Elijah

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

Tracklist

CD 1

  1. Elijah: Introduction. "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah)1:16
  2. Elijah: Overture3:34
  3. Elijah: No. 1. "Help, Lord! Wilt thou quite destroy us?" (Chorus)4:22
  4. Elijah: No. 2. "Lord! Bow Thine ear to our prayer!" (Chorus, Soprano, Alto)2:09
  5. Elijah: No. 3. "Ye people, rend your hearts" (Obadiah)0:55
  6. Elijah: No. 4. "If with all your hearts" (Obadiah)2:35
  7. Elijah: No. 5. "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (Chorus)4:14
  8. Elijah: No. 6. "Elijah! Get thee hence" (An Angel)0:52
  9. Elijah: No. 7. "For He shall give His angels charge over thee" (Semi-Chorus)2:09
  10. Elijah: No. 7. Recitative "Now Cherith's brook is dried up" (An Angel)1:12
  11. Elijah: No. 8. "What have I to do with thee?" (The Window, Elijah)6:37
  12. Elijah: No. 9. "Blessed are the men who fear Him" (Chorus)3:49
  13. Elijah: No. 10. "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth" (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus)4:27
  14. Elijah: No. 11. "Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us!" (Chorus)3:23
  15. Elijah: No. 12. "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, Chorus)1:09
  16. Elijah: No. 13. "Call him louder! He heareth not!" (Elijah, Chorus)2:11
  17. Elijah: No. 14. "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel!" (Elijah)3:40
  18. Elijah: No. 15. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Chorus)2:23
  19. Elijah: No. 16. "O Thou, who makest Thine angels Spirits" (Elijah, Chorus)3:11
  20. Elijah: No. 17. "Is not his word like a fire?" (Elijah)2:05
  21. Elijah: No. 18. "Woe unto them who forsake Him!" (Contralto)3:12
  22. Elijah: No. 19. "O man of God, help thy people!6:38
  23. Elijah: No. 20. "Thanks be to God!" (Chorus)3:43

CD 2

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