Handel: Acis and Galatea (2CD)
13,50 €
Formát:
CD
Dostupnosť:
7-14 dní
Katalógové číslo:
8.572745-4
EAN kód:
0747313274574
Autori:
Georg Friedrich Händel
Interpreti:
Gerard Schwarz, Seattle Symphony Orchestra
Vydavateľ:
NAXOS, NAXOS Opera
Zoznam skladieb
Handel: Acis and Galateacast:
Dawn Kotoski (Galatea), David Gordon (Acis), Glenn Siebert (Damon) & Jan Opalach (Polyphemus)
Popis
Acis and Galatea, variously described as a pastoral, a ‘little opera’ and a masque, is one of Handel’s most popular works. It is a delectable succession of pastoral airs, love-lorn lyrics, and sprightly or mourning choruses, spiced by the pungent and unforgettable interjection of the one-eyed giant Polyphemus, who destroys the idyll of the shepherd Acis and the nymph Galatea. Handel had first turned to the subject in a cantata written in Naples in 1708. His English work, formally a masque, went through several stages until this two-act version of 1739, written principally by John Gay and graced by Handel’s exquisite music.

