Acis and Galatea

Tracklist

1. ACIS AND GALATEA, HWV 49 - ACT 1. Sinfonia
2. Chorus: Oh, the pleasure of the plains
3. Accompagnato (Galatea): Ye verdant plains
4. Air (Galatea): Hush, ye pretty warbling quire
5. Air (Acis): Where shall I seek the charming fair
6. Recitative (Damon): Stay, shepherd, stay
7. Air (Damon): Shepherd, what art thou pursuing
8. Recitative (Acis): Lo! here my love
9. Air (Acis): Love in her eyes sits playing
10. Recitative (Galatea): Oh! didst thou know the pains of absent love
11. Air (Galatea): As when the dove laments
12. Duet (Acis and Galatea) & Chorus: Happy we!
13. ACT 2. Chorus: Wretched lovers!
14. Accompagnato (Polyphemus): I rage, I melt, I burn
15. Air (Polyphemus): O ruddier than the cherry
16. Recitative (Polyphemus, Galatea): Whither, fairest, art thou running?
17. Air (Polyphemus): Cease to beauty to be suing
18. Air (Damon): Would you gain the tender creature
19. Recitative (Acis): His hideous love provokes my rage
20. Air (Acis): Love sounds th'alarm
21. Air (Damon): Consider, fond shepherd
22. Recitative (Galatea): Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth
23. Trio (Galatea, Acis, Polyphemus): The flocks shall leave the mountains - Torture, fury, rage, despair
24. Accompagnato (Acis): Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent gods!
25. Chorus: Mourn, all ye muses
26. Solo (Galatea) & Chorus: Must I my Acis still bemoan? - Cease, Galatea, cease to grieve
27. Recitative (Galatea): 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine
28. Air (Galatea): Heart, the seat of soft delight
29. Chorus: Galatea, dry thy tears

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