Mendelssohn*, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel – Elijah

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Label:	Decca – 455 688-2
Format:	2 x CD, Album
Country:	Europe
Released:	1997
Genre:	Classical
Style:	Romantic

Tracklist

	Elijah. Oratorio, Op. 70: Part I	(1:05:05)
1-1	Introduction (Elijah): As God The Lord Of Israel Liveth	1:03
1-2	Overture	3:22
1-3	No. 1. Chorus (The People): Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us?	3:50
1-4	No. 2. Duet With Chorus (The People, Two Women): Lord, Bow Thine Eat To Our Prayer!	1:52
1-5	No. 3. Recitative (Obadiah): Ye People, Rend Your Hearts And Not Your Garments	0:51
1-6	No. 4. Aria (Obadiah): 'If With All Your Hearts Ye Truly Seek Me...'	2:23
1-7	No. 5. Chorus (The People):	3:58
1-8	No. 6. Recitative (An Angel): Elijah! Get Thee Hence, Elijah!	0:50
1-9	No. 7. Double Quartet (Angels): For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee	2:42
1-10	No. 8. Aria —Duet (The Widow, Elijah): What Have I To Do With Thee, O Man Of God?	6:34
1-11	No. 9. Chorus: Blessed Are The Men Who Fear Him	3:20
1-12	No. 10. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, Ahab, The People): As God The Lord Of Sabaoth Liveth	4:34
1-13	No. 11. Chorus (Prophets Of Baal): Baal, We Cry To Thee	3:07
1-14	No. 12. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, Prophets Of Baal): Call Him Louder, For He Is A God!	1:09
1-15	No. 13. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, Prophets Of Baal): Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not	2:25
1-16	No. 14. Aria (Elijah): Lord God Of Abraham, Isaac And Israel	3:02
1-17	No. 15. Quartet (Angels): Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord	1:38
1-18	No. 16. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, The People): O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits	3:01
1-19	No. 17. Aria (Elijah): Is Not HIs Word Like A Fire	1:58
1-20	No. 18. Arioso (Contralto I): Woe, Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him!	2:45
1-21	No. 19. Recitative And Chorus (Obadiah, Elijah, The Boy, The People): O Man Of God, Help Thy People!	5:47
1-22	No. 20. Chorus (The People): Thanks Be To God! He Laveth The Thirsty Land	3:34
	Elijah. Oratorio, Op. 70: Part II	(1:05:48)
2-1	No. 21. Aria (Soprano I): Hear Ye, Israel	5:24
2-2	No. 22. Chorus: 'Be Not Afraid,' Saith God The Lord	4:10
2-3	No. 23. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, The Queen, The People): The Lord Hath Exalted Thee From Among The People	3:25
2-4	No. 24. Chorus (The People): Woe To Him! He Shall Perish	1:37
2-5	No. 25. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah): Man Of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious In Thy Sight	2:20
2-6	No. 26. Aria (Elijah): It Is Enough! O Lord, Now Take Away My Life Cello – David Watkin	5:29
2-7	No. 27. Rcitative (Tenor I): See, Now He Sleepeth Beneath A Juniper Tree	0:51
2-8	No. 28. Trio (Angels): Lift Thine Eyes To The Mountains	1:49
2-9	No. 29. Chorus: He, Watching Over Israel	3:19
2-10	No. 30. Recitative (An Angel, Elijah): Arise, Elijah, For Thou Hast A Long Journey Before Thee	1:57
2-11	No. 31. Aria (An Angel): Oh Rest In The Lord	2:51
2-12	No. 32. Chorus: He That Shall Endure To The End, Shall Be Saved	2:14
2-13	No. 33. Recitative (Elijah, An Angel): Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord!	1:49
2-14	No. 34. Chorus: Behold, God The Lord Passed By!	4:48
2-15	No. 35. Recitative —Chorus (Contralto I, Seraphim): Above Him Stood The Seraphim. Holy Is God The Lord Sabaoth	3:17
2-16	No. 36. Chorus —Recitative (Elijah): Go, Return Upon Thy Way!	1:23
2-17	No. 37. Arioso (Elijah): For The Mountains Shall Depart	2:49
2-18	No. 38. Chorus: Then Did Elijah The Prophet Break Forth Like A Fire	2:28
2-19	No. 39. Aria (Tenor I): The Shall The Righteous Shine Forth	2:24
2-20	No. 40. Recitative (Soprano I): Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah The Prophet	1:11
2-21	No. 41. Chorus —Quartet: But The Lord From The North Hath Raised One. Oh Come Everyone That Thirsteth	6:31
2-22	No. 42. Chorus: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth	3:12

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – The Decca Record Company Limited
Copyright © – The Decca Record Company Limited
Recorded At – Caird Hall, Dundee

Credits

Art Direction – Lucy Gowans
Bass Vocals [Bass III] – Geoffrey Moses
Bass Vocals [Bass II] – Neal Davies
Bass Vocals [Elijah] – Bryn Terfel
Choir – Edinburgh Festival Chorus
Chorus Master – David Jones (18)
Conductor – Paul Daniel
Contralto Vocals [An Angel / Contralto I] – Patricia Bardon
Contralto Vocals [The Queen / Contralto II] – Sara Fulgoni
Edited By [Editor] – Sally Drew
Engineer [Balance] – John Dunkerley
Engineer [Location] – Graham Meek
Liner Notes – Marita Fullgraf, Nicholas Temperley, Philippe Daniel, Sergio Mora
Orchestra – Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment
Organ – Stephen Doughty
Photography By – Edmund Ross, Hanya Chlala, Lucy Gowans
Photography By, Cover – John Stoddart (2)
Producer – Chris Hazell
Soprano Vocals [Soprano II] – Libby Crabtree
Soprano Vocals [The Widow / Soprano I] – Renée Fleming
Tenor Vocals [Ahab / Tenor II] – John Bowen (2)
Tenor Vocals [Obadiah / Tenor I] – John Mark Ainsley
Translated By – William Bartholomew
Treble Vocals [The Boy] – Matthew Munro

Notes

Recorded at Caird Hall, Dundee, 27 August - 2 September 1996
This recording was monitored on B & W Loudspeakers

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode (text): 0 28945 56882 9
SPARS Code: DDD
Label Code: LC 0171
Rights Society: BIEM/MCPS

Other Versions (2)

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Elijah (2×CD, Stereo)	London Records, London Records	455 688-2 LH2, 455 688-2	USA & Canada	1997
New Submission	Elijah (2×CD, Reissue, Stereo, PMDC / UML)	London Records	455 688-2	USA & Canada	Unknown