MENDELSSOHN, Felix: Elijah [Oratorio] (Sung in English) (Sargent) (1947)
JULIUS SCHUBRING
Elijah, Op. 70 (Sung in English)
1
Part I: Introduction: Recitative: As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah)
4:19
Isobel Baillie Soloist
2
Part I: Help, Lord! wilt Thou quite destroy us? (Chorus)
3:57
Malcolm Sargent Soloist
3
Part I: Duet with Chorus: Lord! bow Thine ear to our prayer! (Soprano, Alto, Chorus)
2:13
James H. Johnston Soloist
4
Part I: Recitative: Ye people, rend you hearts (Obadiah) - Part I: Aria: If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me (Obadiah)
3:46
Gladys Ripley Soloist
5
Part I: Yet doth the Lord see it not (Chorus)
4:15
James H. Johnston Soloist
6
Part I: Recitative: Elijah! get thee hence (An Angel) - For He shall give His angels charge over thee (Chorus) - Recitative: Now Cherith's brook is dried up (An Angel)
4:22
James H. Johnston Soloist
7
Part I: Recitative, Aria and Duet: What have I to do with thee, O man of God? (The Widow, Elijah)
5:55
Harold Williams Soloist
8
Part I: Blessed are the men who fear Him (Chorus)
3:24
Malcolm Sargent Soloist
9
Part I: Recitative: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus)
3:57
Gladys Ripley Soloist
10
Part I: Baal, we cry to thee (Chorus) - Recitative: Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah, Chorus)
5:58
James H. Johnston Soloist
11
Part I: Aria: Lord god of Abraham, Isaac and Israel (Elijah)
3:30
Isobel Baillie Soloist
12
Part I: Quartet: Cast the burden upon the Lord (Angels)
1:35
Gladys Ripley Soloist
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
13
Part I: Recitative: O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (Elijah, Chorus)
2:57
Isobel Baillie Soloist
14
Part I: Aria: Is not His word like a fire (Elijah)
1:56
Gladys Ripley Soloist
JULIUS SCHUBRING
15
Part I: Arioso: Woe unto them who forsake him! (Alto)
1:52
James H. Johnston Soloist
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
16
Part I: Recitative: O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah, Elijah, The Youth)
5:32
Harold Williams Soloist
JULIUS SCHUBRING
17
Part I: Thanks be to God! (Chorus)
3:39
James H. Johnston Soloist
1
Part II: Aria: Hear ye, Israel: hear what the Lord speaketh (Soprano)
4:43
James H. Johnston Soloist
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
2
Part II: Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (Chorus)
4:20
Gladys Ripley Soloist
JULIUS SCHUBRING
3
Part II: Recitative: The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus)
3:22
James H. Johnston Soloist
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
4
Part II: Woe to him, he shall perish (Chorus)
1:42
Isobel Baillie Soloist
5
Part II: Recitative: Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight (Obadiah, Elijah)
2:27
Isobel Baillie Soloist
JULIUS SCHUBRING
6
Part II: Aria: It is enough (Elijah) - Recitative: See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree (Tenor)
5:16
Harold Williams Soloist
7
Part II: Trio: Lift thine eyes to the mountains (Chorus)
1:49
James H. Johnston Soloist
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
8
Part II: He, watching over Israel, slumbers not nor sleeps (Chorus)
3:42
Isobel Baillie Soloist
JULIUS SCHUBRING
9
Part II: Recitative: Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee (The Angel, Elijah)
1:43
Isobel Baillie Soloist
10
Part II: Aria: O rest in the Lord (The Angel)
3:06
James H. Johnston Soloist
11
Part II: He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (Chorus)
2:17
Malcolm Sargent Soloist
12
Part II: Recitative: Night falleth round me, O Lord (Elijah, An Angel)
1:41
James H. Johnston Soloist
13
Part II: Behold! God the Lord passed by! (Chorus)
1:41
James H. Johnston Soloist
14
Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Above him stood the Seraphim; Holy, Holy, Holy (Alto, Chorus)
3:32
Gladys Ripley Soloist
FELIX MENDELSSOHN
15
Part II: Recitative: I go on my way in the strength of the Lord (Elijah)
0:47
James H. Johnston Soloist
JULIUS SCHUBRING
16
Part II: Arioso: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed (Elijah)
2:28
James H. Johnston Soloist
17
Part II: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire (Chorus)
2:05
James H. Johnston Soloist
18
Part II: Aria: The shall the righteous shine forth (Tenor)
2:30
James H. Johnston Soloist
19
Part II: Quartet: O come everyone that thirsteth
3:44
James H. Johnston Soloist
20
Part II: And then shall your light break forth (Chorus)
3:44
James H. Johnston Soloist
Sargent, Malcolm