2x CD
Elijah
Album by Mendelssohn; Gwyneth Jones, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Released 1999
Tracklist
- CD 1: Part One
- 1Elijah: Introduction. As God the Lord of Israel Liveth (Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn1:16
- 2Elijah: Overture (Orchestra)Felix Mendelssohn3:34
- 3Elijah: No. 1. Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us? (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn4:22
- 4Elijah: No. 2. Lord! Bow Thine Ear to Our Prayer! (Chorus, Soprano, Alto)Felix Mendelssohn2:09
- 5Elijah: No. 3. Ye People, Rend Your Hearts (Obadiah)Felix Mendelssohn0:55
- 6Elijah: No. 4. If With All Your Hearts (Obadiah)Felix Mendelssohn2:35
- 7Elijah: No. 5. Yet Doth the Lord See It Not (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn4:14
- 8Elijah: No. 6. Elijah! Get Thee Hence (An Angel)Felix Mendelssohn0:52
- 9Elijah: No. 7. For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee (Semi-Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn2:09
- 10Elijah: No. 7. Recitative Now Cherith’s Brook Is Dried Up (An Angel)Felix Mendelssohn1:12
- 11Elijah: No. 8. What Have I to Do With Thee? (The Widow, Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn6:37
- 12Elijah: No. 9. Blessed Are the Men Who Fear Him (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:49
- 13Elijah: No. 10. As God the Lord of Sabaoth Liveth (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn4:27
- 14Elijah: No. 11. Baal, We Cry to Thee; Hear and Answer Us! (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:23
- 15Elijah: No. 12. Call Him Louder, for He Is a God! (Elijah, Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn1:09
- 16Elijah: No. 13. Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not! (Elijah, Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn2:11
- 17Elijah: No. 14. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! (Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn3:40
- 18Elijah: No. 15. Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn2:23
- 19Elijah: No. 16. O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits (Elijah, Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:11
- 20Elijah: No. 17. Is Not His Word Like a Fire? (Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn2:05
- 21Elijah: No. 18. Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him! (Contralto)Felix Mendelssohn3:12
- 22Elijah: No. 19. O Man of God, Help Thy People!Felix Mendelssohn6:38
- 23Elijah: No. 20. Thanks Be to God! (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:43
- CD 2: Part Two
- 1Elijah: No. 21. Hear Ye, Israel; Hear What the Lord Speaketh (Soprano)Felix Mendelssohn6:04
- 2Elijah: No. 22. Be Not Afraid, Saith God the Lord (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn4:12
- 3Elijah: No. 23. The Lord Hath Exalted Thee (Elijah, the Queen, Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn4:04
- 4Elijah: No. 24. Woe to Him, He Shall Perish (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn1:33
- 5Elijah: No. 25. Man of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious (Obadiah)Felix Mendelssohn2:39
- 6Elijah: No. 26. It Is Enough; O Lord Now Take My Life (Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn6:15
- 7Elijah: No. 27. See, Now He Sleepeth (Tenor)Felix Mendelssohn0:40
- 8Elijah: No. 28. Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn1:48
- 9Elijah: No. 29. He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:53
- 10Elijah: No. 30. Arise, Elijah, for Thou Has a Long Journey (The Angel, Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn2:13
- 11Elijah: No. 31. O Rest in the Lord (The Angel)Felix Mendelssohn3:37
- 12Elijah: No. 32. He That Shall Endure to the End, Shall Be Saved (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn2:51
- 13Elijah: No. 33. Night Falleth Round Me, o Lord! (Elijah, the Angel)Felix Mendelssohn1:48
- 14Elijah: No. 34. Behold! God the Lord Passed By! (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:38
- 15Elijah: No. 35. Above Him Stood the Seraphim (Contralto, Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:52
- 16Elijah: No. 36. Go, Return Upon Thy Way (Chorus, Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn1:35
- 17Elijah: No. 37. For the Mountains Shall Depart (Elijah)Felix Mendelssohn2:45
- 18Elijah: No. 38. Then Did Elijah the Prophet Break Forth (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn2:15
- 19Elijah: No. 39. Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth (Tenor)Felix Mendelssohn2:41
- 20Elijah: No. 40. Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah (Soprano)Felix Mendelssohn1:19
- 21Elijah: No. 41. But the Lord, From the North Hath Raised One (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:31
- 22Elijah: No. 41a. O Come Everyone That Thirsteth (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass)Felix Mendelssohn3:22
- 23Elijah: No. 42. And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth (Chorus)Felix Mendelssohn3:16
More by Mendelssohn, Gwyneth Jones, Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Chorus, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos
Release credits
- choir vocals [1.3-4, 1.7, 1.9, 1.12-16, 1.18-19, 1.23, 2.2-4, 2.8-9, 2.12, 2.14-16, 2.18, 2.21, 2.23]
- performing orchestra
- conductor
Issues
E
E2x CD1999
E2x CD2004




