Tracklist
Disc 1
1
Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Introduction "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah)
Elijah
1:05
2
Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Overture
Elijah
3:23
3
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 1 Chorus "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us" (the people)
Elijah
3:50
4
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 2 Duet with chorus "Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer" (the people, two women)
Elijah
1:53
5
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 3 Recitative "Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments" (Obadiah)
Elijah
0:51
6
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 4 Aria "If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me..." (Obadiah)
Elijah
2:25
7
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 5 Chorus "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (the people)
Elijah
4:00
8
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 6 Recitative "Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah!" (an Angel)
Elijah
0:51
9
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 7 Double quartet "For He shall give His Angels charge over thee" (Angels)
Elijah
3:43
10
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 8 Aria - Duet "What have I to do with thee, o man of God?" (the widow, Elijah)
Elijah
6:34
11
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 9 Chorus "Blessed are the men who fear Him"
Elijah
3:21
12
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 10 Recitative - Chorus "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, the people)
Elijah
4:36
13
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 11 Chorus "Baal, we cry to thee (prophets of Baal)
Elijah
3:07
14
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 12 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, prophets of Baal)
Elijah
1:10
15
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 13 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder! He heareth not" (Elijah, prophets of Baal)
Elijah
2:24
16
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 14 Aria "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (Elijah)
Elijah
3:04
17
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 15 Quartet "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Angels)
Elijah
1:41
18
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 16 Recitative - Chorus "O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits" (Elijah, the people)
Elijah
3:02
19
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 17 Aria "Is not His word like a fire" (Elijah)
Elijah
1:59
20
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 18 Arioso "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" (contralto I)
Elijah
2:45
21
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 19 Recitative and Chorus "O man of God, help thy people!" (Obadiah, Elijah, the boy, the people)
Elijah
5:48
22
Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 20 Chorus "Thanks be to God! He laveth the thirsty land" (the people)
Elijah
3:42
Disc 2
1
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 21 Aria "Hear ye, Israel" (soprano I)
Elijah
5:25
2
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 22 Chorus "'Be Not afraid', saith God the Lord"
Elijah
4:12
3
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 23 Recitative - Chorus "The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people" (Elijah, The Queen, the people)
Elijah
3:26
4
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 24 Chorus "Woe to him! He shall perish" (the people)
Elijah
1:39
5
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 25 Recitative "Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight"
Elijah
2:21
6
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 26 Aria "It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life" (Elijah)
Elijah
5:29
7
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 27 Recitative "See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree" (tenor I)
Elijah
0:53
8
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 28 Trio "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Angels)
Elijah
1:52
9
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 29 Chorus "He, watching over Israel"
Elijah
3:22
10
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 30 Recitative "Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee"
Elijah
1:57
11
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 31 Aria "Oh rest in the Lord" (an Angel)
Elijah
2:53
12
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 32 Chorus "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved"
Elijah
2:17
13
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 33 Recitative "Night falleth round me, o Lord!" (Elijah, an Angel)
Elijah
1:48
14
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 34 Chorus "Behold, God the Lord passed by!"
Elijah
4:50
15
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 35 Recitative - Chorus "Above Him stood the Seraphim...Holy is God the Lord Sabaoth" (contralto I, Seraphim)
Elijah
3:18
16
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 36 Chorus - Recitative "Go, return upon thy way!" (Elijah)
Elijah
1:23
17
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 37 Arioso "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah)
Elijah
2:53
18
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 38 Chorus "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire"
Elijah
2:30
19
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 39 Aria "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (tenor I)
Elijah
2:25
20
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 40 Recitative "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet" (soprano I)
Elijah
1:11
21
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 41 Chorus - Quartet "But the Lord from the north hath raised one...Oh come everyone that thirsteth"
Elijah
6:31
22
Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 42 Chorus "And then shall your light break forth"
Elijah
3:23
In print
First pressed 1997 — 3 pressings across 2 countries.
Credits
Lucy Gowans
Art Direction
Felix Mendelssohn
Composer
Paul Daniel
Conductor
Sally Drew
Editor
Graham Meek
Engineer
John Dunkerley
Engineer
Stephen Doughty
Instrument · organ
Marita Fullgraf
Liner Notes
Nicholas Temperley
Liner Notes
Philippe Daniel
Liner Notes
Sergio Mora
Liner Notes
Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
Performing Orchestra
Andrew Eccles
Photography
Edmund Ross
Photography
Eric Thorburn
Photography
Hanya Chlala
Photography
John Stoddart (2)
Photography
Royal College Of Music
Photography
Chris Hazell
Producer
William Bartholomew
Translator
Bryn Terfel
Vocal · bass vocals [elijah]
Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Vocal · choir
Geoffrey Moses
Vocal · bass vocals [bass iii]
John Bowen
Vocal · tenor vocals [ahab / tenor ii]
John Mark Ainsley
Vocal · tenor vocals [obadiah / tenor i]
Libby Crabtree
Vocal · soprano vocals [soprano ii]
Matthew Munro
Vocal · vocals [the boy]
Neal Davies
Vocal · bass vocals [bass ii]
Renée Fleming
Vocal · soprano vocals [the widow / soprano i]