from Mendelssohn: Elijah (SIGCD300) 1 As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah) [1'05] 135 minutes 32 seconds 47 tracks2 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] 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 ... |