Release 5: Mendelssohn: Elijah

Album by Felix Mendelssohn & Jennifer Johnston & Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg & Joseph Flummerfelt & Alice Coote & Allan Clayton & Gerald Finley & Twyla Robinson & New York Choral Artists & New York Philharmonic & Alan Gilbert

Elijah is an oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn, composed and first performed in 1846. The work blends Romantic-era choral and orchestral writing with dramatic choruses, solo passages and orchestral interludes, and represents a major contribution to Mendelssohn's output and to 19th-century sacred music.
First released: 15th February 2011

Tracklist

  1. 1.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Introduction (Elijah): As God the Lord of Israel liveth
    1:02
  2. 2.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Overture
    3:06
  3. 3.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?
    4:00
  4. 4.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Duet and Chorus (The People, Two Women): Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer!
    1:55
  5. 5.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts
    0:52
  6. 6.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Obadiah): “If with all your hearts ye truly seek me”
    2:14
  7. 7.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Yet doth the Lord see it not
    4:05
  8. 8.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (An Angel): Elijah! Get thee hence
    0:47
  9. 9.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Double Quartet (Angels): For He shall give His angels
    2:38
  10. 10.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (An Angel): Now Cherith’s brook is dried up, Elijah.
    1:04
  11. 11.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative, Air, and Duet (The Widow and Elijah): What have I to do with thee
    6:16
  12. 12.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Blessed are the men who fear Him
    3:25
  13. 13.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and King Ahab) and Chorus: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth
    4:07
  14. 14.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (Priests of Baal): Baal, we cry to thee
    3:18
  15. 15.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! For he is a god
    1:08
  16. 16.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! He heareth not
    2:22
  17. 17.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel
    3:14
  18. 18.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Quartet (Angels): Cast thy burden upon the Lord
    1:39
  19. 19.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (The People): O Thou who maketh Thine angels spirits
    2:57
  20. 20.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): Is not His word like a fire
    2:04
  21. 21.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Arioso (Alto): Woe unto them who forsake Him!
    2:59
  22. 22.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, The Boy) and Chorus (The People): O man of God, help thy people!
    5:42
  23. 23.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Thanks be to God
    3:47
  24. 24.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh
    5:57
  25. 25.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: “Be not afraid,” saith God the Lord
    4:19
  26. 26.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and The Queen) and Chorus: The Lord hath exalted thee
    3:24
  27. 27.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Woe to him! He shall perish
    1:37
  28. 28.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and Obadiah): Man of God, now let my words
    2:26
  29. 29.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): It is enough!
    5:07
  30. 30.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Tenor): See now, he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree
    0:45
  31. 31.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Trio (Angels): Lift thine eyes
    1:28
  32. 32.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (Angels): He, watching over Israel
    2:51
  33. 33.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Arise, Elijah
    1:55
  34. 34.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (The Angel): O rest in the Lord
    3:19
  35. 35.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: He that shall endure to the end
    2:47
  36. 36.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Night falleth round me
    1:43
  37. 37.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Behold, God the Lord passed by!
    4:04
  38. 38.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Contralto): Above Him stood the seraphim / Quartet and Chorus (Angels): Holy is God the Lord
    3:07
  39. 39.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus: Go, return upon thy way
    1:30
  40. 40.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart
    2:14
  41. 41.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth
    2:38
  42. 42.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth
    2:26
  43. 43.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet
    1:03
  44. 44.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: But the Lord from the north hath raised one / Quartet: O come every one that thirsteth
    6:26
  45. 45.
    Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Final Chorus: And then, then shall your light break forth
    3:18