Mendelssohn: Elijah
Robert Shaw & Atlanta Symphony Orchestra And Chorus
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CAT # 80389-25
DISC ONE 1. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Introduction (Elijah) - "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" 2. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Overture 3:30 3. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Help Lord!" 3:21 4. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Quartet: Recitative - "The deep affords no water" 5. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Duet with chorus - "Zion spreadeth her hands for aid" 2:08 6. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Obadiah) - "Ye people, rend your hearts" 7. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air (Obadiah) - "If with all your hearts" 2:48 8. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Yet doth the Lord see it not" 4:20 9. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Angel) - "Elijah! Get thee hence" 10. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Double Quartet - "For He shall give His angels" 3:10 11. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Angel) - "Now Cherith's brook is dried up" 1:19 12. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air (Widow) - "What have I to do with thee" - and Recitative (Elijah, Widow) - 5:52 13. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Blessed are all they that fear Him" 4:14 14. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Elijah, Ahab) with Chorus - "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth" 4:05 15. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Baal, answer us" 3:17 16. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus - "Call him louder, for he is a god!" 1:00 17. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus - "Call him louder! He heareth not" 2:08 18. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air (Elijah) - "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" 3:32 19. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Quartet (Angels) - "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" 1:36 20. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Elijah) and Chorus - "O Thou, who makest thine angels spirits" 2:44 21. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air (Elijah) - "Is not His word like a fore?" 1:57 22. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air - "Woe unto them who forsake Him!" 2:43 23. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah, Youth) and Chorus - "O man of God, help thy people 5:54 24. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Thanks be to God!" 3:49 DISC TWO 1. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air - "Hear ye, Israel!" 5:24 2. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Be not afraid" 3:57 3. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Elijah, Queen) and Chorus - "The Lord hath exalted thee" 3:10 4. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Woe to him!" 1:32 5. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah) - "Man of God, now let my words be precious" 2:40 6. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air (Elijah) - "It is enough, O Lord" 5:07 7. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative - "See, now he sleepeth" 8. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Trio of Angels - "Lift thine eyes" 1:42 9. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "He, watching over Israel" 3:08 10. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative (Angel, Elijah) - "Arise, Elijah" 1:52 11. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air (Angel) - "O rest in the Lord" 3:11 12. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "He that shall endure to the end" 2:50 13. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative(Elijah, Angel) - "Night falleth 'round me" 1:45 14. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Behold, God the Lord passed by!" 4:16 15. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative, Quartet and Chorus - "Above him stood the seraphim" 2:50 16. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Go, return upon thy way" - and Recitative (Elijah) - "I go on my way" 1:23 17. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Arioso (Elijah) - "For the mountains shall depart" 2:40 18. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Thus did Elijah the prophet break forth" 2:49 19. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Air - "Then shall the righteous shine forth" 3:03 20. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Recitative - "For God sent his people the prophet Elijah" 21. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "Thus saith the Lord" 3:20 22. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Quartet - "O come, everyone that thirsteth" 3:27 23. Mendelssohn: Elijah: Chorus - "And then shall your light break forth" 3:13
Robert Shaw leads an extraordinary cast of soloists along with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus in a spiritually uplifting rendition of Mendelssohn's Choral Masterpiece, Elijah.
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