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1Acis und Galatea: Symphony
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 1. Sinfonia
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel3:40
2Acis und Galatea: Oh, the pleasure of the plains!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 2. Choir "Oh the pleasure of the plains!"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel5:41
3Acis und Galatea: Ye verdant plains
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 3. Recitative "Ye verdant plains and woody mountains" (Galatea)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel1:02
4Acis und Galatea: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 4. Aria "Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!" (Galatea)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel4:28
5Acis und Galatea: Where shall I seek the charming fair?
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5. Aria "Where shall I seek the charming fair?" (Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel2:39
6Acis und Galatea: Stay, shepherd, stay!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 5a. Recitative "Stay, shepherd, stay!" (Damon)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel0:34
7Acis und Galatea: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6. Aria "Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?" (Damon)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel3:01
8Acis und Galatea: Lo! here my love!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 6a. Recitative: "Lo! Here my love!" (Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel0:34
9Acis und Galatea: Love in her eyes sits playing
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7. Aria "Love in her eyes sits playing" (Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel6:04
10Acis und Galatea: Oh! didst thou know the pains
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 7a. Recitative "Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love" (Galatea)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel0:25
11Acis und Galatea: As when the dove laments her love
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 8. Aria "As when the dove laments her love" (Galatea)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel4:53
12Acis und Galatea: Happy we!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 9a. Duet "Happy we" (Galatea, Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 9b. Choir "Happy we"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I
George Frideric Handel2:42
13Acis und Galatea: Wretched lovers!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 10. Choir "Wretched lovers!"
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel5:10
14Acis und Galatea: I rage - I melt - I burn!
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 11. Recitativo accompagnato "I rage, I melt, I burn!" (Polyphemus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel1:38
15Acis und Galatea: O ruddier than the cherry
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12. Aria "O ruddier than the cherry" (Polyphemus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel3:22
16Acis und Galatea: Whither, fairest, art thou running
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 12a. Recitativo "Whither, fairest, art thou running" (Polyphemus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel1:28
17Acis und Galatea: Cease to beauty to be suing
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 13. Aria "Cease to beauty to be suing" (Polyphemus)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel3:37
18Acis und Galatea: Would you gain the tender creature
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14. Aria "Would you gain the tender creature" (Damon)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel4:03
19Acis und Galatea: His hideous love provokes my rage
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 14a. Recitativo "His hideous love provokes my rage" (Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel0:35
20Acis und Galatea: Love sound th'alarm
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 15. Aria "Love sounds th'alarm" (Acis)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel3:08
21Acis und Galatea: Consider, fond shepherd
orchestra:
Philomusica of London
conductor:
Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)
recording of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II, no. 16. Aria "Consider, fond shepherd, how fleeting's the pleasure" (Damon)
composer:
George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:
John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)
part of:
Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act II
George Frideric Handel4:06
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ASIN:DE: B000025KKD [info]

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includes:Acis & Galatea by Handel (George Frideric Handel, German‐British baroque composer); Joan Sutherland (soprano), Peter Pears (tenor), Owen Brannigan (operatic bass), David Galliver (tenor), St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult (conductor)