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