Handel - Acis and Galatea
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Special offer. 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... — More…
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Record Review, 16th June 2018, Recording of the Week
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The Times Records of the Year, 2018
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Finalist - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2019, Winner - Opera
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedNorma Burrowes (Galatea), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Acis), Martyn Hill (Damon), Willard White (Polyphemus) & Paul Elliot (Corydon)
The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Early Music
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSusan Hamilton, Nicholas Mulroy, Thomas Hobbs, Nicholas Hurndall Smith & Matthew Brook
Dunedin Consort & Players, John Butt
The chief strength of this account lied in the excellent instrumental playing (the recorders that form the 'warbling choir' addressed in Galatea's first aria are sheer magic)… — More…
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Building a Library, July 2009, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2009, Finalist - Baroque Vocal
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2009, Disc of the Month
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Special offer. Handel: Acis and Galatea
Jeremy Budd (Acis), Grace Davidson (Galatea), Stuart Young (Polyphemus), Mark Dobell (Damon), Simon Berridge (Coridon)
The Sixteen, Harry Christophers
Without undue hurry, [Christophers] keeps the delightful score bouncing merrily along; the instrumentalists supply expert playing…Davidson’s Galatea offers a small but pretty soprano and Jeremy... — More…
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Baroque Vocal
2 CDs
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedSophie Daneman (Galatea), Paul Agnew (Acis), Alan Ewing (Polyphemus), Francois Piolino (Tenor), David Le Monnier (Baritone), Andrew Sinclair (Tenor), Joseph Cornwell (Coridon) & Patricia Petibon (Damon)
Les Arts Florissants, William Christie
William Christie's charming performance has fine instrumental playing. Paul Agnew's chesty Acis is a bit over-exaggerated, but Sophie Daneman's seductive Galatea and Alan Ewing's villainous... — More…
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Building a Library, March 2000, First Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2000, Winner - Baroque Vocal
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Special offer. Handel - Marriner: The Decca Legacy
The Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
19 CDs
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Jeni Bern (Galatea), Benjamin Hulett (Acis), Nathan Vale (Damon) & Brindley Sherratt (Polyphemus)
Choir of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford & Oxford Philomusica, Stephen Darlington
You might know Mozart's respray of Messiah, but Mendelssohn's Acis and Galatea? This is an attentive performance of an intriguing curiosity. — More…
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedNorma Burrowes (Galatea), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (Acis), Martyn Hill (Damon), Willard White (Polyphemus)
English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner
Gardiner's 1978 disc with his newly founded English Baroque Soloists shows few signs of its age. Rolfe Johnson's mellifluous Acis is still the best on disc, although White is too genteel as... — More…
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Gramophone Awards, 1978, Winner - Early Music
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedRobert Gambill, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Robert Lloyd & Edith Mathis
ORF Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Peter Schreier
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Building a Library, March 2000, Also Recommended
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Handel: Acis and Galatea
RecommendedClaron McFadden (Galatea), John Mark Ainsley (Acis), Rogers Covey-Crump (Damon), Michael George (Polyphemus), Robert Harre-Jones (alto)
The King's Consort, Robert King
A steady and lovely account, with Ainsley on top form. — More…
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Building a Library, March 2000, Second Choice
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