Acis and Galatea HWV 49a (Arr. F. Mendelssohn)
Stephen Darlington, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, Christ Church Cathedral Choir, Oxford, Jeni Bern (Soprano), Benjamin Hulett (Tenor), Nathan Vale (Tenor), Brindley Sherratt (Bass)
February 2012, Oxford, St. Michael's and All Angels Summertown, Oxford
- 03:40Overture
Part I
- 05:58'Oh, the pleasures of the plains' (Chorus)
- 00:56Accompagnato 'Ye verdant plains' (Galatea)
- 05:15Air 'Hush, ye pretty warbling quire' (Galatea)
- 02:21Air 'Where shall I seek the charming fair' (Acis)
- 00:27Recitative 'Stay, shepherd, stay' (Damon)
- 04:28Air 'Shepherd, what art thou pursuing' (Damon)
- 00:33Recitative 'Lo! here my love' (Acis)
- 03:09Air 'Love in her eyes sits playing' (Acis)
- 00:21Recitative 'Oh! Didst thou know the pains of absent love' (Galatea)
- 03:05Duet and Chorus 'Happy we!' (Acis, Galatea)
Part II
- 03:47Chorus 'Wretched lovers!' (Chorus)
- 01:27Accompagnato 'I rage, I melt, I burn' (Polypheme)
- 03:01Air 'O ruddier than the cherry' (Polypheme)
- 01:30Recitative 'Whither, fairest, art thou running' (Polypheme, Galatea)
- 02:27Air 'Cease to beauty to be suing' (Polypheme)
- 05:07Air 'Would you gain the tender creature' (Damon)
- 00:30Recitative 'His hideous love provokes my rage' (Acis)
- 04:01Air 'Love sounds th'alarm' (Acis)
- 03:04Air 'Consider, fond shepherd' (Damon)
- 00:29Recitative 'Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth' (Galatea)
- 02:43Trio 'The flocks shall leave' (Galatea, Acis, Polypheme)
- 01:23Accompagnato 'Help, Galatea' (Acis)
- 03:34Chorus 'Mourn, all ye muses' (Chorus)
- 04:19Air 'Must I my Acis still bemoan' (Galatea, Damon, Chorus)
- 00:32Recitative ''Tis done' (Galatea)
- 04:32Air 'Heart, the seat of soft delight' (Galatea)
- 03:04Chorus 'Galatea, dry thy tears' (Chorus)
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