Antonio Pappano – Mendelssohn: Elijah (2024)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/192 kHz | Time – 02:00:32 minutes | 4,01 GB | Genre: Classical
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Often considered to be one of the greatest oratorios, Mendelssohn’s Elijah was first performed in Birmingham Town Hall in August 1846 and has remained a cornerstone of the choral repertoire ever since. In January this year, the London Symphony Orchestra and their new Chief Conductor, Antonio Pappano, performed the work with an impressive line-up of soloists including Gerald Finley, Sarah Connolly, Allan Clayton, and Masabane Cecilia Rangwanasha.
In anticipation of the release of their recording of this mighty work on LSO Live tomorrow, I spoke to Maestro Pappano about how his experience as an opera conductor helped him to bring out the narrative thrust of the piece, the central role that the chorus plays in maintaining the dramatic momentum over such an extended musical span, how his interpretation changed when conducting it in English rather than in German, and the ways in which Mendelssohn’s debt to JS Bach manifests itself throughout the work.
Tracklist:
1-1. Antonio Pappano – Introduction. As God the Lord of Israel liveth (01:04)
1-2. Antonio Pappano – Overture (03:30)
1-3. Antonio Pappano – No. 1, Chorus. Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us? (02:59)
1-4. Antonio Pappano – No. 1, Recitative. The depths afford no water! (00:41)
1-5. Antonio Pappano – No. 2, Duet with Chorus. Lord, bow Thine ear to our pray’r! (01:57)
1-6. Antonio Pappano – No. 3, Recitative. Ye people, rend your hearts, and not your garments (00:43)
1-7. Antonio Pappano – No. 4, Aria. If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me (01:59)
1-8. Antonio Pappano – No. 5, Chorus. Yet doth the Lord see it not (03:40)
1-9. Antonio Pappano – No. 6, Recitative. Elijah! Get thee hence from here! (00:41)
1-10. Antonio Pappano – No. 7, Double Quartet. For He shall give His angels to watch over thee (03:48)
1-11. Antonio Pappano – No. 8, Recitative, Aria and Duet. What have I to do with thee (06:05)
1-12. Antonio Pappano – No. 9, Chorus. Blessed are the men who fear Him (03:21)
1-13. Antonio Pappano – No. 10, Recitative with Chorus. As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (03:42)
1-14. Antonio Pappano – No. 11, Chorus. Baal, we cry to thee (02:50)
1-15. Antonio Pappano – No. 12, Recitative and Chorus. Call him louder! For he is a God (00:59)
1-16. Antonio Pappano – No. 13, Recitative and Chorus. Call him louder! He heareth not (02:07)
1-17. Antonio Pappano – No. 14, Aria. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel (03:00)
1-18. Antonio Pappano – No. 15, Quartet. Cast thy burden upon the Lord (01:27)
1-19. Antonio Pappano – No. 16, Recitative and Chorus. O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits (02:39)
1-20. Antonio Pappano – No. 17, Aria. Is not His word like a fire (02:00)
1-21. Antonio Pappano – No. 18, Arioso. Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him! (02:32)
1-22. Antonio Pappano – No. 19, Recitative and Chorus. O man of God, help Thy people! (05:01)
1-23. Antonio Pappano – No. 20, Chorus. Thanks be to God (03:40)
2-24. Antonio Pappano – No. 21, Aria, Recitative and Aria. Hear ye, Israel! – Thus saith the Lord – I am He that comforteth (05:45)
2-25. Antonio Pappano – No. 22, Chorus. Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (03:54)
2-26. Antonio Pappano – No. 23, Recitative and Chorus. The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people (03:18)
2-27. Antonio Pappano – No. 24, Chorus. Woe to him! He shall perish (01:43)
2-28. Antonio Pappano – No. 25, Recitative. Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight! (02:04)
2-29. Antonio Pappano – No. 26, Aria. It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life (04:49)
2-30. Antonio Pappano – No. 27, Recitative. See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree in the desert (00:38)
2-31. Antonio Pappano – No. 28, Trio. Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains (01:24)
2-32. Antonio Pappano – No. 29, Chorus. He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps (02:57)
2-33. Antonio Pappano – No. 30, Recitative. Arise, Elijah (01:39)
2-34. Antonio Pappano – No. 31, Aria. O rest in the Lord, and wait for Him (02:45)
2-35. Antonio Pappano – No. 32, Chorus. He that shall endure to the end (02:09)
2-36. Antonio Pappano – No. 33, Recitative. Night falleth round me, O Lord! (01:41)
2-37. Antonio Pappano – No. 34, Chorus. Behold, God the Lord (04:00)
2-38. Antonio Pappano – No. 35, Recitative and Quartet with Chorus. Above Him stood the Seraphim – Holy, holy, holy is God the Lord (02:23)
2-39. Antonio Pappano – No. 36, Chorus and Recitative. Go, return upon thy way (01:20)
2-40. Antonio Pappano – No. 37, Arioso. For the mountains shall depart (02:10)
2-41. Antonio Pappano – No. 38, Chorus. Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire (02:23)
2-42. Antonio Pappano – No. 39, Aria. Then shall the righteous shine (02:11)
2-43. Antonio Pappano – No. 40, Recitative. Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet (01:08)
2-44. Antonio Pappano – No. 41, Chorus. But the Lord hath awakened one this night (03:00)
2-45. Antonio Pappano – No. 41, Quartet. O come ev’ry one that thirsteth (03:21)
2-46. Antonio Pappano – No. 42, Final Chorus. And then shall your light break forth (03:03)
