Elijah

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

Tracklist

Hybrid SACD 1

  1. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: Introduction. “As God the Lord of Israel liveth”1:04
  2. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: Overture3:30
  3. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 1, Chorus. “Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?”2:59
  4. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 1, Recitative. “The depths afford no water!”0:41
  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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 3, Recitative. “Ye people, rend your hearts, and not your garments”0:43
  7. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 4, Aria. “If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me”1:59
  8. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 5, Chorus. “Yet doth the Lord see it not”3:40
  9. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 6, Recitative. “Elijah! Get thee hence from here!”0:41
  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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 8, Recitative, Aria and Duet. “What have I to do with thee”6:05
  12. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 9, Chorus. “Blessed are the men who fear Him”3:21
  13. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 10, Recitative with Chorus. “As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth”3:42
  14. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 11, Chorus. “Baal, we cry to thee”2:50
  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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 13, Recitative and Chorus. “Call him louder! He heareth not”2:07
  17. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 14, Aria. “Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel”3:00
  18. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 15, Quartet. “Cast thy burden upon the Lord”1:27
  19. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 16, Recitative and Chorus. “O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits”2:39
  20. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 17, Aria. “Is not His word like a fire”2:00
  21. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 18, Arioso. “Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!”2:32
  22. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 19, Recitative and Chorus. “O man of God, help Thy people!”5:01
  23. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part One: No. 20, Chorus. “Thanks be to God”3:40

Hybrid SACD 2

  1. 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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 22, Chorus. “Be not afraid, saith God the Lord”3:54
  3. 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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 24, Chorus. “Woe to him! He shall perish”1:43
  5. 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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 26, Aria. “It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life”4:49
  7. 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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 28, Trio. “Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains”1:24
  9. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 29, Chorus. “He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps”2:57
  10. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 30, Recitative. “Arise, Elijah”1:39
  11. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 31, Aria. “O rest in the Lord, and wait for Him”2:45
  12. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 32, Chorus. “He that shall endure to the end”2:09
  13. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 33, Recitative. “Night falleth round me, O Lord!”1:41
  14. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 34, Chorus. “Behold, God the Lord”4:00
  15. 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. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 36, Chorus and Recitative. “Go, return upon thy way”1:20
  17. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 37, Arioso. “For the mountains shall depart”2:10
  18. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 38, Chorus. “Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire”2:23
  19. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 39, Aria. “Then shall the righteous shine”2:11
  20. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 40, Recitative. “Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet”1:08
  21. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 41, Chorus. “But the Lord hath awakened one this night”3:00
  22. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 41, Quartet. “O come ev’ry one that thirsteth”3:21
  23. Elijah, op. 70, MWV A 25: Part Two: No. 42, Final Chorus. “And then shall your light break forth”3:03