Elijah - Mendelssohn

Dame Gwyneth Jones, Dame Janet Baker, New Philharmonia Chorus, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nicolai Gedda, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Simon Woolf & Wandsworth School Boys Choir

1996-05-21 • Classical

Tracklist

• 1
  Elijah, Op.70: Introduction: As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah)
  1:16
• 2
  Elijah, Op.70: Overture
  3:34
• 3
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 1 - Help, Lord! Wilt thou quite destroy us? (chorus)
  4:22
• 4
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 2 - Lord! Bow Thine ear to our prayer! (chorus, soprano, alto)
  2:09
• 5
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 3 - Ye people, rend your hearts (Obadiah)
  0:55
• 6
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 4 - If with all your hearts (Obadiah)
  2:35
• 7
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 5 - Yet doth the Lord see it not (chorus)
  4:14
• 8
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 6 - Elijah! Get thee hence (Angel I)
  0:52
• 9
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 7 - For He shall give His angels charge over thee (semi-chorus)
  2:09
• 10
  Elijah, Op.70: Recit. Now Cherith's brook is dried up (Angel I)
  1:12
• 11
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 8 - What have I to do with thee? (Widow, Elijah)
  6:37
• 12
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 9 - Blessed are the men who fear Him (chorus)
  3:49
• 13
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 10 - As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, chorus)
  4:27
• 14
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 11 - Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! (chorus)
  3:23
• 15
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 12 - Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah, chorus)
  1:09
• 16
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 13 - Call him louder! He heareth not! (Elijah, chorus)
  2:11
• 17
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 14 - Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! (Elijah)
  3:40
• 18
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 15 - Cast thy burden upon the Lord (chorus)
  2:23
• 19
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 16 - O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (Elijah, chorus)
  3:11
• 20
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 17 - Is not his word like a fire? (Elijah)
  2:05
• 21
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 18 - Woe unto them who forsake Him! (alto)
  3:12
• 22
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 19 - O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah, Elijah, chorus, Youth)
  6:38
• 23
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 20 - Thanks be to God! (chorus)
  3:43
• 1
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 21 - Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh (soprano)
  6:04
• 2
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 22 - Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (chorus)
  4:12
• 3
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 23 - The Lord hath exalted thee (Elijah, Queen, chorus)
  4:04
• 4
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 24 - Woe to him, he shall perish (chorus)
  1:33
• 5
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 25 - Man of God, now let my words be precious (Obadiah, Elijah)
  2:39
• 6
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 26 - It is enough; O Lord take my life (Elijah)
  6:15
• 7
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 27 - See, now he sleepeth (tenor)
  0:40
• 8
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 28 - Lift thine eyes to the mountains (chorus)
  1:48
• 9
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 29 - He, watching over Israel, slumbers not (chorus)
  3:53
• 10
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 30 - Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey (Angel I, Elijah)
  2:13
• 11
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 31 - O rest in the Lord (Angel I)
  3:37
• 12
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 32 - He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (chorus)
  2:51
• 13
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 33 - Night falleth round me, O Lord! (Elijah, Angel II)
  1:48
• 14
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 34 - Behold! God the Lord passed by! (chorus)
  3:38
• 15
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 35 - Above Him stood the Seraphim (alto, chorus)
  3:52
• 16
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 36 - Go, return upon thy way! (chorus, Elijah)
  1:35
• 17
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 37 - For the mountains shall depart (Elijah)
  2:45
• 18
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 38 - Then did Elijah the prophet break forth (chorus)
  2:15
• 19
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 39 - Then shall the righteous shine forth (chorus)
  2:41
• 20
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 40 - Behold, God hath sent Elijah (soprano)
  1:19
• 21
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 41 - But the Lord from the north hath raised one (chorus)
  3:31
• 22
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 41a - O come everyone that thirsteth (soprano, alto, tenor, bass)
  3:22
• 23
  Elijah, Op.70: No. 42 - And then shall your light break forth (chorus)
  3:16