The flocks shall leave the mountains

Some people in the YouTube community are bound to remember that I had started a while back posting one of the first full recordings of Handel's one-act, "Acis and Galatea" with a very talented cast of Joan Sutherland, Peter Pears and Owen Brannigan... which I never quite managed to finish due to a number of circumstances, two of which were my rather busy university studies and a couple of very long educational trips to China.

Anyway, I don't think that the reason is really important. It really does come down to the fact that I have yet to finish the whole posting which I'm doing at this moment :).

With this summer vacation being a first truly restful one, I decided to use the chance and finally post the final two parts of the recording. I am sorry for the long wait and do hope that these two final parts will bring joy to all who have been waiting for all this time ;)! So, here goes nothing :)!

1. "Cease, o cease, thou gentle youth".

0:00 - 0:38.

2. No. 13. - Terzet - "The flocks shall leave the mountains". The real highlight of the whole opera, wonderfully performed here. It's basically a duettino sung by Acis and Galatea over Polyphemus' angry, short phrases.

0:38 - 3:11.

3. "Help, Galatea!"

3:11 - 4:42.

4. No. 14 - Chorus - "Mourn, all ye muses!"

4:42 - to the end.