Elijah

Elijah

Felix Mendelssohn; Gwyneth Jones, Dame Janet Baker, Nicolai Gedda, Dietrich Fischer‐Dieskau, Philharmonia Orchestra, Philharmonia Chorus, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos

Album
Label EMI Classics Release date Format 2×CD Country 🇺🇸 United States Discogs https://www.discogs.com/release/3290149

Tracklist 139:37

CD 1

1 Elijah: Introduction. "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 1:16
2 Elijah: Overture Felix Mendelssohn 3:34
3 Elijah: No. 1. "Help, Lord! Wilt thou quite destroy us?" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 4:22
4 Elijah: No. 2. "Lord! Bow Thine ear to our prayer!" (Chorus, Soprano, Alto) Felix Mendelssohn 2:09
5 Elijah: No. 3. "Ye people, rend your hearts" (Obadiah) Felix Mendelssohn 0:55
6 Elijah: No. 4. "If with all your hearts" (Obadiah) Felix Mendelssohn 2:35
7 Elijah: No. 5. "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 4:14
8 Elijah: No. 6. "Elijah! Get thee hence" (An Angel) Felix Mendelssohn 0:52
9 Elijah: No. 7. "For He shall give His angels charge over thee" (Semi-Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 2:09
10 Elijah: No. 7. Recitative "Now Cherith's brook is dried up" (An Angel) Felix Mendelssohn 1:12
11 Elijah: No. 8. "What have I to do with thee?" (The Window, Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 6:37
12 Elijah: No. 9. "Blessed are the men who fear Him" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:49
13 Elijah: No. 10. "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth" (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 4:27
14 Elijah: No. 11. "Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us!" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:23
15 Elijah: No. 12. "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 1:09
16 Elijah: No. 13. "Call him louder! He heareth not!" (Elijah, Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 2:11
17 Elijah: No. 14. "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel!" (Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 3:40
18 Elijah: No. 15. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 2:23
19 Elijah: No. 16. "O Thou, who makest Thine angels Spirits" (Elijah, Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:11
20 Elijah: No. 17. "Is not his word like a fire?" (Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 2:05
21 Elijah: No. 18. "Woe unto them who forsake Him!" (Contralto) Felix Mendelssohn 3:12
22 Elijah: No. 19. "O man of God, help thy people! Felix Mendelssohn 6:38
23 Elijah: No. 20. "Thanks be to God!" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:43

CD 2

1 Elijah: No. 21. "Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh" (Soprano) Felix Mendelssohn 6:04
2 Elijah: No. 22. "Be not afraid, saith God the Lord" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 4:12
3 Elijah: No. 23. "The Lord hath exalted thee" (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 4:04
4 Elijah: No. 24. "Woe to him, he shall perish" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 1:33
5 Elijah: No. 25. "Man of god, now let my words be precious" (Obadiah) Felix Mendelssohn 2:39
6 Elijah: No. 26. "It is enough; O Lord now take my life" (Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 6:15
7 Elijah: No. 27. "See, now he sleepeth" (Tenor) Felix Mendelssohn 0:40
8 Elijah: No. 28. "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 1:48
9 Elijah: No. 29. "He, watching over Israel, slumbers not" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:53
10 Elijah: No. 30. "Arise, Elijah, for thou has a long journey" (The Angel, Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 2:13
11 Elijah: No. 31. "O rest in the Lord" (The Angel) Felix Mendelssohn 3:37
12 Elijah: No. 32. "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 2:51
13 Elijah: No. 33. "Night falleth round me, O Lord!" (Elijah, The Angel) Felix Mendelssohn 1:48
14 Elijah: No. 34. "Behold! God the Lord passed by!" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:38
15 Elijah: No. 35. "Above him stood the Seraphim" (Contralto, Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:52
16 Elijah: No. 36. "Go, return upon thy way" (Chorus, Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 1:35
17 Elijah: No. 37. "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah) Felix Mendelssohn 2:45
18 Elijah: No. 38. "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 2:15
19 Elijah: No. 39. "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (Tenor) Felix Mendelssohn 2:41
20 Elijah: No. 40. "Behold, God hath sent Elijah" (Soprano) Felix Mendelssohn 1:19
21 Elijah: No. 41. "But the Lord, from the north hath raised one" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:31
22 Elijah: No. 41a. "O come everyone that thirsteth" (Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass) Felix Mendelssohn 3:22
23 Elijah: No. 42. "And then shall your light break forth" (Chorus) Felix Mendelssohn 3:16