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CD available From: 01 November 2007 |
| | George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
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| | | | Words by Johy Gay and others | | | 2 | | Chorus: 'Oh the pleasure of the plains!' | 5:41 | | 3 | | Recitative: 'Ye verdant plains and woody mountains' | 1:02 | | 4 | | Air: 'Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!' | 4:29 | | 5 | | Air: 'Where shall I seek the charming fair?' | 2:40 | | 6 | | Recitative: 'Stay, shepherd, stay!' | 0:34 | | 7 | | Air: 'Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?' | 3:03 | | 8 | | Recitative: 'Lo, here my love!' | 0:34 | | 9 | | Air: 'Love in her eyes sits playing' | 6:05 | | 10 | | Recitative: 'Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love' | 0:26 | | 11 | | Air: 'As when the dove' | 4:54 | | 13 | | Chorus: 'Wretched loves!' | 5:16 | | 14 | | Recitative: 'I rage - I melt - I burn' | 1:38 | | 15 | | Air: 'O ruddier than the cherry' | 3:21 | | 16 | | Recitative: 'Whither, fairest, art thou running' | 1:29 | | 17 | | Air: 'Cease to beauty to be suing' | 3:37 | | 18 | | Air: 'Would you gain the tender creature' | 4:04 | | 19 | | Recitative: 'His hideous love provokes my rage' | 0:35 | | 20 | | Air: 'Love sounds th'alarm' | 3:10 | | 21 | | Recitative: 'Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth' | 0:40 | | 22 | | Trio: 'The flocks shall leave the mountains' | 2:32 | | | | | Acis, Galatea, Polyphemus | | | 23 | | Recitative: 'Help! Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!' | 1:33 | | 24 | | Chorus: 'Mourn, all ye muses!' | 3:13 | | 25 | | Air with Chorus: 'Must I my Acis still bemoan' | 4:31 | | 26 | | Recitative: ''Tis done! Thus I exert my pow'r divine' | 0:30 | | 27 | | Air: 'Heart, the seat of soft delight' | 3:59 | | 28 | | Chorus: 'Galatea, dry thy tears' | 3:06 | | | Joan Sutherland soprano - Galatea |
| | David Galliver tenor - Damon |
| | Owen Brannigan bass - Polyphemus |
| | Thurston Dart harpsichord continuo |
| | | | Previously released on Decca SOL 60011-12 (2 LPs) 1960 | | | | Format: Digital CD 16Bit 44.1Khz
Originally recorded in: 24 Bit Remaster |
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