Acis and Galatea / Look down, harmonious saint

Tracklist

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Disc 1

• 1 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Sinfonia 3:14
• 2 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Chorus “Oh, the Pleasure of the Plains!” 5:50
• 3 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Accompagnato “Ye Verdant Plains and Woody Mountains” (Galatea) 0:48
• 4 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Air “Hush, Ye Pretty Warbling Quire!” (Galatea) 6:08
• 5 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Air “Where Shall I Seek the Charming Fair?” (Acis) 3:19
• 6 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Recitative “Stay, Shepherd, Stay!” (Damon) 0:21
• 7 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Air “Shepherd, What Art Thou Pursuing?” (Damon) 4:43
• 8 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Recitative “Lo! Here My Love, Turn, Galatea, Hither Turn Thy Eyes” (Acis) 0:24
• 9 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Air “Love in Her Eyes Sits Playing” (Acis) 7:48
• 10 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Recitative “Oh! Didst Thou Know the Pains of Absent Love” (Galatea) 0:18
• 11 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Air “As When the Dove” (Galatea) 6:30
• 12 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part One: Duet “Happy We!” (Galatea & Acis) 2:45

Disc 2

• 1 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Chorus “Wretched Lovers! Fate Has Passed” 3:57
• 2 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Accompagnato “I Rage, I Melt, I Burn!” (Polyphemus) 1:14
• 3 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Air “O Ruddier Than the Cherry” (Polyphemus) 3:10
• 4 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Recitative “Whither, Fairest, Art Thou Running?” (Polyphemus & Galatea) 0:57
• 5 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Air “Cease to Beauty To Be Suing” (Polyphemus) 5:33
• 6 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Air “Would You Gain The Tender Creature” (Damon) 5:51
• 7 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Recitative “His Hideous Love Provokes My Rage” (Acis) 0:20
• 8 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Air “Love Sounds th’ Alarm” (Acis) 5:04
• 9 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Air “Consider, Fond Shepherd” (Damon) 6:24
• 10 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Recitative “Cease, O Cease, Thou Gentle Youth” (Galatea) 0:26
• 11 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Trio “The Flocks Shall Leave the Mountains” (Galatea, Acis & Polyphemus) 2:30
• 12 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Accompagnato “Help, Galatea! Help, Ye Parent Gods!” (Acis) 1:09
• 13 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Chorus “Mourn, All Ye Muses! Weep, All Ye Swains!” 3:09
• 14 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Chorus & Solo “Must I My Acis Still Bemoan?” (Galatea) 4:12
• 15 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Recitative “’Tis Done, Thus I Exert My Pow’r Divine” (Galatea) 0:24
• 16 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Air “Heart, the Seat of Soft Delight” (Galatea) 4:04
• 17 Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Part Two: Chorus “Galatea, Dry Thy Tears” 3:29
• 18 Look Down, Harmonious Saint 11:56

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