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Elijah Mendelssohn; Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel

Release: 1997 Europe, Language: English, Status: Official
Format: CD + CD, Tracks: 44, Length: 2:11:12, Barcode: 028945568829
Release type: Album

Contents

CD #1
1 Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Introduction "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah) 1:05
2 Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Overture 3:22
3 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 1 Chorus "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us" (the people) 3:50
4 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 2 Duet with chorus "Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer" (the people, two women) 1:52
5 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 3 Recitative "Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments" (Obadiah) 0:50
6 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 4 Aria "If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me..." (Obadiah) 2:25
7 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 5 Chorus "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (the people) 4:00
8 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 6 Recitative "Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah!" (an Angel) 0:50
9 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 7 Double quartet "For He shall give His Angels charge over thee" (Angels) 3:43
10 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 8 Aria - Duet "What have I to do with thee, o man of God?" (the widow, Elijah) 6:34
11 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 9 Chorus "Blessed are the men who fear Him" 3:21
12 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 10 Recitative - Chorus "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, the people) 4:36
13 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 11 Chorus "Baal, we cry to thee (prophets of Baal) 3:07
14 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 12 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, prophets of Baal) 1:09
15 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 13 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder! He heareth not" (Elijah, prophets of Baal) 2:24
16 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 14 Aria "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (Elijah) 3:04
17 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 15 Quartet "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Angels) 1:40
18 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 16 Recitative - Chorus "O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits" (Elijah, the people) 3:01
19 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 17 Aria "Is not His word like a fire" (Elijah) 1:59
20 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 18 Arioso "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" (contralto I) 2:44
21 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 19 Recitative and Chorus "O man of God, help thy people!" (Obadiah, Elijah, the boy, the people) 5:48
22 Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 20 Chorus "Thanks be to God! He laveth the thirsty land" (the people) 3:42
CD #2
1 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 21 Aria "Hear ye, Israel" (soprano I) 5:24
2 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 22 Chorus "'Be Not afraid', saith God the Lord" 4:11
3 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 23 Recitative - Chorus "The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people" (Elijah, The Queen, the people) 3:26
4 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 24 Chorus "Woe to him! He shall perish" (the people) 1:39
5 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 25 Recitative "Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight" 2:20
6 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 26 Aria "It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life" (Elijah) 5:28
7 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 27 Recitative "See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree" (tenor I) 0:53
8 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 28 Trio "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Angels) 1:51
9 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 29 Chorus "He, watching over Israel" 3:21
10 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 30 Recitative "Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee" 1:57
11 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 31 Aria "Oh rest in the Lord" (an Angel) 2:53
12 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 32 Chorus "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved" 2:16
13 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 33 Recitative "Night falleth round me, o Lord!" (Elijah, an Angel) 1:48
14 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 34 Chorus "Behold, God the Lord passed by!" 4:50
15 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 35 Recitative - Chorus "Above Him stood the Seraphim...Holy is God the Lord Sabaoth" (contralto I, Seraphim) 3:17
16 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 36 Chorus - Recitative "Go, return upon thy way!" (Elijah) 1:22
17 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 37 Arioso "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah) 2:52
18 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 38 Chorus "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire" 2:29
19 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 39 Aria "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (tenor I) 2:25
20 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 40 Recitative "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet" (soprano I) 1:10
21 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 41 Chorus - Quartet "But the Lord from the north hath raised one...Oh come everyone that thirsteth" 6:31
22 Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 42 Chorus "And then shall your light break forth" 3:22

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