2x CD

Elijah

Album by Mendelssohn; Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel

Released 1997

Tracklist

CD 1
1
Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Introduction "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:05
2
Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Overture
Felix Mendelssohn
3:22
3
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 1 Chorus "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us" (the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:50
4
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 2 Duet with chorus "Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer" (the people, two women)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:52
5
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 3 Recitative "Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments" (Obadiah)
Felix Mendelssohn
0:50
6
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 4 Aria "If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me..." (Obadiah)
Felix Mendelssohn
2:25
7
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 5 Chorus "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
4:00
8
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 6 Recitative "Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah!" (an Angel)
Felix Mendelssohn
0:50
9
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 7 Double quartet "For He shall give His Angels charge over thee" (Angels)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:43
10
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 8 Aria - Duet "What have I to do with thee, o man of God?" (the widow, Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
6:34
11
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 9 Chorus "Blessed are the men who fear Him"
Felix Mendelssohn
3:21
12
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 10 Recitative - Chorus "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
4:36
13
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 11 Chorus "Baal, we cry to thee (prophets of Baal)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:07
14
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 12 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, prophets of Baal)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:09
15
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 13 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder! He heareth not" (Elijah, prophets of Baal)
Felix Mendelssohn
2:24
16
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 14 Aria "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:04
17
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 15 Quartet "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Angels)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:40
18
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 16 Recitative - Chorus "O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits" (Elijah, the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:01
19
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 17 Aria "Is not His word like a fire" (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:59
20
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 18 Arioso "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" (contralto I)
Felix Mendelssohn
2:44
21
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 19 Recitative and Chorus "O man of God, help thy people!" (Obadiah, Elijah, the boy, the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
5:48
22
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 20 Chorus "Thanks be to God! He laveth the thirsty land" (the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:42
CD 2
1
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 21 Aria "Hear ye, Israel" (soprano I)
Felix Mendelssohn
5:24
2
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 22 Chorus "'Be Not afraid', saith God the Lord"
Felix Mendelssohn
4:11
3
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 23 Recitative - Chorus "The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people" (Elijah, The Queen, the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:26
4
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 24 Chorus "Woe to him! He shall perish" (the people)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:39
5
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 25 Recitative "Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight"
Felix Mendelssohn
2:20
6
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 26 Aria "It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life" (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
5:28
7
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 27 Recitative "See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree" (tenor I)
Felix Mendelssohn
0:53
8
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 28 Trio "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Angels)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:51
9
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 29 Chorus "He, watching over Israel"
Felix Mendelssohn
3:21
10
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 30 Recitative "Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee"
Felix Mendelssohn
1:57
11
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 31 Aria "Oh rest in the Lord" (an Angel)
Felix Mendelssohn
2:53
12
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 32 Chorus "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved"
Felix Mendelssohn
2:16
13
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 33 Recitative "Night falleth round me, o Lord!" (Elijah, an Angel)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:48
14
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 34 Chorus "Behold, God the Lord passed by!"
Felix Mendelssohn
4:50
15
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 35 Recitative - Chorus "Above Him stood the Seraphim...Holy is God the Lord Sabaoth" (contralto I, Seraphim)
Felix Mendelssohn
3:17
16
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 36 Chorus - Recitative "Go, return upon thy way!" (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:22
17
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 37 Arioso "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah)
Felix Mendelssohn
2:52
18
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 38 Chorus "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire"
Felix Mendelssohn
2:29
19
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 39 Aria "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (tenor I)
Felix Mendelssohn
2:25
20
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 40 Recitative "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet" (soprano I)
Felix Mendelssohn
1:10
21
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 41 Chorus - Quartet "But the Lord from the north hath raised one...Oh come everyone that thirsteth"
Felix Mendelssohn
6:31
22
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 42 Chorus "And then shall your light break forth"
Felix Mendelssohn
3:22

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Release credits

Bryn Terfel
bass-baritone vocals [1.1, 1.10, 1.12, 1.14-16, 1.18-19, 1.21, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.10, 2.13, 2.16-17]
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
choir vocals [1.3-4, 1.7, 1.11, 1.13-15, 1.18, 1.21-22, 2.2-4, 2.9, 2.12, 2.14, 2.16, 2.18, 2.21-22]
John Mark Ainsley
tenor vocals [1.5-6, 1.21, 2.5, 2.7, 2.19]
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
performing orchestra
Patricia Bardon
mezzo-soprano vocals [2.11, 2.13, 2.15, 1.8, 1.20]
Paul Daniel
conductor
Renée Fleming
soprano vocals [1.10, 2.1, 2.20]

Issues

E
(Combined release view)
E
Elijah
2x CD
1997