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Handel: Acis and Galatea

Lucy Crowe (Galatea), Allan Clayton (Acis), Benjamin Hulett (Damon), Jeremy Budd (Coridon) & Neal Davies (Polyphemus)

Early Opera Company, Christian Curnyn

Curnyn has hit on a secret that eluded previous interpreters of this work: it was conceived specifically to showcase the beauty of the English language…Channelling Handel’s enthusiasm, Curnyn... — BBC Music Magazine, August 2018, 5 out of 5 stars More…
  • Release Date: 1st Jun 2018
  • Catalogue No: CHSA0404(2)
  • Label: Chandos
  • Series: Chaconne
  • Length: 86 minutes

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Handel: Acis and Galatea

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  • Lucy Crowe (soprano), Rowan Pierce (soprano), Allan Clayton (tenor), Benjamin Hulett (tenor), Jeremy Budd (tenor), Neal Davies (bass-baritone)
  • Early Opera Company Orchestra
  • Christian Curnyn
  • Recorded: 14-17 November 2017
  • Recording Venue: Church of St Jude-on-the-Hill, Central Square, Hampstead Garden Suburb, United Kingdom

Act I: No. 1, Sinfonia

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Act I: No. 2, Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!

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Act I: No. 3a, Ye Verdant Plains and Woody Mountains

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Act I: No. 3b, Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Choir!

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Act I: No. 4, Where Shall I Seek the Charming Fair?

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Act I: No. 5a, Stay, Shepherd, Stay!

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Act I: No. 5b, Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing?

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Act I: No. 6a, Lo! Here My Love, Turn, Galatea, Hither Turn Thy Eyes!

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Act I: No. 6b, Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing

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Act I: No. 7a, Oh, Didst Thou Know the Pains of Absent Love

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Act I: No. 7b, As When the Dove

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Act I: No. 8, Happy We!

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Act II: No. 10, Wretched Lovers! Fate Has Past

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Act II: No. 11, I Rage, I Melt, I Burn!

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Act II: No. 12, O Ruddier Than the Cherry

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Act II: No. 13, Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running

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Act II: No. 14, Cease to Beauty to be Suing

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Act II: No. 15, Would You Gain the Tender Creature

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Act II: No. 16a, His Hideous Love Provokes My Rage

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Act II: No. 16b, Love Sounds th' Alarm

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Act II: No. 17, Consider, Fond Shepherd

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Act II: No. 18, Cease, Oh Cease, Thou Gentle Youth

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Act II: No. 19, The Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains

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Act II: No. 20, Help, Galatea! Help, Ye Parent Gods!

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Act II: No. 21, Mourn, All Ye Muses! Weep, All Ye Swains!

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Act II: No. 22, Must I My Acis Still Bemoan

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Act II: No. 23a, 'Tis Done! Thus I Exert My Pow'r Divine

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Act II: No. 23b, Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight

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Act II: No. 24, Galatea, Dry Thy Tears

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