Scholars Baroque Ensemble, David van Asch - Handel: Acis and Galatea (1998)

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Artist: Scholars Baroque Ensemble, David van Asch
Title: Handel: Acis and Galatea
Year Of Release: 1998
Label: Naxos
Genre: Classical, Opera
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:19:31
Total Size: 384 Mb
WebSite: Album Preview

Tracklist:

01. Sinfonia 00:03:12
02. Chorus 00:05:28
03. Recitative (Galatea) 00:00:41
04. Air (Galatea) 00:06:09
05. Air (Acis) 00:03:14
06. Recitative (Damon) 00:00:25
07. Air (Damon) 00:04:25
08. Recitative (Acis) 00:00:23
09. Air (Acis) 00:05:57
10. Recitative (Galatea) 00:00:15
11. Air (Galatea) 00:06:01
12. Duet (Galatea and Acis) 00:02:37
13. Chorus 00:03:59
14. Recitative (Polyphemus) 00:01:24
15. Air (Polyphemus) 00:03:01
16. Recitative (Polyphemus, Galatea) 00:01:16
17. Air (Polyphemus) 00:05:30
18. Recitative (Acis) 00:00:25
19. Air (Acis) 00:02:38
20. Air (Damon) 00:04:13
21. Recitative (Galatea) 00:00:24
22. Trio (Galatea, Acis and Polyphemus) 00:01:59
23. Recitative (Acis) 00:01:11
24.Chorus 00:04:04
25. Solo (Galatea) and Chorus 00:04:08
26. Recitative (Galatea) 00:00:11
27. Air (Galatea) 00:03:39
28. Chorus 00:02:42

Performers:
Kym Amps, soprano
David van Asch, bass
Angus Davidson, counter-tenor
Robin Doveton, tenor

Scholars Baroque Ensemble
David van Asch, сonductor

Lovely recording of the Handel work and the players give a brisk and moving sound to the numbers. The cast is light with four singers and only these four make the chorus as well as the characters, which sounds like more of a consort than a opera chorus. Four more singers would have made the chorus stand out better for the opera. Touching plot of simple pastoral lovers threatened by a rival giant. The lamenting chorus with Galatea give much light as she weeps at Acis' tragic loss. And calling it a masque is too small for this fine piece; it is an opera.

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