Elijah

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Gwyneth Jones & Dame Janet Baker & Nicolai Gedda & Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau & Philharmonia Orchestra & Philharmonia Chorus & Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Elijah is an oratorio by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, first performed in 1846. The work employs Romantic-era choral and orchestral forces with extensive ensemble and solo passages, reflecting Mendelssohn's synthesis of Baroque influence and 19th-century expressive language and occupying an important place among his large-scale sacred compositions and in the choral repertoire of the period.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Elijah: Introduction. "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah)
    1:16
  2. 2.
    Elijah: Overture
    3:34
  3. 3.
    Elijah: No. 1. "Help, Lord! Wilt thou quite destroy us?" (Chorus)
    4:22
  4. 4.
    Elijah: No. 2. "Lord! Bow Thine ear to our prayer!" (Chorus, Soprano, Alto)
    2:09
  5. 5.
    Elijah: No. 3. "Ye people, rend your hearts" (Obadiah)
    0:55
  6. 6.
    Elijah: No. 4. "If with all your hearts" (Obadiah)
    2:35
  7. 7.
    Elijah: No. 5. "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (Chorus)
    4:14
  8. 8.
    Elijah: No. 6. "Elijah! Get thee hence" (An Angel)
    0:52
  9. 9.
    Elijah: No. 7. "For He shall give His angels charge over thee" (Semi-Chorus)
    2:09
  10. 10.
    Elijah: No. 7. Recitative "Now Cherith's brook is dried up" (An Angel)
    1:12
  11. 11.
    Elijah: No. 8. "What have I to do with thee?" (The Window, Elijah)
    6:37
  12. 12.
    Elijah: No. 9. "Blessed are the men who fear Him" (Chorus)
    3:49
  13. 13.
    Elijah: No. 10. "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth" (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus)
    4:27
  14. 14.
    Elijah: No. 11. "Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us!" (Chorus)
    3:23
  15. 15.
    Elijah: No. 12. "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, Chorus)
    1:09
  16. 16.
    Elijah: No. 13. "Call him louder! He heareth not!" (Elijah, Chorus)
    2:11
  17. 17.
    Elijah: No. 14. "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel!" (Elijah)
    3:40
  18. 18.
    Elijah: No. 15. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Chorus)
    2:23
  19. 19.
    Elijah: No. 16. "O Thou, who makest Thine angels Spirits" (Elijah, Chorus)
    3:11
  20. 20.
    Elijah: No. 17. "Is not his word like a fire?" (Elijah)
    2:05
  21. 21.
    Elijah: No. 18. "Woe unto them who forsake Him!" (Contralto)
    3:12
  22. 22.
    Elijah: No. 19. "O man of God, help thy people!
    6:38
  23. 23.
    Elijah: No. 20. "Thanks be to God!" (Chorus)
    3:43

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Elijah: No. 21. "Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh" (Soprano)
    6:04
  2. 3.
    Elijah: No. 22. "Be not afraid, saith God the Lord" (Chorus)
    4:12
  3. 4.
    Elijah: No. 23. "The Lord hath exalted thee" (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus)
    4:04
  4. 5.
    Elijah: No. 24. "Woe to him, he shall perish" (Chorus)
    1:33
  5. 6.
    Elijah: No. 25. "Man of god, now let my words be precious" (Obadiah)
    2:39
  6. 7.
    Elijah: No. 26. "It is enough; O Lord now take my life" (Elijah)
    6:15
  7. 8.
    Elijah: No. 27. "See, now he sleepeth" (Tenor)
    0:40
  8. 9.
    Elijah: No. 28. "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Chorus)
    1:48
  9. 10.
    Elijah: No. 29. "He, watching over Israel, slumbers not" (Chorus)
    3:53
  10. 11.
    Elijah: No. 30. "Arise, Elijah, for thou has a long journey" (The Angel, Elijah)
    2:13
  11. 12.
    Elijah: No. 31. "O rest in the Lord" (The Angel)
    3:37
  12. 13.
    Elijah: No. 32. "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved" (Chorus)
    2:51
  13. 14.
    Elijah: No. 33. "Night falleth round me, O Lord!" (Elijah, The Angel)
    1:48
  14. 15.
    Elijah: No. 34. "Behold! God the Lord passed by!" (Chorus)
    3:38
  15. 16.
    Elijah: No. 35. "Above him stood the Seraphim" (Contralto, Chorus)
    3:52
  16. 17.
    Elijah: No. 36. "Go, return upon thy way" (Chorus, Elijah)
    1:35
  17. 18.
    Elijah: No. 37. "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah)
    2:45
  18. 19.
    Elijah: No. 38. "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth" (Chorus)
    2:15
  19. 20.
    Elijah: No. 39. "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (Tenor)
    2:41
  20. 21.
    Elijah: No. 40. "Behold, God hath sent Elijah" (Soprano)
    1:19
  21. 22.
    Elijah: No. 41. "But the Lord, from the north hath raised one" (Chorus)
    3:31
  22. 23.
    Elijah: No. 41a. "O come everyone that thirsteth" (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass)
    3:22
  23. 24.
    Elijah: No. 42. "And then shall your light break forth" (Chorus)
    3:16

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