Release 5: Mendelssohn: Elijah



  • 1Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Introduction (Elijah): As God the Lord of Israel liveth
  • 2Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Overture
  • 3Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?
  • 4Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Duet and Chorus (The People, Two Women): Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer!
  • 5Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Obadiah): Ye people, rend your hearts
  • 6Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (Obadiah): “If with all your hearts ye truly seek me”
  • 7Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Yet doth the Lord see it not
  • 8Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (An Angel): Elijah! Get thee hence
  • 9Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Double Quartet (Angels): For He shall give His angels
  • 10Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (An Angel): Now Cherith’s brook is dried up, Elijah.
  • 11Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative, Air, and Duet (The Widow and Elijah): What have I to do with thee
  • 12Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: Blessed are the men who fear Him
  • 13Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and King Ahab) and Chorus: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth
  • 14Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus (Priests of Baal): Baal, we cry to thee
  • 15Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! For he is a god
  • 16Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (Priests of Baal): Call him louder! He heareth not
  • 17Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel
  • 18Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Quartet (Angels): Cast thy burden upon the Lord
  • 19Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus (The People): O Thou who maketh Thine angels spirits
  • 20Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): Is not His word like a fire
  • 21Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Arioso (Alto): Woe unto them who forsake Him!
  • 22Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, The Boy) and Chorus (The People): O man of God, help thy people!
  • 23Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus (The People): Thanks be to God
  • 24Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (Soprano): Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh
  • 25Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: “Be not afraid,” saith God the Lord
  • 26Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and The Queen) and Chorus: The Lord hath exalted thee
  • 27Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: Woe to him! He shall perish
  • 28Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah and Obadiah): Man of God, now let my words
  • 29Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (Elijah): It is enough!
  • 30Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Tenor): See now, he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree
  • 31Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Trio (Angels): Lift thine eyes
  • 32Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus (Angels): He, watching over Israel
  • 33Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Arise, Elijah
  • 34Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (The Angel): O rest in the Lord
  • 35Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: He that shall endure to the end
  • 36Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (The Angel and Elijah): Night falleth round me
  • 37Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: Behold, God the Lord passed by!
  • 38Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Contralto): Above Him stood the seraphim / Quartet and Chorus (Angels): Holy is God the Lord
  • 39Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus: Go, return upon thy way
  • 40Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Arioso (Elijah): For the mountains shall depart
  • 41Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth
  • 42Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Aria (Tenor): Then shall the righteous shine forth
  • 43Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Recitative (Soprano): Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet
  • 44Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Chorus: But the Lord from the north hath raised one / Quartet: O come every one that thirsteth
  • 45Elijah, Oratorio on Words of the Old Testament, Op. 70 : Final Chorus: And then, then shall your light break forth

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