Elijah (Mendelssohn)
from Mendelssohn: Elijah (SIGCD300)
1 As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah) [1'05]
2 Overture [3'35]
3 Help, Lord! (The People) [5'00]
4 Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer! (The People/Two Women) [2'14]
5 Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments (Obadiah) [0'54]
6 If with all your hearts ye truly seek me (Obadiah) [2'33]
7 Yet doth the Lord see it not (The People) [4'14]
8 Elijah! Get thee hence (Angel) [0'56]
9 For He shall give His angels charge over thee (Angels) [2'36]
10 Now Cherith’s brook is dried up (Angel) [1'17]
11 What have I to do with thee, O man of God? (The Widow/Elijah) [6'08]
12 Blessed are the men who fear Him (The People) [3'51]
13 As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah/Ahab/The People) [4'18]
14 Baal, we cry to thee (Baalites) [3'34]
15 Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah/Baalites) [1'07]
16 Call him louder! He heareth not (Elijah/Baalites) [2'23]
17 Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel (Elijah) [3'05]
18 Cast thy burden upon the Lord [2'05]
19 O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (Elijah/The People) [3'04]
20 Is not His word like a fire? (Elijah) [2'04]
21 Woe unto them that forsake Him! [2'38]
22 O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah/Elijah/The People/The Youth) [5'33]
23 Thanks be to God! (The People) [4'04]
24 Hear ye, Israel, hear what the Lord speaketh [5'23]
25 Be not afraid, saith God the Lord [4'09]
26 The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people (Elijah/The Queen/The People) [3'34]
27 Woe to him, he shall perish (The People) [1'40]
28 Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight (Obadiah/Elijah) [2'19]
29 It is enough! (Elijah) [5'09]
30 See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree [0'47]
31 Lift thine eyes to the mountains (Angels) [1'48]
32 He, watching over Israel, slumbers not [3'21]
33 Arise, Elijah (Angel/Elijah) [2'15]
34 Oh rest in the Lord [3'18]
35 He that shall endure to the end [2'25]
36 Night falleth round me, O Lord! (Elijah/Angel) [1'44]
37 Behold, God the Lord passed by [3'41]
38 Above Him stood the Seraphim [0'26]
39 Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord (Angels) [3'27]
40 Go, return upon thy way! (Elijah) [1'25]
41 For the mountains shall depart (Elijah) [2'42]
42 Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire [2'57]
43 Then shall the righteous shine forth [2'37]
44 Behold, God hath sent Elijah [1'12]
45 But the Lord, from the North [3'41]
46 O come everyone that thirsteth [3'36]
47 And then shall your light shine forth [3'38]
135 minutes 32 seconds 47 tracks
BBC Music Magazine
'In the nineteenth century, Mendelssohn's oratorio became a central work for British choral societies, and, unlike Handel's Messiah, Elijah continues to flourish as a large-scale work, often weighted ...
'This recording of Mendelssohn’s epic Old Testament oratorio was made in the wake of last year’s acclaimed performance at the BBC Proms … Elijah is a natural progression for the Gabrieli Consort ...