Mendelssohn: Elijah (Sung in English)

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Elijah, Op. 70 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Royal Thomson Hall Orchestra
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn Roderick Elms
Conducted by: Elmer Iseler Bruce Pullan Richard Hickox Joseph Flummerfelt Philip Brunelle
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
Ned Haley, soprano
Willard White, bass
Arthur Davies, tenor
Linda Finnie, contralto
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Nancienne Parrella, organ


1.   Part I: Introduction: Recitative: As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah) - 1:03
2.   Part I: Overture - 3:25
3.   Part I: Help, Lord! wilt Thou quite destroy us? (Chorus) - 4:36
4.   Part I: Duet with Chorus: Lord! bow Thine ear to our prayer! (Soprano, Contralto, Chorus) - 1:56
5.   Part I: Recitative: Ye people, rend you hearts (Obadiah) - 0:45
6.   Part I: Aria: If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me (Obadiah) - 2:14
7.   Part I: Yet doth the Lord see it not (Chorus) - 4:04
8.   Part I: Recitative: Elijah! get thee hence (An Angel) - 1:00
9.   Part I: For He shall give His angels charge over thee (Chorus) - Recitative: Now Cherith's brook is dried up (An Angel) - 3:40
10.   Part I: Recitative, Aria and Duet: What have I to do with thee, O man of God? (The Widow, Elijah) - 5:38
11.   Part I: Blessed are the men who fear Him (Chorus) - 3:45
12.   Part I: Recitative: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus) - 3:54
13.   Part I: Baal, we cry to thee (Chorus) - 3:26
14.   Part I: Recitative: Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah, Chorus) - 1:07
15.   Part I: Recitative: Call him louder! he heareth not (Elijah, Chorus)) - 2:00
16.   Part I: Recitative and Aria: Draw near, all ye people (Elijah) - 3:34
17.   Part I: Chorale: Cast the burden upon the Lord (Angels) - 2:12
18.   Part I: Recitative: O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (Elijah, Chorus) - 2:46
19.   Part I: Aria: Is not His word like a fire (Elijah) - 1:54
20.   Part I: Arioso: Woe unto them who forsake him! (Contralto) - 3:16
21.   Part I: Recitative: O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah, Elijah, The Youth, Chorus) - 5:43
22.   Part I: Thanks be to God! (Chorus) - 3:54

Elijah, Op. 70 (Sung in English) (more info)
Performed by: London Symphony Orchestra Vancouver Symphony Orchestra Royal Thomson Hall Orchestra
Composed by: Felix Mendelssohn Roderick Elms
Conducted by: Elmer Iseler Bruce Pullan Richard Hickox Joseph Flummerfelt Philip Brunelle
Gary Relyea, bass-baritone
Ned Haley, soprano
Willard White, bass
Arthur Davies, tenor
Linda Finnie, contralto
Rosalind Plowright, mezzo-soprano
Jeremy Budd, tenor
Nancienne Parrella, organ


1.   Part II: Aria: Hear ye, Israel (Soprano) - 5:17
2.   Part II: Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (Chorus) - 4:24
3.   Part II: Recitative: The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus) - 3:27
4.   Part II: Woe to him, he shall perish (Chorus) - 1:35
5.   Part II: Recitative: Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight (Obadiah, Elijah) - 2:09
6.   Part II: Aria: It is enough (Elijah) - 5:15
7.   Part II: Recitative: See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree (Tenor) - 0:41
8.   Part II: Trio: Lift thine eyes to the mountains (Chorus) - 2:09
9.   Part II: He, watching over Israel (Chorus) - 3:55
10.   Part II: Recitative: Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee (The Angel, Elijah) - 1:58
11.   Part II: Aria: O rest in the Lord (The Angel)) - 3:29
12.   Part II: He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (Chorus) - 2:44
13.   Part II: Recitative: Night falleth round me, O Lord (Elijah) - 1:43
14.   Part II: Behold! God the Lord passed by! (Chorus) - 3:43
15.   Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Above him stood the Seraphim (Contralto, Chorus) - 3:43
16.   Part II: Go, return upon thy way! (Chorus) - Recitative: I go on my way in the strength of the Lord (Elijah) - 1:22
17.   Part II: Arioso: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed (Elijah) - 2:21
18.   Part II: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire (Chorus) - 2:13
19.   Part II: Aria: The shall the righteous shine forth (Tenor) - 2:08
20.   Part II: Recitative: Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet (Soprano) - 1:06
21.   Part II: But the Lord from the north hath raised one (Chorus) - Quartet: O come everyone that thirsteth - 6:04
22.   Part II: And then shall your light break forth (Chorus) - 3:37

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