A complete version of Georg Frideric Handel's "Acis & Galatea" (Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan & David Galliver) - No. 4

While my two votings are still going on, I decided that I should do something new. Each two months I'm going to put out a whole opera on Youtube. The opera of this month (actually, two months) is Handel's gentle Acis and Galatea. A quite short work, Acis and Galatea still has quite a bit of wonderful music: for example, Galatea's "Hush, ye pretty warbling" and "As when the dove laments her love", Polyphemus's "O ruddier than the cherry" and the duet for two lovers "Happy we". I do hope that you enjoy this beautiful pastoral opera (comments are required). There are many versions to choose from, but my favorite one is the Adrian Boult 1960 recording. Although it isn't terribly authentic (some repetitions are just skipped, there aren't any variations), Adrian Boult leads a very commpassionate recording, the soloists (Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears and Owen Brannigan) are top-notch; actually, everything is absolutely right. The fourth part includes:
8. Recitative: "Lo! here my love";
9. No. 5 - Aria: "Love in her eyes";
10. Recitative: "Oh! didst thou know".

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Handel
• Joan
• Sutherland
• Peter
• Pears
• Adrian
• Boult
• Coloratura
• Baroque

[mmoyer59]

The first time I heard all of Acis and Galatea back in '84, it was this particular album. I've yet to hear anything that outdoes this combo of voices. It is the superlative rendition.

[Gschtar]

great music

[PearsRpretty]

hm...

personally, i like the song Joyful Joyful Day! from this opera.

its happy :)

[compeld2sing]

LindoroRossini_ good for you for loading these videos, because I will be listening to each one that I find many times over. This one (so far)

is 5* Now if you have the words for some of these, think you can put them up? I would greatly appreciate it.

[johncart2]

Wow What a gem, Peter Pears and Joan Sutherland in such a great Pastoral. where did you get the recording? Thank you for putting on youtube.