Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Chorus “Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!”

Name: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Chorus “Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!”
Duration: 5 min 50 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Chorus “Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!”	5:50	George Frideric Handel	Acis and Galatea / Look down, harmonious saint	Handel; Claron McFadden, John Mark Ainsley, Rogers Covey‐Crump, Michael George, The King’s Consort, Robert King	Album	GB1990-02	Hyperion (UK classical)	CDA66361/2

recording engineer:	Antony Howell (engineer)
producer:	Mark Brown (operatic bass, early music singer, conductor, and producer)
alto vocals:	Robert Harre-Jones (countertenor) (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)
bass vocals:	Michael George (operatic bass) (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)
soprano vocals:	Claron McFadden (American soprano) (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)
tenor vocals:	John Mark Ainsley (tenor) (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13) Rogers Covey‐Crump (tenor) (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)
orchestra:	The King’s Consort (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)
conductor:	Robert King (conductor and harpsichordist) (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)

recorded at:	Rosslyn Hill Unitarian Chapel in Hampstead, Camden (London Borough of Camden), London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)

recording of:	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 2. Choir "Oh the pleasure of the plains!" (from 1989-07-10 until 1989-07-13)

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 (order: 2)