I: Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay - Aria: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing 04:41
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act I: Recitative: Stay, shepherd, stay - Aria: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing
    Duration
    04:41
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Mark Dobell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  8. 7 Act I: Recitative: Lo! here my love - Love in her eyes sits playing 06:20
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act I: Recitative: Lo! here my love - Love in her eyes sits playing
    Duration
    06:20
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Jeremy Budd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  9. 8 Recitative: O didst thou know the pains… - Aria: As when the dove laments her love… (Galatea) 05:57
    Track
    8
    Title
    Recitative: O didst thou know the pains… - Aria: As when the dove laments her love… (Galatea)
    Duration
    05:57
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  10. 9 Act I: Duet: Happy we! (Acis, Galatea) 02:51
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act I: Duet: Happy we! (Acis, Galatea)
    Duration
    02:51
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  11. Disc 2
  12. 1 Act II: Wretched lovers (Chorus) 04:06
    Track
    1
    Title
    Act II: Wretched lovers (Chorus)
    Duration
    04:06
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  13. 2 Act II: Accompagnato: I rage! (Polyphemus) 01:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    Act II: Accompagnato: I rage! (Polyphemus)
    Duration
    01:14
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  14. 3 Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus) 03:03
    Track
    3
    Title
    Act II: Aria: O ruddier than the cherry (Polyphemus)
    Duration
    03:03
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  15. 4 Act II: Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running (Polyphemus, Galatea) 01:03
    Track
    4
    Title
    Act II: Recitative: Whither, fairest, art thou running (Polyphemus, Galatea)
    Duration
    01:03
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  16. 5 Act II: Aria: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus) 05:18
    Track
    5
    Title
    Act II: Aria: Cease to beauty to be suing (Polyphemus)
    Duration
    05:18
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  17. 6 Act II: Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Damon) 04:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    Act II: Aria: Would you gain the tender creature (Damon)
    Duration
    04:57
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Simon Berridge
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  18. 7 Act II: Recitative: His hideous love - Aria: Love sounds th'alarm 04:52
    Track
    7
    Title
    Act II: Recitative: His hideous love - Aria: Love sounds th'alarm
    Duration
    04:52
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Jeremy Budd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  19. 8 Act II: Aria: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon) 06:34
    Track
    8
    Title
    Act II: Aria: Consider, fond shepherd (Damon)
    Duration
    06:34
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Mark Dobell
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  20. 9 Act II: Recitative: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea) 00:26
    Track
    9
    Title
    Act II: Recitative: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth (Galatea)
    Duration
    00:26
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  21. 10 Act II: Trio: The flocks shall leave (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus) 02:18
    Track
    10
    Title
    Act II: Trio: The flocks shall leave (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus)
    Duration
    02:18
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  22. 11 Act II: Accompagnato: Help, Galatea (Acis) 01:16
    Track
    11
    Title
    Act II: Accompagnato: Help, Galatea (Acis)
    Duration
    01:16
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Jeremy Budd
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  23. 12 Act II: Mourn, all ye muses (Chorus) 03:11
    Track
    12
    Title
    Act II: Mourn, all ye muses (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:11
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  24. 13 Act II: Aria: Must I my Acis still bemoan - Recitative: 'Tis done 04:09
    Track
    13
    Title
    Act II: Aria: Must I my Acis still bemoan - Recitative: 'Tis done
    Duration
    04:09
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  25. 14 Act II: Aria: Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea) 03:48
    Track
    14
    Title
    Act II: Aria: Heart, the seat of soft delight (Galatea)
    Duration
    03:48
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers
  26. 15 Act II: Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus) 03:12
    Track
    15
    Title
    Act II: Galatea, dry thy tears (Chorus)
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    George Frideric Handel
    Performer
    Grace Davidson, Jeremy Budd, Mark Dobell, Simon Berridge, Stuart Young
    Ensemble
    The Sixteen Orchestra
    Conductor
    Harry Christophers