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MENDELSSOHN: Elijah (Sung in English)

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Label: Chandos

Genre: Choral - Sacred

Period: Romantic

Catalogue No: CHAN8774-75

Barcode: 095115877425

Release Date: 11/1989

MENDELSSOHN: Elijah (Sung in English)

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Disc 1

Mendelssohn, Felix
Schubring, Julius - Lyricist
Bartholomew, William - Lyricist

Elijah, Op. 70 (Sung in English)

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
White, Willard (bass-baritone)
Budd, Jeremy (treble)

1

Part I: Introduction: Recitative: As God the Lord of Israel liveth (Elijah)

01:03

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

2

Part I: Overture

03:25

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

3

Part I: Help, Lord! wilt Thou quite destroy us? (Chorus)

04:36

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

4

Part I: Duet with Chorus: Lord! bow Thine ear to our prayer! (Soprano, Contralto, Chorus)

01:56

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)

5

Part I: Recitative: Ye people, rend you hearts (Obadiah)

00:45

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

6

Part I: Aria: If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me (Obadiah)

02:14

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

7

Part I: Yet doth the Lord see it not (Chorus)

04:04

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Part I: Recitative: Elijah! get thee hence (An Angel)

01:00

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

9

Part I: For He shall give His angels charge over thee (Chorus) - Recitative: Now Cherith's brook is dried up (An Angel)

03:40

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)

10

Part I: Recitative, Aria and Duet: What have I to do with thee, O man of God? (The Widow, Elijah)

05:38

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)
White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

11

Part I: Blessed are the men who fear Him (Chorus)

03:45

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

12

Part I: Recitative: As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, Chorus)

03:54

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)

13

Part I: Baal, we cry to thee (Chorus)

03:26

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

14

Part I: Recitative: Call him louder, for he is a god! (Elijah, Chorus)

01:07

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

15

Part I: Recitative: Call him louder! he heareth not (Elijah, Chorus))

02:00

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

16

Part I: Recitative and Aria: Draw near, all ye people (Elijah)

03:34

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Part I: Chorale: Cast the burden upon the Lord (Angels)

02:12

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

18

Part I: Recitative: O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (Elijah, Chorus)

02:46

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

19

Part I: Aria: Is not His word like a fire (Elijah)

01:54

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

20

Part I: Arioso: Woe unto them who forsake him! (Contralto)

03:16

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)

21

Part I: Recitative: O man of God, help thy people! (Obadiah, Elijah, The Youth, Chorus)

05:43

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)
White, Willard (bass-baritone)
Budd, Jeremy (treble)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)

22

Part I: Thanks be to God! (Chorus)

03:54

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

Disc 2

1

Part II: Aria: Hear ye, Israel (Soprano)

05:17

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)

2

Part II: Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (Chorus)

04:24

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

3

Part II: Recitative: The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people (Elijah, The Queen, Chorus)

03:27

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)

4

Part II: Woe to him, he shall perish (Chorus)

01:35

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

5

Part II: Recitative: Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight (Obadiah, Elijah)

02:09

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)

6

Part II: Aria: It is enough (Elijah)

05:15

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

7

Part II: Recitative: See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree (Tenor)

00:41

Davies, Arthur (tenor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

8

Part II: Trio: Lift thine eyes to the mountains (Chorus)

02:09

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

9

Part II: He, watching over Israel (Chorus)

03:55

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

10

Part II: Recitative: Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee (The Angel, Elijah)

01:58

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
White, Willard (bass-baritone)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)

11

Part II: Aria: O rest in the Lord (The Angel))

03:29

Finnie, Linda (contralto)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

12

Part II: He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved (Chorus)

02:44

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

13

Part II: Recitative: Night falleth round me, O Lord (Elijah)

01:43

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

14

Part II: Behold! God the Lord passed by! (Chorus)

03:43

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)

15

Part II: Recitative and Chorus: Above him stood the Seraphim (Contralto, Chorus)

03:43

London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Finnie, Linda (contralto)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

16

Part II: Go, return upon thy way! (Chorus) - Recitative: I go on my way in the strength of the Lord (Elijah)

01:22

White, Willard (bass-baritone)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)

17

Part II: Arioso: For the mountains shall depart, and the hills be removed (Elijah)

02:21

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
White, Willard (bass-baritone)

18

Part II: Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire (Chorus)

02:13

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
London Symphony Chorus (Choir)

19

Part II: Aria: The shall the righteous shine forth (Tenor)

02:08

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Davies, Arthur (tenor)

20

Part II: Recitative: Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet (Soprano)

01:06

Hickox, Richard (Conductor)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Plowright, Rosalind (soprano)

21

Part II: But the Lord from the north hath raised one (Chorus) - Quartet: O come everyone that thirsteth

06:04

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

22

Part II: And then shall your light break forth (Chorus)

03:37

London Symphony Chorus (Choir)
London Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra)
Hickox, Richard (Conductor)

Total Playing Time: 02:10:55