Dunedin Consort & Players conducted by John Butt, Susan Hamilton - Galatea; Nicholas Mulroy - Acis; Thomas Hobbs - Damon; Nicholas Hurndall Smith - Coridon; Matthew Brook - Polyphemus
Gramophone Award Finalist - Baroque Vocal 2009
Gramophone Editor's Choice - January 2009
Album of the Month: "Utterly magical… rival Handel sets will have to be special indeed to top, or even to approach, this " Gramophone
“A genuine sparkle which lifts Handel's music above the ordinary, and a fresh angle
for just about every moment.” The Scotsman
Acis and Galatea is the Dunedin Consort's second Handel recording and follows their hugely successful 1742 version of Messiah, which earned the group a Classic FM Gramophone Award for "Best Baroque Vocal Album" in 2007 and a Midem Award in 2008. Acis and Galatea sees director John Butt reunite the acclaimed soloists from Messiah and the equally well-received Matthew Passion.
