Mendelssohn: Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn - Vinyl LP

Mendelssohn: Elijah - Felix Mendelssohn

Album Details

Immerse yourself in the profound and spiritual world of Felix Mendelssohn with his masterful oratorio "Elijah." Released in 1992 by Decca Music Group Ltd., this two-hour and seven-minute journey through chamber music and choral masterpieces is a testament to Mendelssohn's genius. The album features a stunning array of vocal and instrumental performances that bring to life the biblical story of the prophet Elijah. From the powerful overture to the soaring choral pieces, each track is a testament to Mendelssohn's ability to blend classical elegance with deep emotional resonance. Whether you're a fan of classical music or simply seeking a transcendent listening experience, "Elijah" offers a rich and rewarding exploration of one of Mendelssohn's most celebrated works.

1 januari 1992© 1992 Universal International Music B.V.℗ 1992 Universal International Music B.V.

Tracks

Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: Introduction: "As God the Lord of Israel liveth"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:07
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: Overture - "Help, Lord" - "The deep affords no water!"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
7:02
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Lord, bow Thine ear to our pray'r!"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Dawson, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:01
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Ye people, rend your hearts" - "If with all your hearts"Felix Mendelssohn, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:23
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Yet doth the Lord see it not"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
4:11
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Elijah! Get thee hence; Elijah!"Felix Mendelssohn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
0:46
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "For He shall give His angels charge" - "Now Cherith's brook is dried up"Felix Mendelssohn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Yvonne Kenny, Anne Dawson, Jean Rigby, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Kim Begley, Thomas Allen, John Connell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:44
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "What have I to do with thee"Felix Mendelssohn, Yvonne Kenny, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
6:29
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Bless'd are they who fear the Lord"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:22
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Kim Begley, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:46
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Baal, we cry to thee"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:58
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Call him louder, for he is a God!"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:01
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Call him louder! He heareth not"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:57
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:33
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Cast thy burden upon the Lord"Felix Mendelssohn, Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Connell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:34
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "O Thou, who makest Thine angels"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:32
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Is not his word like a fire!"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:02
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!"Felix Mendelssohn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:48
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "O man of God, help thy people"Felix Mendelssohn, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Allen, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Jamie Hopkins, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
5:51
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 1: "Thanks be to God!"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:31
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Hear ye, Israel" - "Thus saith the Lord" - "I am He that comforteth"Felix Mendelssohn, Yvonne Kenny, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
5:50
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Be not affraid, saith God the Lord"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
4:08
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "The Lord hath exalted thee"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Jean Rigby, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:18
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Woe to him! He shall perish!"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:32
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Man of God, now let my words"Felix Mendelssohn, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:02
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "It is enough! O Lord, now take" - "See, now he slee- peth"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
6:04
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Lift thine eyes to the mountains"Felix Mendelssohn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:35
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "He, watching over Israel, slumbers not"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:14
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Arise, Elijah"Felix Mendelssohn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:39
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Oh rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him"Felix Mendelssohn, Jean Rigby, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:02
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "He that shall endure to the end"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:31
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Night falleth round me! O Lord"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Yvonne Kenny, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:31
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Behold, God the Lord passed by!"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
4:02
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Above Him stood the Seraphim" - "Holy, holy, holy"Felix Mendelssohn, Anne Sofie von Otter, Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby, Lynne Dawson, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:15
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Go return upon thy way"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:26
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "For the mountains shall depart"Felix Mendelssohn, Thomas Allen, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:27
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:28
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Then shall the righteous shine"Felix Mendelssohn, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
2:46
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet"Felix Mendelssohn, Yvonne Kenny, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
1:06
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "But the Lord from the north hath raised one"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:06
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "Oh come ev'ryone that thirsteth"Felix Mendelssohn, Yvonne Kenny, Jean Rigby, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, John Connell, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:25
Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A25 / Part 2: "And then shall your light break forth"Felix Mendelssohn, Academy of St Martin in the Fields Chorus, Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner
3:05

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About Felix Mendelssohn

Felix Mendelssohn, born into a wealthy banking family in Hamburg in 1809, was a prodigious talent whose influence on the Romantic period is immeasurable. A child prodigy, Mendelssohn excelled not only in music but also in painting, poetry, athletics, and linguistics. His compositions, which include symphonies, concertos, and chamber music, are renowned for their optimism and life-enhancing qualities, earning him the title of one of the 'Sunshine Composers.'

Mendelssohn's repertoire is vast and varied, with standout works including the enchanting overture and incidental music for "A Midsummer Night's Dream," the evocative "Italian" and "Scottish" Symphonies, and the beloved oratorios "St. Paul" and "Elijah." His "Songs Without Words" for solo piano are particularly celebrated, offering a glimpse into his deep emotional range. Beyond his compositions, Mendelssohn was also an accomplished artist, capturing scenes from his travels through England and Scotland in sketches.

Despite his untimely death at the age of 38 in 1847, Mendelssohn's legacy endures, celebrated for his contributions to classical music and his enduring influence on the Romantic era. His music continues to inspire and uplift, a testament to his enduring genius.