Release 5: Mendelssohn: Elijah

Mendelssohn; Jennifer Johnston, Benjamin Perry Wenzelberg, Joseph Flummerfelt, Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, Gerald Finley, Twyla Robinson, New York Choral Artists, New York Philharmonic, Alan Gilbert · 2011 · Album

No ratings yet.

Tracklist

  1. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Introduction (Elijah): As God the Lord of Israel liveth
  2. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Overture
  3. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?
  4. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Duet and Chorus (The People, Two Women): Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer!
  5. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts
  6. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Obadiah): “If with all your hearts ye truly seek me”
  7. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Yet doth the Lord see it not
  8. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (An Angel): Elijah! Get thee hence
  9. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Double Quartet (Angels): For He shall give His angels
  10. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (An Angel): Now Cherith’s brook is dried up, Elijah.
  11. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative, Air, and Duet (The Widow and Elijah): What have I to do with thee
  12. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Blessed are the men who fear Him
  13. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and King Ahab) and Chorus: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth
  14. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (Priests of Baal): Baal, we cry to thee
  15. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! For he is a god
  16. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! He heareth not
  17. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel
  18. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Quartet (Angels): Cast thy burden upon the Lord
  19. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (The People): O Thou who maketh Thine angels spirits
  20. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): Is not His word like a fire
  21. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Arioso (Alto): Woe unto them who forsake Him!
  22. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, The Boy) and Chorus (The People): O man of God, help thy people!
  23. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Thanks be to God
  24. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh
  25. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: “Be not afraid,” saith God the Lord
  26. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and The Queen) and Chorus: The Lord hath exalted thee
  27. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Woe to him! He shall perish
  28. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and Obadiah): Man of God, now let my words
  29. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): It is enough!
  30. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Tenor): See now, he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree
  31. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Trio (Angels): Lift thine eyes
  32. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus (Angels): He, watching over Israel
  33. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Arise, Elijah
  34. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (The Angel): O rest in the Lord
  35. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: He that shall endure to the end
  36. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Night falleth round me
  37. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Behold, God the Lord passed by!
  38. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Contralto): Above Him stood the seraphim / Quartet and Chorus (Angels): Holy is God the Lord
  39. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus: Go, return upon thy way
  40. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart
  41. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth
  42. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth
  43. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet
  44. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Chorus: But the Lord from the north hath raised one / Quartet: O come every one that thirsteth
  45. Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, op. 70 : Final Chorus: And then, then shall your light break forth

Community Reviews

No reviews yet — be the first to rate this record.