Nothing makes me feel better than Acis and Galatea

This sequence of two arias is perfectly judged to calm the jangled or melancholic spirit.

I love the knowing simplicity consistently sustained throughout this piece — probably the first Handel I heard after the Water Music and Messiah — without becoming twee. But in particular, this sequence of two arias is perfectly judged to calm the jangled or melancholic spirit.

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