A complete version of Georg Frideric Handel's "Acis & Galatea" (Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears, Owen Brannigan & David Galliver) - No. 3

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 third part includes:
5. No. 3 - Aria: "Where shall I seek";
6. Recitative: "Stay, shepherd, stay";
7. No. 4 - Aria: "Shepherd, what art thou".

Category:

Music

Tags:

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

[Tat2NY]

FANTASTIC performance of A&G Sounds like Thurston Dart playing the continuo??? Am i corrrect?

[hotdogforsale]

love this song

[FactVsReligion]

It's great music. My mom is very passionate about opera and classical music. I appreciate it, But I don't find it engaging the way she dose unless I get to see it live, then I really like it.

[compeld2sing]

This is beautiful!

[Dulciethecat]

Pears's singing is much more appropriate for this Handel than "robust American singing" would be! Such style and phrasing!

[tensupr]

Thank you very much for putting this beautiful music on line. There are very few pieces of Handel's music that I haven't loved. I can't say that I love Peter Pears singing. It is very English in style and phonation and appropriate for his time. I freely admit my bias for more robust American singing but then I'm a lyric tenor trained and raised in America. Bias admitted, I just think this music sounds so much more lively when sung with more strength throughout the line!