Composer: Felix Mendelssohn
Performer: Alice Coote, Allan Clayton, Gerald Finley, Jennifer Johnson, Twyla Robinson, Benjamin P. Wenzelberg
Orchestra: New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Conductor: Alan Gilbert, Joseph Flummerfelt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: New York Philharmonic
Release: 2011
Size: 576 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70
01. Introduction: As God the Lord of Israel liveth
02. Overture
03. Chorus (The People): Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?
04. Duet and Chorus (The People, Two Women): Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer!
05. Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts
06. Aria (Obadiah): ?If with all your hearts ye truly seek me?
07. Chorus (The People): Yet doth the Lord see it not
08. Recitative (An Angel): Elijah! Get thee hence
09. Double Quartet (Angels): For He shall give His angels
10. Recitative (An Angel): Now Cherith?s brook is dried up, Elijah.
11. Recitative, Air, and Duet (The Widow and Elijah): What have I to do with thee
12. Chorus: Blessed are the men who fear Him
13. Recitative (Elijah and King Ahab) and Chorus: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth
14. Chorus (Priests of Baal): Baal, we cry to thee
15. Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! For he is a god
16. Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! He heareth not
17. Aria (Elijah): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel
18. Quartet (Angels): Cast thy burden upon the Lord
19. Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (The People): O Thou who maketh Thine angels spirits
20. Aria (Elijah): Is not His word like a fire
21. Arioso (Alto): Woe unto them who forsake Him!
22. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, The Boy) and Chorus (The People): O man of God, help thy people!
23. Chorus (The People): Thanks be to God
24. Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh
25. Chorus: ?Be not afraid,? saith God the Lord
26. Recitative (Elijah and The Queen) and Chorus: The Lord hath exalted thee
Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70
27. Chorus: Woe to him! He shall perish
28. Recitative (Elijah and Obadiah): Man of God, now let my words
29. Aria (Elijah): It is enough!
30. Recitative (Tenor): See now, he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree
31. Trio (Angels): Lift thine eyes
32. Chorus (Angels): He, watching over Israel
33. Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Arise, Elijah
34. Aria (The Angel): O rest in the Lord
35. Chorus: He that shall endure to the end
36. Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Night falleth round me
37. Chorus: Behold, God the Lord passed by!
38. Recitative (Contralto): Above Him stood the seraphim / Quartet and Chorus (Angels): Holy is God the Lord
39. Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus: Go, return upon thy way
40. Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart
41. Chorus: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth
42. Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth
43. Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet
44. Chorus: But the Lord from the north hath raised one / Quartet: O come every one that thirsteth
45. Final Chorus: And then, then shall your light break forth