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Elijah

Elijah

Album by Mendelssohn; Gwyneth Jones, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Released 1999
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Tracklist

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

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