A complete version of Georg Frideric Handel's "Acis & Galatea" (Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan & David Galliver) - No. 5

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 fifth part includes:
11. No. 6 - Aria: "As when the dove laments her love";
12. No. 7 - Duet: "Happy we".

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[lipera]

The voice looks like Sutherland's, I think it is really hers. If it's not, it is almost the same. But a very beautiful ara indeed....

[LindoroRossini]

It certainly is Sutherland, albeit a bit younger and fresh vocally than most recordings show us :)!

[thomastmwc]

@lipera of course it is

[rostomic]

Your choice of the performers is impeccable! ... simply timeless! Dame Joan Sutherland … her voice is beyond any words… heaven on earth! On an another note, it is simply marvelous that YouTube makes this possible … As a hobby I teach music in the third world and this is a simply one of the best tools to expose the musical heritage to people here. Thank you for your superb effort!

[jpandyaraja]

@Levis501....ich stimme dich vollig zu......

wirklich etwas gottliches.....jr

[Levis501a]

Wundervoll, es verschlägt einem die Sprache und bedarf keines weiteren Wortes.

Wer Ohren hat, der höre!

[lmspr]

Sutherland sounds wonderful. I love the trills.

[agatheballet]

Is this sutherland?

[MissPink4138]

this was very heplful. i have to sing this piece in my performance class. i love it.

[hardybee]

Acis and Galatea is a new listening experience for me. It is wonderful. Thank you LindoroRossini