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Acis and Galatea HWV 49a (London 1718)

Text: Alexander Pope, John Gay, John Hughes
Robert King, The King's Consort, Claron McFadden (Soprano), John Mark Ainsley (Tenor), Rogers Covey-Crump (Tenor), Michael George (Bass), Robert Harre-Jones (Alto)
1989, London, Rosslyn Hill Chapel, Hampstead, London

  • Act I

    • No. 1 Sinfonia
      03:15
    • No. 2 Chorus 'Oh, the pleasures of the plains' (Chorus)
      05:50
    • No. 3 Accompagnato 'Ye verdant plains' (Galatea)
      00:49
    • No. 4 Air 'Hush, ye pretty warbling quire' (Galatea)
      06:08
    • No. 5 Air 'Where shall I seek the charming fair' (Acis)
      03:19
    • Recitative 'Stay, shepherd, stay' (Damon)
      00:21
    • No. 6 Air 'Shepherd, what art thou pursuing' (Damon)
      04:44
    • Recitative 'Lo! here my love' (Acis)
      00:24
    • No. 7 Air 'Love in her eyes sits playing' (Acis)
      07:48
    • Recitative 'Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love' (Galatea)
      00:18
    • No. 8 Air 'As when the dove' (Galatea)
      06:30
    • No. 9 Duet 'Happy we!' (Acis, Galatea)
      02:46

  • Act II

    • No. 10 Chorus 'Wretched lovers' (Chorus)
      03:57
    • No. 11 Accompagnato 'I rage!' (Polypheme)
      01:14
    • No. 12 Air 'O ruddier than the cherry' (Polypheme)
      03:11
    • Recitative 'Whither, fairest, art thou running' (Polypheme, Galatea)
      00:57
    • No. 13 Air 'Cease to beauty to be suing' (Polypheme)
      05:33
    • No. 14 Air 'Would you gain the tender creature' (Damon)
      05:51
    • Recitative 'His hideous love' (Acis)
      00:21
    • No. 15 Air 'Love sounds th'alarm' (Acis)
      05:04
    • No. 16 Air 'Consider, fond shepherd' (Damon)
      06:24
    • Recitative 'Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth' (Galatea)
      00:26
    • No. 17 Trio 'The flocks shall leave' (Galatea, Acis, Polypheme)
      02:30
    • No. 18 Accompagnato 'Help, Galatea' (Acis)
      01:10
    • No. 19 Chorus 'Mourn, all ye muses' (Chorus)
      03:09
    • No. 20 Air 'Must I my Acis still bemoan' (Galatea, Chorus)
      04:13
    • Recitative ''Tis done' (Galatea)
      00:24
    • No. 21 Air 'Heart, the seat of soft delight' (Galatea)
      04:05
    • No. 22 Chorus 'Galatea, dry thy tears' (Chorus)
      03:29

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