Acis and Galatea HWV 49a (London 1718)
John Butt, Dunedin Consort, Dunedin Players, Susan Hamilton (Soprano), Nicholas Mulroy (Tenor), Thomas Hobbs (Tenor), Nicholas Hurndall Smith (Tenor), Matthew Brook (Bass-baritone)
℗ 2009
Act I
- 03:12No. 1 Sinfonia
- 06:13No. 2 Chorus 'Oh, the pleasures of the plains' (Chorus)
- 00:46No. 3 Accompagnato 'Ye verdant plains' (Galatea)
- 06:17No. 4 Air 'Hush, ye pretty warbling quire' (Galatea)
- 03:06No. 5 Air 'Where shall I seek the charming fair' (Acis)
- 00:22Recitative 'Stay, shepherd, stay' (Damon)
- 04:10No. 6 Air 'Shepherd, what art thou pursuing' (Damon)
- 00:30Recitative 'Lo! here my love' (Acis)
- 06:51No. 7 Air 'Love in her eyes sits playing' (Acis)
- 00:17Recitative 'Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love' (Galatea)
- 06:58No. 8 Air 'As when the dove' (Galatea)
- 02:35No. 9 Duet 'Happy we!' (Acis, Galatea)
Act II
- 04:25No. 10 Chorus 'Wretched lovers' (Chorus)
- 01:28No. 11 Accompagnato 'I rage!' (Polypheme)
- 03:17No. 12 Air 'O ruddier than the cherry' (Polypheme)
- 01:11Recitative 'Whither, fairest, art thou running' (Polypheme, Galatea)
- 05:24No. 13 Air 'Cease to beauty to be suing' (Polypheme)
- 05:42No. 14 Air 'Would you gain the tender creature' (Damon)
- 00:21Recitative 'His hideous love' (Acis)
- 04:50No. 15 Air 'Love sounds th'alarm' (Acis)
- 06:42No. 16 Air 'Consider, fond shepherd' (Damon)
- 00:26Recitative 'Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth' (Galatea)
- 03:04No. 17 Trio 'The flocks shall leave' (Galatea, Acis, Polypheme)
- 01:30No. 18 Accompagnato 'Help, Galatea' (Acis)
- 03:43No. 19 Chorus 'Mourn, all ye muses' (Chorus)
- 04:14No. 20 Air 'Must I my Acis still bemoan' (Galatea, Chorus)
- 00:19Recitative ''Tis done' (Galatea)
- 04:02No. 21 Air 'Heart, the seat of soft delight' (Galatea)
- 03:19No. 22 Chorus 'Galatea, dry thy tears' (Chorus)
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