Acis and Galatea HWV 49a (London 1718)
Eric Milnes, Les Boréades de Montréal, Suzie LeBlanc (Soprano), Mark Bleeke (Tenor), Marc Molomot (Tenor), Nathaniel Watson (Baritone)
June 2003, Québec, Église Saint-Augustin de Mirabel
Act I
- 03:17No. 1 Sinfonia
- 05:53No. 2 Chorus 'Oh, the pleasures of the plains' (Chorus)
- 00:44No. 3 Accompagnato 'Ye verdant plains' (Galatea)
- 05:54No. 4 Air 'Hush, ye pretty warbling quire' (Galatea)
- 03:09No. 5 Air 'Where shall I seek the charming fair' (Acis)
- 00:19Recitative 'Stay, shepherd, stay' (Damon)
- 04:16No. 6 Air 'Shepherd, what art thou pursuing' (Damon)
- 00:25Recitative 'Lo! here my love' (Acis)
- 06:53No. 7 Air 'Love in her eyes sits playing' (Acis)
- 00:17Recitative 'Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love' (Galatea)
- 06:11No. 8 Air 'As when the dove' (Galatea)
- 02:35No. 9 Duet 'Happy we!' (Acis, Galatea)
- 00:54No. 9b Chorus 'Happy we!' (Chorus)
Act II
- 04:31No. 10 Chorus 'Wretched lovers' (Chorus)
- 01:22No. 11 Accompagnato 'I rage!' (Polypheme)
- 03:07No. 12 Air 'O ruddier than the cherry' (Polypheme)
- 01:06Recitative 'Whither, fairest, art thou running' (Polypheme, Galatea)
- 05:06No. 13 Air 'Cease to beauty to be suing' (Polypheme)
- 05:57No. 14 Air 'Would you gain the tender creature' (Damon)
- 00:27Recitative 'His hideous love' (Acis)
- 04:38No. 15 Air 'Love sounds th'alarm' (Acis)
- 07:15No. 16 Air 'Consider, fond shepherd' (Damon)
- 00:26Recitative 'Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth' (Galatea)
- 02:32No. 17 Trio 'The flocks shall leave' (Galatea, Acis, Polypheme)
- 01:00No. 18 Accompagnato 'Help, Galatea' (Acis)
- 04:02No. 19 Chorus 'Mourn, all ye muses' (Chorus)
- 04:30No. 20 Air 'Must I my Acis still bemoan' (Galatea, Chorus)
- 00:20Recitative ''Tis done' (Galatea)
- 04:11No. 21 Air 'Heart, the seat of soft delight' (Galatea)
- 02:33No. 22 Chorus 'Galatea, dry thy tears' (Chorus)
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