Elijah (Oratorio), op. 70

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & London Symphony Orchestra & London Symphony Chorus & Richard Hickox

Elijah is an oratorio by German composer Felix Mendelssohn, composed and first performed in 1846. It synthesises Baroque oratorio models with Romantic harmonic language and expansive choral and orchestral writing, and it occupies a central place among Mendelssohn's large-scale vocal works composed near the end of his life.
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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Part I - Introduction
    1:03
  2. 2.
    Overture
    3:25
  3. 3.
    Chorus and Recitative
    4:35
  4. 4.
    Duet and Chorus
    1:55
  5. 5.
    Recitative - Obadiah
    0:45
  6. 6.
    Air - Obadiah
    2:14
  7. 7.
    Chorus
    4:04
  8. 8.
    Recitative - An Angel
    0:59
  9. 9.
    Semi-Chorus - Angels and Recitative
    3:39
  10. 10.
    Air and Duet - The Widow, Elijah
    5:38
  11. 11.
    Chorus
    3:41
  12. 12.
    Recitative (Elijah, Ahab) and Chorus
    3:54
  13. 13.
    Chorus (Priests of Baal)
    3:25
  14. 14.
    Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus
    1:09
  15. 15.
    Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal)
    2:00
  16. 16.
    Recitative and Air - Elijah
    3:33
  17. 17.
    Chorale - Angels
    2:12
  18. 18.
    Recitative (Elijah) and Angels
    2:45
  19. 19.
    Air - Elijah
    1:54
  20. 20.
    Arioso (Contralto)
    3:15
  21. 21.
    Recitative (Obadiah) and Chorus
    5:44
  22. 22.
    Chorus
    3:53

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Air (Soprano)
    5:18
  2. 3.
    Chorus
    4:23
  3. 4.
    Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus
    3:26
  4. 5.
    Chorus
    1:35
  5. 6.
    Recitative - Obadiah and Elijah
    2:08
  6. 7.
    Air - Elijah
    5:15
  7. 8.
    Recitative (Tenor)
    0:40
  8. 9.
    Trio - The Angels
    2:09
  9. 10.
    Chorus - Angels
    3:58
  10. 11.
    Recitative - The Angel (Contralto) and Elijah
    1:57
  11. 12.
    Air - The Angel (Contralto)
    3:28
  12. 13.
    Chorus
    2:44
  13. 14.
    Recitative (Elijah) and The Angel
    1:42
  14. 15.
    Chorus
    3:43
  15. 16.
    Recitative (Contralto) - Semi-chorus and Chorus
    3:41
  16. 17.
    Chorus and Recitative (Elijah)
    1:21
  17. 18.
    Arioso (Elijah)
    2:21
  18. 19.
    Chorus
    2:13
  19. 20.
    Air (Tenor)
    2:07
  20. 21.
    Recitative (Soprano)
    1:05
  21. 22.
    Chorus and (41a) Quartet
    6:06
  22. 23.
    Chorus
    3:36

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