Album 1997 on Decca label
Classical (Romantic)
Recorded at Caird Hall, Dundee, 27 August - 2 September 1996 This recording was monitored on B & W Loudspeakers
Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy p, 1809-1847 DE album by | |
Bryn Terfel voc, *1965 GB vocals, bass-baritone, album by | |
Renée Fleming voc, *1959 US soprano vocals, album by | |
Patricia Bardon , IE contralto vocals, album by | |
John Mark Ainsley voc, *1963 GB tenor vocals, album by | |
Edinburgh Festival Chorus , GB choir, album by | |
Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment , orchestra, album by | |
Paul Daniel hps, *1958 GB conductor, album by | |
Geoffrey Moses b, bass vocals | |
Neal Davies voc, b, GB bass vocals | |
Sara Fulgoni , *1970 GB contralto vocals | |
John Dunkerley , engineer, balance | |
Graham Meek , engineer, location | |
Stephen Doughty organ | |
Libby Crabtree voc, soprano vocals | |
John Bowen perc, voc, tenor vocals | |
William Bartholomew , 1793-1867 GB translated by | |
Matthew Munro vocals | |
David Watkin vc, *1965 cello |
Lucy Gowans art direction, photography |
David Jones chorus master |
Marita Fullgraf liner notes |
Nicholas Temperley liner notes |
Philippe Daniel liner notes |
Sergio Mora liner notes |
Edmund Ross photography |
Hanya Chlala photography |
John Stoddart photography, cover |
Chris Hazell producer |
Sally Drew recording supervisor, editor |
No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
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1 | Elijah. Oratorio, Op. 70: Part I | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 65:05 | |
2 | Introduction (Elijah): As God The Lord Of Israel Liveth | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:03 | |
3 | Overture | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:22 | |
4 | No. 1. Chorus (The People): Help, Lord! Wilt Thou Quite Destroy Us? | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:50 | |
5 | No. 2. Duet With Chorus (The People, Two Women): Lord, Bow Thine Eat To Our Prayer! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:52 | |
6 | No. 3. Recitative (Obadiah): Ye People, Rend Your Hearts And Not Your Garments | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 0:51 | |
7 | No. 4. Aria (Obadiah): 'If With All Your Hearts Ye Truly Seek Me...' | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:23 | |
8 | No. 5. Chorus (The People): | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:58 | |
9 | No. 6. Recitative (An Angel): Elijah! Get Thee Hence, Elijah! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 0:50 | |
10 | No. 7. Double Quartet (Angels): For He Shall Give His Angels Charge Over Thee | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:42 | |
11 | No. 8. Aria —Duet (The Widow, Elijah): What Have I To Do With Thee, O Man Of God? | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 6:34 | |
12 | No. 9. Chorus: Blessed Are The Men Who Fear Him | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:20 | |
13 | No. 10. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, Ahab, The People): As God The Lord Of Sabaoth Liveth | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 4:34 | |
14 | No. 11. Chorus (Prophets Of Baal): Baal, We Cry To Thee | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:07 | |
15 | No. 12. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, Prophets Of Baal): Call Him Louder, For He Is A God! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:09 | |
16 | No. 13. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, Prophets Of Baal): Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:25 | |
17 | No. 14. Aria (Elijah): Lord God Of Abraham, Isaac And Israel | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:02 | |
18 | No. 15. Quartet (Angels): Cast Thy Burden Upon The Lord | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:38 | |
19 | No. 16. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, The People): O Thou, Who Makest Thine Angels Spirits | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:01 | |
20 | No. 17. Aria (Elijah): Is Not HIs Word Like A Fire | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:58 | |
21 | No. 18. Arioso (Contralto I): Woe, Woe Unto Them Who Forsake Him! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:45 | |
22 | No. 19. Recitative And Chorus (Obadiah, Elijah, The Boy, The People): O Man Of God, Help Thy People! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 5:47 | |
23 | No. 20. Chorus (The People): Thanks Be To God! He Laveth The Thirsty Land | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:34 | |
24 | Elijah. Oratorio, Op. 70: Part II | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 65:48 | |
25 | No. 21. Aria (Soprano I): Hear Ye, Israel | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 5:24 | |
26 | No. 22. Chorus: 'Be Not Afraid,' Saith God The Lord | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 4:10 | |
27 | No. 23. Recitative —Chorus (Elijah, The Queen, The People): The Lord Hath Exalted Thee From Among The People | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:25 | |
28 | No. 24. Chorus (The People): Woe To Him! He Shall Perish | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:37 | |
29 | No. 25. Recitative (Obadiah, Elijah): Man Of God, Now Let My Words Be Precious In Thy Sight | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:20 | |
30 | No. 26. Aria (Elijah): It Is Enough! O Lord, Now Take Away My Life | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 5:29 | |
31 | No. 27. Rcitative (Tenor I): See, Now He Sleepeth Beneath A Juniper Tree | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 0:51 | |
32 | No. 28. Trio (Angels): Lift Thine Eyes To The Mountains | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:49 | |
33 | No. 29. Chorus: He, Watching Over Israel | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:19 | |
34 | No. 30. Recitative (An Angel, Elijah): Arise, Elijah, For Thou Hast A Long Journey Before Thee | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:57 | |
35 | No. 31. Aria (An Angel): Oh Rest In The Lord | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:51 | |
36 | No. 32. Chorus: He That Shall Endure To The End, Shall Be Saved | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:14 | |
37 | No. 33. Recitative (Elijah, An Angel): Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:49 | |
38 | No. 34. Chorus: Behold, God The Lord Passed By! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 4:48 | |
39 | No. 35. Recitative —Chorus (Contralto I, Seraphim): Above Him Stood The Seraphim. Holy Is God The Lord Sabaoth | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:17 | |
40 | No. 36. Chorus —Recitative (Elijah): Go, Return Upon Thy Way! | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:23 | |
41 | No. 37. Arioso (Elijah): For The Mountains Shall Depart | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:49 | |
42 | No. 38. Chorus: Then Did Elijah The Prophet Break Forth Like A Fire | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:28 | |
43 | No. 39. Aria (Tenor I): The Shall The Righteous Shine Forth | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 2:24 | |
44 | No. 40. Recitative (Soprano I): Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah The Prophet | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 1:11 | |
45 | No. 41. Chorus —Quartet: But The Lord From The North Hath Raised One. Oh Come Everyone That Thirsteth | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 6:31 | |
46 | No. 42. Chorus: And Then Shall Your Light Break Forth | Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Bryn Terfel, Renée Fleming, Patricia Bardon, John Mark Ainsley, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Orchestra Of The Age Of Enlightenment, Paul Daniel | 3:12 |