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LS 0898
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Label Catalogue Number:
LSO0898
LSO0898
Digital UPC: 0822231189862
Release Date: October 2024
Originally recorded in January 2024
Release Date: October 2024
Originally recorded in January 2024
Composer
Felix Mendelssohn
Felix Mendelssohn
Soprano Voice The Widow, Angel
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha
Mezzo Voice Angel, The Queen (Jezebel)
Dame Sarah Connolly
Dame Sarah Connolly
Tenor Voice Obadiah, Ahab
Allan Clayton
Allan Clayton
Bass Voice Elijah
Gerald Finley
Gerald Finley
Treble Voice Child
Ewan Christian
Ewan Christian
Choral
The Guildhall Singers
The Guildhall Singers
Choral
London Symphony Chorus
London Symphony Chorus
Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor
Sir Antonio Pappano
Sir Antonio Pappano
Producer
Andrew Cornall
Andrew Cornall
Engineer
Neil Hutchinson
Neil Hutchinson
Venue 28 & 31 January 2024
Barbican Hall, London
Barbican Hall, London
Genre:
Vocal & Song
Vocal & Song
Available: 4/OCT/2024
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Elijah, Op.70, MWV A25
Part One
1.
Introduction. 'As God the Lord of Israel liveth'
1:04
2.
Overture
3:30
3.
No.1 Chorus. ''Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?''
2:59
4.
No.1 Recitative. 'The depths afford no water!'
0:42
5.
No.2 Duet with Chorus. ''Lord, bow Thine ear to our pray''r!''
1:58
6.
No.3 Recitative. ''Ye people, rend your hearts, and not your garments''
0:43
7.
No.4 Aria. ''If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me''
1:59
8.
No.5 Chorus. ''Yet doth the Lord see it not''
3:40
9.
No.6 Recitative. ''Elijah! Get thee hence from here!''
0:42
10.
No.7 Double Quartet. ''For He shall give His angels to watch over thee''
3:48
11.
No.8 Recitative, Aria and Duet. ''What have I to do with thee''
6:06
12.
No.9 Chorus. ''Blessed are the men who fear Him''
3:22
13.
No.10 Recitative with Chorus. ''As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth''
3:43
14.
No.11 Chorus. ''Baal, we cry to thee''
2:50
15.
No.12 Recitative and Chorus. 'Call him louder! For he is a God'
1:00
16.
No.13 Recitative and Chorus. ''Call him louder! He heareth not''
2:07
17.
No.14 Aria. ''Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel''
3:01
18.
No.15 Quartet. ''Cast thy burden upon the Lord''
1:27
19.
No.16 Recitative and Chorus. ''O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits''
2:40
20.
No.17 Aria. ''Is not His word like a fire''
2:01
21.
No.18 Arioso. ''Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!''
2:33
22.
No.19 Recitative and Chorus. ''O man of God, help Thy people!''
5:01
23.
No.20 Chorus. ''Thanks be to God''
3:41
Part Two
24.
No.21 Aria, Recitative and Aria. ''Hear ye, Israel!'' - ''Thus saith the Lord'' -
5:46
''I am He that comforteth''
25.
No.22 Chorus. ''Be not afraid, saith God the Lord''
3:55
26.
No.23 Recitative and Chorus. ''The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people''
3:19
27.
No.24 Chorus. ''Woe to him! He shall perish''
1:44
28.
No.25 Recitative. ''Man of God, now let me words be precious in thy sight!''
2:04
29.
No.26 Aira. ''It is enough! O Lord, now take away in life''
4:50
30.
No.27 Recitative. ''See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree in the desert!''
0:38
31.
No.28 Trio. ''Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains''
1:25
32.
No.29 Chorus. ''He, watching over Israel, slumers not, nor sleeps''
2:57
33.
No.30 Recitative. ''Arise, Elijah''
1:39
34.
No.31 Aria. ''O rest in the Lord, and wait for Him''
2:46
35.
No.32 Chorus. ''He that shall endure to the end''
2:09
36.
No.33 Recitative. ''Night falleth round me, O Lord!''
1:41
37.
No.34 Chorus. ''Behold, God the Lord''
4:00
38.
No.35 Recitative and Quartet with Chorus. ''Above Him stood the Seraphim'' -
2:24
''Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord''
39.
No.36 Chorus and Recitative. ''Go, return upon thy way''
1:20
40.
No.37 Arioso. ''For the mountains shall depart''
2:11
41.
No.38 Chorus. ''Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire''
2:23
42.
No.39 Aria. ''Then shall the righteous shine''
2:11
43.
No.40 Recitative. ''Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet''
1:08
44.
No.41 Chorus. ''But the Lord hath awakened one this night''
3:00
45.
No.41 Quartet. ''O come ev''ry one that thirsteth''
3:22
46.
No.42 Final Chorus. ''And then shall your light break forth''
3:04
Total time: 120:33
Choral: The Guildhall Singers
Linnhe Robertson vocal coach
Choral: London Symphony Chorus
Mariana Rosas chorus director
Orchestra: London Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Sir Antonio Pappano
