Mendelssohn - Mendelssohn: Elijah (CD)

Felix Mendelssohn [Composer] — Mendelssohn: Elijah

Label: EMI Classics  ·  Catalog #: 5 68601 2  ·  Released: 1968

Tracklist

1. Elijah, Op. 70
2. Part One
3. Introduction: As God The Lord Of Israel Liveth – (Elijah) (1:15)
4. Overture – (Orchestra) (3:34)
5. No.1: Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us? – (Chorus) (4:21)
6. No.2: Lord! Bow Thine Ear To Our Prayer! – (Chorus, Soprano, Alto) (2:08)
7. No.3: Ye People, Rend Your Hearts – (Obadiah) (0:54)
8. No.4: If With All Your Hearts – (Obadiah) (2:35)
9. No.5: Yet Doth The Lord See It Not – (Chorus) (4:13)
10. No.6: Elijah! Get Thee Hence – (An Angel) (0:52)
11. No.7: For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee – (Semi-Chorus) (2:08)
12. Recitative: Now Cherith's Brook Is Dried Up – (An Angel) (1:12)
13. No.8: What Have I To Do With Thee? – (The Widow, Elijah) (6:37)
14. No.9: Blessed Are The Men Who Fear Him – (Chorus) (3:49)
15. No.10: As God The Lord Of Sabaoth Liveth – (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus) (4:27)
16. No.11: Baal, We Cry To Thee; Hear And Answer Us! – (Chorus) (3:23)
17. No.12: Call Him Louder, For He Is A God! – (Elijah, Chorus) (1:08)
18. No.13: Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not! – (Elijah, Chorus) (2:11)
19. No.14: Lord God Of Abraham, Isaac And Israel! – (Elijah) (3:39)
20. No.15: Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord – (Chorus) (2:22)
21. No.16: O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits – (Elijah, Chorus) (3:10)
22. No.17: Is Not His Word Like A Fire? – (Elijah) (2:04)
23. No.18: Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him! – (Contralto) (3:12)
24. No.19: O Man Of God, Help Thy People! – (Obadiah, Elijah, Chorus, The Youth) (6:38)
25. No.20: Thanks Be To God! – (Chorus) (3:42)
26. Part Two
27. No.21: Hear Ye, Israel; Hear What The Lord Speaketh – (Soprano) (6:03)
28. No.22: Be Not Afraid, Saith God The Lord – (Chorus) (4:12)
29. No.23: The Lord Hath Exalted Thee – (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus) (4:03)
30. No.24: Woe To Him, He Shall Perish – (Chorus) (1:32)
31. No.25: Man Of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious – (Obadiah) (2:39)
32. No.26: It Is Enough; O Lord Now Take My Life – (Elijah) (6:15)
33. No.27: See, Now He Sleepeth – (Tenor) (0:40)
34. No.28: Lift Thine Eyes To The Mountains – (Chorus) (1:48)
35. No.29: He, Watching Over Israel, Slumbers Not – (Chorus) (3:53)
36. No.30: Arise, Elijah, For Thou Hast A Long Journey – (The Angel, Elijah) (2:13)
37. No.31: O Rest In The Lord – (The Angel) (3:37)
38. No.32: He That Shall Endure To The End, Shall Be Saved – (Chorus) (2:50)
39. No.33: Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord! – (Elijah, The Angel) (1:48)
40. No.34: Behold! God The Lord Passed By! – (Chorus) (3:38)
41. No.35: Above Him Stood The Seraphim – (Contralto, Chorus) (3:52)
42. No.36: Go, Return Upon They Way – (Chorus, Elijah) (1:35)
43. No.37: For The Mountains Shall Depart – (Elijah) (2:44)
44. No.38: Then Did Elijah The Prophet Break Forth – (Chorus) (2:15)
45. No.39: Then Shall The Righteous Shine Forth – (Tenor) (2:40)
46. No.40: Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah – (Soprano) (1:18)
47. No.41: But The Lord, From The North Hath Raised One – (Chorus) (3:31)
48. No.41a: O Come Everyone That Thirsteth – ( Soprano, Contralto, Tenor, Bass) (3:21)
49. No.42: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth – (Chorus) (3:15)