Mendelssohn: Elijah, 1846 – Felix Mendelssohn, Paul McCreesh & Gabrieli Players

1

Elijah, Op. 70: Introduction "As God the Lord of Israel Liveth"

Felix Mendelssohn & Simon Keenlyside

1:06

2

Elijah, Op. 70: Overture

Gabrieli Players & Felix Mendelssohn

3:36

3

Elijah, Op. 70: "Help, Lord!" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

5:01

4

Elijah, Op. 70: "Lord, Bow Thine Ear to Our Prayer!" (Duet With Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli, Sarah Connolly & Rosemary Joshua

2:15

5

Elijah, Op. 70: "Ye People, Rend Your Hearts" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Murray

0:55

6

Elijah, Op. 70: "If With All Your Hearts" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Murray

2:34

7

Elijah, Op. 70: "Yet Doth the Lord See It Not" (Chorus)

Gabrieli Players, Felix Mendelssohn & William Whitehead

4:15

8

Elijah, Op. 70: "Elijah! Get Thee Hence, Elijah" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn & Sarah Connolly

0:58

9

Elijah, Op. 70: "For He Shall Give His Angels" (Double Quartet)

Felix Mendelssohn, Emily Rowley Jones & Ruth Gibbins

2:37

10

Elijah, Op. 70: "Now Cherith's Brook Is Dried Up" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn & Sarah Connolly

1:18

11

Elijah, Op. 70: "What Have I to Do With Thee" (Duet)

Felix Mendelssohn, Rosemary Joshua & Simon Keenlyside

6:09

12

Elijah, Op. 70: "Blessed Are the Men Who Fear Him" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

3:52

13

Elijah, Op. 70: "As God the Lord of Saboath Liveth" (Recitative & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli, Simon Keenlyside & Robert Murray

4:19

14

Elijah, Op. 70: "Baal, We Cry to Thee" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn & Gabrieli

3:35

15

Elijah, Op. 70: "Call Him Louder, for He Is a God!" (Recitative & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn & Simon Keenlyside

1:08

16

Elijah, Op. 70: "Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not" (Recitative & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & Simon Keenlyside

2:24

17

Elijah, Op. 70: "Lord God of Abraham" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Simon Keenlyside

3:06

18

Elijah, Op. 70: "Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord" (Quartet)

Felix Mendelssohn, Emily Rowley Jones, Ruth Gibbins & Richard Rowntree

2:06

19

Elijah, Op. 70: "O Thou, Who Makest" (Recitative & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Simon Keenlyside & William Whitehead

3:05

20

Elijah, Op. 70: "Is Not His Word Like a Fire" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Simon Keenlyside

2:05

21

Elijah, Op. 70: "Woe Unto Them That Forsake Him!" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Sarah Connolly

2:39

22

Elijah, Op. 70: "O Man of God, Help Thy People!" (Recitative & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli, Simon Keenlyside & Robert Murray

5:34

23

Elijah, Op. 70: "Thanks Be to God!" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

4:05

24

Elijah, Op. 70: "Hear Ye, Israel" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Rosemary Joshua

5:24

25

Elijah, Op. 70: "Be Not Afraid, Saith God the Lord" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

4:10

26

Elijah, Op. 70: "The Lord Hath Exalted Thee" (Recitative & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Simon Keenlyside & Sarah Connolly

3:34

27

Elijah, Op. 70: "Woe To Him, He Shall Perish" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

1:41

28

Elijah, Op. 70: "Man of God" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn, Robert Murray & Simon Keenlyside

2:20

29

Elijah, Op. 70: "It Is Enough!" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Simon Keenlyside

5:10

30

Elijah, Op. 70: "See, Now He Sleepeth" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Murray

0:48

31

Elijah, Op. 70: "Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains" (Trio)

Felix Mendelssohn, Emily Rowley Jones & Ruth Gibbins

1:49

32

Elijah, Op. 70: "He, Watching Over Israel" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn & Gabrieli

3:22

33

Elijah, Op. 70: "Arise, Elijah" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn, Sarah Connolly & Simon Keenlyside

2:16

34

Elijah, Op. 70: "Oh Rest in the Lord" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Sarah Connolly

3:19

35

Elijah, Op. 70: "He That Shall Endure to the End" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

2:26

36

Elijah, Op. 70: "Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord!" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn, Simon Keenlyside & Rosemary Joshua

1:45

37

Elijah, Op. 70: "Behold, God the Lord Passed By" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

3:42

38

Elijah, Op. 70: "Above Him Stood the Seraphim" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn & Sarah Connolly

0:27

39

Elijah, Op. 70: "Holy, Holy, Holy Is God the Lord" (Quartet & Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & Emily Rowley Jones

3:28

40

Elijah, Op. 70: "Go, Return Upon Thy Way!" (Chorus & Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli, Simon Keenlyside & William Whitehead

1:26

41

Elijah, Op. 70: "For the Mountains Shall Depart" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Simon Keenlyside

2:43

42

Elijah, Op. 70: "Then Did Elijah the Prophet Break Forth" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

2:58

43

Elijah, Op. 70: "Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth" (Aria)

Felix Mendelssohn & Robert Murray

2:38

44

Elijah, Op. 70: "Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah" (Recitative)

Felix Mendelssohn & Rosemary Joshua

1:13

45

Elijah, Op. 70: "But the Lord, from the North" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

3:42

46

Elijah, Op. 70: "O Come Everyone That Thirsteth" (Quartet)

Felix Mendelssohn, Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly & Robert Murray

3:37

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Elijah, Op. 70: "The Shall Your Light Shine Forth" (Chorus)

Felix Mendelssohn, Gabrieli & William Whitehead

3:39