Handel: Acis and Galatea (Adrian Boult – The Decca Legacy II, Vol.3) – Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears & Owen Brannigan

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Symphony

Thurston Dart, Philomusica of London, Sir Adrian Boult & George Frideric Handel

3:42

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Oh, the pleasure of the plains

Thurston Dart, St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

5:41

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Ye verdant plains

Joan Sutherland, Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart & Sir Adrian Boult

1:03

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Hush, ye pretty warbling quire!

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

4:29

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Where shall I seek the charming fair?

Thurston Dart, Peter Pears, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

2:40

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Stay, shepherd, stay!

Thurston Dart, David Galliver, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

0:35

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Shepherd, what art thou pursuing?

Thurston Dart, David Galliver, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:02

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Lo! Here my love!

Peter Pears, Thurston Dart, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

0:35

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Love in her eyes sits playing

Thurston Dart, Peter Pears, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

6:05

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Oh! Didst thou know the pains

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

0:26

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: As when the dove laments her love

Joan Sutherland, Thurston Dart, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

4:54

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act I: Happy we!

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears & Philomusica of London

2:47

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Wretched lovers!

Thurston Dart, St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

5:12

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: I rage- I melt- I burn!

Thurston Dart, Owen Brannigan, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

1:39

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, Act II: O Ruddier Than the Cherry

Owen Brannigan, Philomusica of London, Thurston Dart & Sir Adrian Boult

3:23

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Whither, fairest, art thou running

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Owen Brannigan & Philomusica of London

1:29

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Cease to beauty to be suing

Thurston Dart, Owen Brannigan, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:38

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Would you gain the tender creature

Thurston Dart, David Galliver, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

4:04

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: His hideous love provokes my rage

Thurston Dart, Peter Pears, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

0:36

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Love sounds th'alarm

Thurston Dart, Peter Pears, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:09

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Consider, fond shepherd

Thurston Dart, David Galliver, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

4:07

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Cease, oh cease, thou gentle youth

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

0:39

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: The flocks shall leave the mountains

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears & Owen Brannigan

2:34

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Help, Galatea! Help, ye parent Gods!

Thurston Dart, Peter Pears, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

1:33

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Mourn, all ye muses!

Thurston Dart, St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:14

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Must I my Acis still bemoan

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, St. Anthony Singers & Philomusica of London

4:32

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: 'Tis done: thus I exert my pow'r divine

Joan Sutherland, Thurston Dart, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

0:31

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Heart, the seat of soft delight

Thurston Dart, Joan Sutherland, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:59

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: Galatea, dry thy tears

Thurston Dart, St. Anthony Singers, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:09

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Handel: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49 / Act II: O ruddier than the cherry (Alternative Version)

Thurston Dart, Owen Brannigan, Philomusica of London & Sir Adrian Boult

3:26