‎Mendelssohn: Elijah, 1846 by Paul McCreesh — Apple Music Classical

Introduction: As God the Lord of Israel Liveth

Paul McCreesh, Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players

1:05

Overture

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:35

Chorus: Help, Lord!

Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

5:00

Duet With Chorus: Lord, Bow Thine Ear to Our Prayer!

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, North East Youth Chorale, Dame Sarah Connolly, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Rosemary Joshua, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir

2:14

Recitative: Ye People, Rend Your Hearts

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robert Murray, Paul McCreesh

0:54

Aria: If With All Your Hearts

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Robert Murray

2:33

Chorus: Yet Doth the Lord See It Not

Paul McCreesh, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players

4:14

Recitative: Elijah! Get Thee Hence, Elijah

Dame Sarah Connolly, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

0:57

Double Quartet: For He Shall Give His Angels

Susan Gilmour Bailey, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Emily Rowley Jones, Robert Davies, Richard Rowntree, Ruth Gibbins, Samuel Boden, Lucy Ballard, William Gaunt

2:36

Recitative: Now Cherith's Brook Is Dried Up

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Dame Sarah Connolly

1:17

Duet: What Have I to Do With Thee

Rosemary Joshua, Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

6:08

Chorus: Blessed Are the Men Who Fear Him

Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, North East Youth Chorale, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Paul McCreesh, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:51

Recitative & Chorus: As God the Lord of Saboath liveth

Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Robert Murray, Paul McCreesh, Simon Keenlyside, North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir

4:18

Chorus: Baal, We Cry to Thee

Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, North East Youth Chorale, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir

3:34

Recitative & Chorus: Call Him Louder, for He Is a God!

Paul McCreesh, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Gabrieli Consort & Players, North East Youth Chorale, Simon Keenlyside, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir

1:07

Recitative & Chorus: Call Him Louder! He Heareth Not

Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Paul McCreesh, North East Youth Chorale

2:23

Aria: Lord God of Abraham

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Simon Keenlyside

3:05

Quartet: Cast Thy Burden Upon the Lord

Richard Rowntree, Paul McCreesh, Ruth Gibbins, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Emily Rowley Jones, William Gaunt

2:05

Recitative & Chorus: O Thou, Who Makest

Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, William Whitehead, North East Youth Chorale, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Simon Keenlyside, Paul McCreesh

3:04

Aria: Is Not His Word Like a Fire

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Simon Keenlyside

2:04

Aria: Woe Unto Them That Forsake Him!

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Dame Sarah Connolly

2:38

Recitative & Chorus: O Man of God, Help Thy People!

Jonty Ward, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh, Simon Keenlyside, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, North East Youth Chorale, Robert Murray

5:33

Chorus: Thanks Be to God!

North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Paul McCreesh, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir

4:04

Aria: Hear Ye, Israel

Rosemary Joshua, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

5:23

Chorus: Be Not Afraid, Saith God the Lord

North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir

4:09

Recitative & Chorus: The Lord Hath Exalted Thee

Dame Sarah Connolly, Simon Keenlyside, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:33

Chorus: Woe to Him, He Shall Perish

Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

1:40

Recitative: Man of God

Robert Murray, Paul McCreesh, Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2:19

Aria: It Is Enough!

Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

5:09

Recitative: See, Now He Sleepeth

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Robert Murray, Paul McCreesh

0:47

Trio: Lift Thine Eyes to the Mountains

Ruth Gibbins, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Emily Rowley Jones, Paul McCreesh, Lucy Ballard

1:48

Chorus: He, Watching Over Israel

Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, North East Youth Chorale, Gabrieli Consort & Players

3:21

Recitative: Arise, Elijah

Dame Sarah Connolly, Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

2:15

Aria: Oh Rest in the Lord

Dame Sarah Connolly, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

3:18

Chorus: He That Shall Endure to the End

Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, North East Youth Chorale, Paul McCreesh

2:25

Recitative: Night Falleth Round Me, O Lord!

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Simon Keenlyside, Rosemary Joshua

1:44

Chorus: Behold, God the Lord Passed By

Paul McCreesh, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, North East Youth Chorale, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir

3:41

Recitative: Above Him Stood the Seraphim

Gabrieli Consort & Players, Dame Sarah Connolly, Paul McCreesh

0:26

Quartet & Chorus: Holy, Holy, Holy Is God the Lord

Emily Rowley Jones, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, Paul McCreesh, North East Youth Chorale, Ruth Gibbins, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Samuel Boden, Lucy Ballard

3:27

Chorus & Recitative: Go, Return Upon Thy Way!

Simon Keenlyside, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh, North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir

1:25

Aria: For the Mountains Shall Depart

Simon Keenlyside, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh

2:42

Chorus: Then Did Elijah the Prophet Break Forth

William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, North East Youth Chorale

2:57

Aria: Then Shall the Righteous Shine Forth

Robert Murray, Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players

2:37

Recitative: Behold, God Hath Sent Elijah

Paul McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Rosemary Joshua

1:12

Chorus: But the Lord, from the North

Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, North East Youth Chorale, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir, Paul McCreesh

3:41

Quartet: O Come Everyone That Thirsteth

Simon Keenlyside, Rosemary Joshua, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Dame Sarah Connolly, Paul McCreesh, Robert Murray

3:36

Chorus: The Shall Your Light Shine Forth

North East Youth Chorale, Taplow Youth Choir, Chetham's Chamber Choir, Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, William Whitehead, Gabrieli Consort & Players, Paul McCreesh, Wroclaw Philharmonic Choir

3:38

Nicholas Parker

Producer
Nicholas Parker

Editing Engineer
Paul McCreesh

Editing Engineer
R. Larry Todd

Editing Engineer
Chris Roberts

Engineer
Neil Hutchinson

Balance Engineer, Editing Engineer
John Forsythe

Liner Notes
Paul McCreesh

Liner Notes
Emily Riddle

Liner Notes
Agnieszka Frankow-Zelazny

Liner Notes
William Whitehead

Liner Notes
Benjamin Ealovega

Photography
Derek Acock

Liner Notes