Dorian Recordings

DOR-93227

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
ACIS AND GALATEA

THE SCHOLARS OF LONDON
GALATEA • Kym Amps, Soprano
ACIS • Robin Doveton, Tenor
DAMON • Angus Davidson, Countertenor
POLYPHEMUS • David van Asch, Bass
DOR-93227 Cover

The story of Acis, Galatea and Polyphemus comes from Theocritus in the 3rd century B.C. via the Roman poet Ovid who treated the myth in verse in his Metamorphoses. … The libreto for Handel's Acis and Galatea was by John Gay and can be considered as one of the finest in the English language. …
- David van Asch

The Orchestra
Ryo Terekado, Violin I ~ William Thorp, Violin II
Pal Banda, Violoncello ~ Jan Spencer, Violone
Alayne Leslie, Oboe I ~ Rowena Ellis, Oboe II
Nancy Hadden, Flute / Recorder ~ Terence Charlston, Harpsichord

PART I
[1.] Sinfonia 3:28
[2.] Chorus: O the pleasure of the plains 5:50
[3.] Recitative (Galatea): Ye verdant plains 0:41
[4.] Air (Galatea): Hush, ye pretty warbling choir 3:44
[5.] Air (Acis): Where shall I seek the charming fair? 3:32
[6.] Recitative (Damon): Stay, shepherd, stay 0:24
[7.] Air (Damon): Shepherd, what art thou pursuing? 4:34
[8.] Recitative (Acis): Lo! here my love 0:25
[9.] Air (Acis): Love in her eyes sits playing 3:54
[10.] Recitative (Galatea): O didst thou know 0:18
[11.] Air (Galatea): As when the dove laments her love 3:51
[12.] Duet (Galatea & Acis): Happy we! 1:56

PART II
[13.] Chorus: Wretched lovers 4:13
[14.] Recitative (Polyphemus): I rage, I melt, I burn 1:28
[15.] Air (Polyphemus): O ruddier than the cherry 3:02
[16.] Recitative (Polyphemus & Galatea): Whither, fairest, art thou running? 1:20
[17.] Air (Polyphemus): Cease to beauty to be suing 5:27
[18.] Recitative (Acis): His hideous love 0:26
[19.] Air (Acis): Love sounds the alarm 2:50
[20.] Air (Damon): Consider, fond shepherd 4:13
[21.] Recitative (Galatea): Cease, O cease 0:23
[22.] Trio (Galatea, Acis & Polyphemus): The flocks shall leave the mountain 2:03
[23.] Recitative (Acis): Help, Galatea 1:16
[24.] Chorus: Mourn, all ye Muses 4:22
[25.] Solo (Galatea) & Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan? 4:18
[26.] Recitative (Galatea): 'Tis done 0:25
[27.] Air (Galatea): Heart, the seat of soft delight 3:23
[28.] Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears 2:48

Total Program Length: 74:22

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