Elias gehört in Deutschland zu den bekanntesten Werke Mendelssohns, doch nur wenigen dürfte bekannt sein, dass er nicht auf Deutsch komponiert wurde, sondern 1845 als Beitrag zum Birmingham Triennial Music Festival entstand und erst zwei Jahre später in einer deutschen Übersetzung in Berlin aufgeführt wurde. Das auch im anglo-amerikanischen Sprachraum äußerst populäre Werk wurde vom orchestereigenen Label LSOlive in der englischen Urfassung zum Auftakt seines 25-jährigen Jubiläums ausgewählt, mit keinem geringeren als dem britischen Bariton Gerald Finley in der Titelrolle.
Trackliste
1.01: Part 1, Introduction. "As God the Lord of Israel liveth"
1.01: Elijah, Op. 70, MWV A 25
1.02: Part 1, Overture
1.03: Part 1, No. 1, Chorus. "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us?"
1.04: Part 1, No. 1, Recitative. "The depths afford no water!"
1.05: Part 1, No. 2, Duet with Chorus. "Lord, bow Thine ear to our pray'r! "
1.06: Part 1, No. 3, Recitative. "Ye people, rend your hearts, and not your garments"
1.07: Part 1, No. 4, Aria. "If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me"
1.08: Part 1, No. 5, Chorus. "Yet doth the Lord see it not"
1.09: Part 1, No. 6, Recitative. "Elijah! Get thee hence from here!"
1.10: Part 1, No. 7, Double Quartet. "For He shall give His angels to watch over thee"
1.11: Part 1, No. 8, Recitative, Aria and Duet. "What have I to do with thee"
1.12: Part 1, No. 9, Chorus. "Blessed are the men who fear Him"
1.13: Part 1, No. 10, Recitative with Chorus. "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth"
1.14: Part 1, No. 11, Chorus. "Baal, we cry to thee"
1.15: Part 1, No. 12, Recitative and Chorus. "Call him louder! For he is a God"
1.16: Part 1, No. 13, Recitative and Chorus. "Call him louder! He heareth not"
1.17: Part 1, No. 14, Aria. "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel"
1.18: Part 1, No. 15, Quartet. "Cast thy burden upon the Lord"
1.19: Part 1, No. 16, Recitative and Chorus. "O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits"
1.20: Part 1, No. 17, Aria. "Is not His word like a fire"
1.21: Part 1, No. 18, Arioso. "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!"
1.22: Part 1, No. 19, Recitative and Chorus. "O man of God, help Thy people! "
1.23: Part 1, No. 20, Chorus. "Thanks be to God"
2.01: Part 2, No. 21, Aria, Recitative and Aria. "Hear ye, Israel!" - "Thus saith the Lord" - "I am He th
2.02: Part 2, No. 22, Chorus. "Be not afraid, saith God the Lord"
2.03: Part 2, No. 23, Recitative and Chorus. "The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people"
2.04: Part 2, No. 24, Chorus. "Woe to him! He shall perish"
2.05: Part 2, No. 25, Recitative. "Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight!"
2.06: Part 2, No. 26, Aria. "It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life"
2.07: Part 2, No. 27, Recitative. "See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree in the desert!"
2.08: Part 2, No. 28, Trio. "Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains"
2.09: Part 2, No. 29, Chorus. "He, watching over Israel, slumbers not, nor sleeps"
2.10: Part 2, No. 30, Recitative. "Arise, Elijah"
2.11: Part 2, No. 31, Aria. "O rest in the Lord, and wait for Him"
2.12: Part 2, No. 32, Chorus. "He that shall endure to the end"
2.13: Part 2, No. 33, Recitative. "Night falleth round me, O Lord!"
2.14: Part 2, No. 34, Chorus. "Behold, God the Lord"
2.15: Part 2, No. 35, Recitative and Quartet with Chorus. "Above Him stood the Seraphim" - "Holy, holy, h
2.16: Part 2, No. 36, Chorus and Recitative. "Go, return upon thy way"
2.17: Part 2, No. 37, Arioso. "For the mountains shall depart"
2.18: Part 2, No. 38, Chorus. "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire"
2.19: Part 2, No. 39, Aria. "Then shall the righteous shine"
2.20: Part 2, No. 40, Recitative. "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet"
2.21: Part 2, No. 41, Chorus. "But the Lord hath awakened one this night"
2.22: Part 2, No. 41, Quartet. "O come ev'ry one that thirsteth"
2.23: Part 2, No. 42, Final Chorus. "And then shall your light break forth"
