Early Opera Company Orchestra & Christian Curnyn - Handel: Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a (2018) [Hi-Res]

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CD1
01. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 1, Sinfonia
02. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 2, Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!
03. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 3a, Ye Verdant Plains and Woody Mountains
04. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 3b, Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Choir!
05. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 4, Where Shall I Seek the Charming Fair?
06. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 5a, Stay, Shepherd, Stay!
07. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 5b, Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing?
08. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 6a, Lo! Here My Love, Turn, Galatea, Hither Turn Thy Eyes!
09. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 6b, Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing
10. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 7a, Oh, Didst Thou Know the Pains of Absent Love
11. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 7b, As When the Dove
12. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act I: No. 8, Happy We!

CD2
01. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 10, Wretched Lovers! Fate Has Past
02. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 11, I Rage, I Melt, I Burn!
03. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 12, O Ruddier Than the Cherry
04. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 13, Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running
05. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 14, Cease to Beauty to be Suing
06. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 15, Would You Gain the Tender Creature
07. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 16a, His Hideous Love Provokes My Rage
08. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 16b, Love Sounds th' Alarm
09. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 17, Consider, Fond Shepherd
10. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 18, Cease, Oh Cease, Thou Gentle Youth
11. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 19, The Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains
12. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 20, Help, Galatea! Help, Ye Parent Gods!
13. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 21, Mourn, All Ye Muses! Weep, All Ye Swains!
14. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 22, Must I My Acis Still Bemoan
15. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 23a, Tis Done! Thus I Exert My Pow'r Divine
16. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 23b, Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight
17. Acis & Galatea, HWV 49a, Act II: No. 24, Galatea, Dry Thy Tears

The award-winning Early Opera Company under the direction of founder Christian Curnyn celebrates the 300th anniversary of the premiere of one of Handel’s most sublime creations: Acis and Galatea. This unique interpretation is performed as Handel himself specified in the manuscript: supported by fourteen period instruments, the outstanding cast of singers takes on the solo parts as well as the magnificent choruses. This is Handel writing at his highest levels of intimacy and intensity; the music superbly supports the libretto’s evocative portrayal of the story, simultaneously restrained, economical, and deeply moving. It is exquisite music, and has been the Early Opera Company’s most frequently requested and played performance over the last few years. With the addition of Baroque experts Lucy Crowe and Benjamin Hulett, previously featured on the award-winning Chandos recording of Serse, this album in surround sound is not only an extraordinary achievement for the company but a must-have for all early music lovers.

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