Elijah

Mendelssohn; Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel · 1997 · Album

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  1. Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Introduction "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah)
  2. Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Overture
  3. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 1 Chorus "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us" (the people)
  4. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 2 Duet with chorus "Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer" (the people, two women)
  5. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 3 Recitative "Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments" (Obadiah)
  6. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 4 Aria "If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me..." (Obadiah)
  7. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 5 Chorus "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (the people)
  8. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 6 Recitative "Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah!" (an Angel)
  9. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 7 Double quartet "For He shall give His Angels charge over thee" (Angels)
  10. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 8 Aria - Duet "What have I to do with thee, o man of God?" (the widow, Elijah)
  11. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 9 Chorus "Blessed are the men who fear Him"
  12. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 10 Recitative - Chorus "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, the people)
  13. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 11 Chorus "Baal, we cry to thee (prophets of Baal)
  14. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 12 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, prophets of Baal)
  15. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 13 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder! He heareth not" (Elijah, prophets of Baal)
  16. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 14 Aria "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (Elijah)
  17. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 15 Quartet "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Angels)
  18. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 16 Recitative - Chorus "O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits" (Elijah, the people)
  19. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 17 Aria "Is not His word like a fire" (Elijah)
  20. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 18 Arioso "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" (contralto I)
  21. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 19 Recitative and Chorus "O man of God, help thy people!" (Obadiah, Elijah, the boy, the people)
  22. Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 20 Chorus "Thanks be to God! He laveth the thirsty land" (the people)
  23. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 21 Aria "Hear ye, Israel" (soprano I)
  24. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 22 Chorus "'Be Not afraid', saith God the Lord"
  25. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 23 Recitative - Chorus "The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people" (Elijah, The Queen, the people)
  26. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 24 Chorus "Woe to him! He shall perish" (the people)
  27. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 25 Recitative "Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight"
  28. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 26 Aria "It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life" (Elijah)
  29. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 27 Recitative "See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree" (tenor I)
  30. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 28 Trio "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Angels)
  31. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 29 Chorus "He, watching over Israel"
  32. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 30 Recitative "Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee"
  33. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 31 Aria "Oh rest in the Lord" (an Angel)
  34. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 32 Chorus "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved"
  35. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 33 Recitative "Night falleth round me, o Lord!" (Elijah, an Angel)
  36. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 34 Chorus "Behold, God the Lord passed by!"
  37. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 35 Recitative - Chorus "Above Him stood the Seraphim...Holy is God the Lord Sabaoth" (contralto I, Seraphim)
  38. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 36 Chorus - Recitative "Go, return upon thy way!" (Elijah)
  39. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 37 Arioso "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah)
  40. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 38 Chorus "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire"
  41. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 39 Aria "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (tenor I)
  42. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 40 Recitative "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet" (soprano I)
  43. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 41 Chorus - Quartet "But the Lord from the north hath raised one...Oh come everyone that thirsteth"
  44. Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 42 Chorus "And then shall your light break forth"

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