Research Catalog

Title

Acis & Galatea [sound recording] : a masque in two acts / Handel.

Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Publication

Providence, RI : Newport Classic, [c1988].

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gay, John, 1685-1732.
• Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.
• Hirst, Grayson.
• Baird, Julianne.
• Dooley, Jeffrey, 1945-
• Oosting, Stephen.
• Ostendorf, John.
• Somary, Johannes.
• Amor Artis Orchestra. prf

Description

2 sound discs (95 min.) : digital, stereo.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

Acis and Galatea

Alternative Title

Acis and Galatea

Subject

• Masques with music

Note

• Libretto by John Gay and others, after Ovid.
• Compact disc.
• Program notes by the conductor, and text (2 v., 4 folded p. each) inserted in containers.

Contents

Disc 1. Act one. Sinfonia and chorus (Oh the pleasure of the plains! (9:15) ; Recitative and air (Ye verdant plains ... Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!) (7:21) ; Air (Where shall I seek) (3:46) ; Recitative and air (Stay, shepherd ... Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?) (5:11) ; Recitative and air (Lo! here my love ... Love in her eyes) (7:38) ; Recitative and air (Oh! didst thou know ... As when the dove) (6:00) ; Duo with chorus (Happy we) (2:40) -- Disc 2. Act two. Chorus (Wretched lovers) (4:27) ; Recitative and air (I rage ... O ruddier than the cherry) (4:28) ; Recitative and air (Whither, fairest ... Cease to beauty) (6:28) ; Air (Would you gain the tender creature) (5:55) ; Recitative and air (His hideous love ... Love sound th'alarm) (5:27) ; Air (Consider, fond shepherd) (6:17) ; Recitative and trio (Cease, O cease ... The flocks shall leave the mountain) (2:57) ; Recitative and chorus (Help, Galatea ... Mourn, all ye muses) (4:48) ; Air with chorus (Must I my Acis still bemoan) (4:04) ; Recitative and air ('Tis done ; Heart, the seat of soft delight) (4:40) ; Chorus (Galatea, dry thy tears) (2:52)

Call Number

*LDC 3262 (F)

LCCN

3244600452

OCLC

• 37284201
• NYPG92-R1107

Author

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.

Title

Acis & Galatea [sound recording] : a masque in two acts / Handel.

Imprint

Providence, RI : Newport Classic, [c1988].

Performer

Julianne Baird (Galatea), soprano ; Jeffrey Dooley, countertenor ; Grayson Hirst (Acis), tenor ; John Ostendorf (Polyphemus), Stephen Oosting (Damon), basses ; Amor Artis Orchestra (on period instruments) ; Johannes Somary, conductor.

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Added Author

Gay, John, 1685-1732. Librettist

Ovid, 43 B.C.-17 A.D. or 18 A.D.

Hirst, Grayson. Performer

Baird, Julianne. Performer

Dooley, Jeffrey, 1945-

Oosting, Stephen. Performer

Ostendorf, John. Performer

Somary, Johannes. Conductor

Amor Artis Orchestra. Performer

Other Standard Identifier

3244600452

Publisher No.

Newport Classic NCD 60045/1

Newport Classic NCD 60045/2

Newport Classic NCD 60045/1---NCD 60045/2

Research Call Number

*LDC 3262 (F) Libretto and program notes on file.