Elijah

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha & Sarah Connolly & Allan Clayton & Gerald Finley & London Symphony Orchestra & Antonio Pappano

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: Introduction. “As God the Lord of Israel liveth”
    1:04
  2. 2.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: Overture
    3:30
  3. 3.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 1, Chorus. “Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?”
    2:59
  4. 4.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 1, Recitative. “The depths afford no water!”
    0:41
  5. 5.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 2, Duet with Chorus. “Lord, bow Thine ear to our pray’r!”
    1:57
  6. 6.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 3, Recitative. “Ye people, rend your hearts, and not your garments”
    0:43
  7. 7.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 4, Aria. “If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me”
    1:59
  8. 8.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 5, Chorus. “Yet doth the Lord see it not”
    3:40
  9. 9.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 6, Recitative. “Elijah! Get thee hence from here!”
    0:41
  10. 10.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 7, Double Quartet. “For He shall give His angels to watch over thee”
    3:48
  11. 11.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 8, Recitative, Aria and Duet. “What have I to do with thee”
    6:05
  12. 12.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 9, Chorus. “Blessed are the men who fear Him”
    3:21
  13. 13.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 10, Recitative with Chorus. “As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth”
    3:42
  14. 14.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 11, Chorus. “Baal, we cry to thee”
    2:50
  15. 15.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 12, Recitative and Chorus. “Call him louder! For he is a God”
    0:59
  16. 16.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 13, Recitative and Chorus. “Call him louder! He heareth not”
    2:07
  17. 17.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 14, Aria. “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel”
    3:00
  18. 18.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 15, Quartet. “Cast thy burden upon the Lord”
    1:27
  19. 19.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 16, Recitative and Chorus. “O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits”
    2:39
  20. 20.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 17, Aria. “Is not His word like a fire”
    2:00
  21. 21.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 18, Arioso. “Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!”
    2:32
  22. 22.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 19, Recitative and Chorus. “O man of God, help Thy people!”
    5:01
  23. 23.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 20, Chorus. “Thanks be to God”
    3:40

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 21, Aria, Recitative and Aria. “Hear ye, Israel!” – “Thus saith the Lord” – “I am He that comforteth”
    5:45
  2. 3.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 22, Chorus. “Be not afraid, saith God the Lord”
    3:54
  3. 4.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 23, Recitative and Chorus. “The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people”
    3:18
  4. 5.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 24, Chorus. “Woe to him! He shall perish”
    1:43
  5. 6.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 25, Recitative. “Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight!”
    2:04
  6. 7.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 26, Aria. “It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life”
    4:49
  7. 8.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 27, Recitative. “See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree in the desert”
    0:38
  8. 9.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 28, Trio. “Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains”
    1:24
  9. 10.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 29, Chorus. “He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps”
    2:57
  10. 11.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 30, Recitative. “Arise, Elijah”
    1:39
  11. 12.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 31, Aria. “O rest in the Lord, and wait for Him”
    2:45
  12. 13.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 32, Chorus. “He that shall endure to the end”
    2:09
  13. 14.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 33, Recitative. “Night falleth round me, O Lord!”
    1:41
  14. 15.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 34, Chorus. “Behold, God the Lord”
    4:00
  15. 16.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 35, Recitative and Quartet with Chorus. “Above Him stood the Seraphim” – “Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord”
    2:23
  16. 17.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 36, Chorus and Recitative. “Go, return upon thy way”
    1:20
  17. 18.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 37, Arioso. “For the mountains shall depart”
    2:10
  18. 19.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 38, Chorus. “Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire”
    2:23
  19. 20.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 39, Aria. “Then shall the righteous shine”
    2:11
  20. 21.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 40, Recitative. “Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet”
    1:08
  21. 22.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 41, Chorus. “But the Lord hath awakened one this night”
    3:00
  22. 23.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 41, Quartet. “O come ev’ry one that thirsteth”
    3:21
  23. 24.
    Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 42, Final Chorus. “And then shall your light break forth”
    3:03

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