Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Act One. 2. Chorus: “Oh, the pleasure of the plains!”

Name: Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Act One. 2. Chorus: “Oh, the pleasure of the plains!”
Duration: 5 min 55 s

Appears on releases

#	Title	Length	Track artist	Release title	Release artist	Release group type	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#
Official
1.2	Acis and Galatea: "Oh, the pleasure of the plains!"	5:55	Georg Friedrich Händel	Acis and Galatea	Georg Friedrich Händel; Norma Burrowes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Martyn Hill, Willard White, The English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner	Album	DE1988-03-14	Archiv Produktion
1.2	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Oh, the pleasure of the plains	5:55	George Frideric Handel	Acis and Galatea	George Frideric Handel; English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Norma Burrowes, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Martyn Hill, Willard White	Album	DE2003-02-03	Archiv Produktion	474 225-2
41.2	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49, First Version: Oh, the pleasure of the plains	5:56	Norma Burrowes, Paul Elliott, Willard White, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Martyn Hill, English Baroque Soloists, Sir John Eliot Gardiner	Archiv Produktion Analogue Stereo Recordings 1959–1981	Various Artists	Album + Compilation	DE2016-04-22	Archiv Produktion	479 5555
44.2	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49a: Act One. 2. Chorus: “Oh, the pleasure of the plains!”	5:56	George Frideric Handel	Complete Recordings on Archiv Produktion and Deutsche Grammophon	Sir John Eliot Gardiner	Album + Compilation	XW2021-05-21	Deutsche Grammophon	483 9963

executive producer:	Dr. Andreas Holschneider
producer:	Dr. Gerd Ploebsch (engineer)
bass vocals:	Willard White (bass-baritone) (in 1978-02)
soprano vocals:	Norma Burrowes (soprano) (in 1978-02)
tenor vocals:	Paul Elliott (US tenor vocalist, member of Theatre of Voices) (in 1978-02) Martyn Hill (tenor) (in 1978-02) Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor) (in 1978-02)
orchestra:	English Baroque Soloists (The English Baroque Soloists) (in 1978-02)
conductor:	Sir John Eliot Gardiner (John Eliot Gardiner) (in 1978-02)
balance engineer:	Heinz Wildhagen (engineer, producer)

recorded at:	Henry Wood Hall (London) in London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1978-02)

recording of:	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I, no. 2. Choir "Oh the pleasure of the plains!" (in 1978-02)

composer:	George Frideric Handel (German‐British baroque composer) (in 1718)
librettist:	John Gay (English poet and dramatist) (in 1718)

part of:	Acis and Galatea, HWV 49: Act I (order: 2)