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Mendelssohn: Elijah | 
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| Creators: Dietrich Fischer-dieskau, Felix Mendelssohn, Rafael Fruehbeck De Burgos, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Gwyneth Jones, Simon Woolf, Nicolai Gedda
Label: EMI Classics
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 4406
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 86257
UPC: 724358625721
EAN: 0724358625721
ASIN: B0002XV31A
Release Date: February 15, 2005
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| Tracks:
Disc 1
| • | Part 1. Introduction. As God the Lord of Israel liveth | | • | Part 1. Overture | | • | Part 1. No. 1. Help, Lord! Willt thou quite destroy us? | | • | Part 1. No. 2. Lord! Bow Thine ear to our prayer! | | • | Part 1. No. 3. Ye people, rend your hearts | | • | Part 1. No. 4. If with all your hearts | | • | Part 1. No. 5. Yet doth the Lord see it not | | • | Part 1. No. 6. Elijah! Get thee hence | | • | Part 1. No. 7. For He shall give His angels charge over thee | | • | Part 1. Recitative. Now Cherith's brook is dried up | | • | Part 1. No. 8. What have I to do with thee? | | • | Part 1. No. 9. Blessed are the men who fear Him | | • | Part 1. No. 10. As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth | | • | Part 1. No. 11. Baal, we cry to thee; hear and answer us! | | • | Part 1. No. 12. Call him louder, for he is a god! | | • | Part 1. No. 13. Call him louder! He heareth not! | | • | Part 1. No. 14. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel! | | • | Part 1. No. 15. Cast thy burden upon the Lord | | • | Part 1. No. 16. O Thou, who makest Thine angels Spirits | | • | Part 1. No. 17. Is not his word like a fire? | | • | Part 1. No. 18. Woe unto them who forsake Him! | | • | Part 1. No. 19. O man of God, help thy people! | | • | Part 1. No. 20. Thanks be to God! |
Disc 2
| • | Part 2. No. 21. Hear ye, Israel; hear what the Lord speaketh | | • | Part 2. No. 22. Be not afraid, saith God the Lord | | • | Part 2. No. 23. The Lord hath exalted thee | | • | Part 2. No. 24. Woe to him, he shall perish | | • | Part 2. No. 25. Man of god, now let my words be precious | | • | Part 2. No. 26. It is enough; O Lord now take my life | | • | Part 2. No. 27. See, now he sleepeth | | • | Part 2. No. 28. Lift thine eyes to the mountains | | • | Part 2. No. 29. He, watching over Israel, slumbers not | | • | Part 2. No. 30. Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey | | • | Part 2. No. 31. O rest in the Lord | | • | Part 2. No. 32. He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved | | • | Part 2. No. 33. Night falleth round me, O Lord! | | • | Part 2. No. 34. Behold! God the Lord passed by! | | • | Part 2. No. 35. Above him stood the Seraphim | | • | Part 2. No. 37. For the mountains shall depart | | • | Part 2. No. 38. Then did Elijah the prophet break forth | | • | Part 2. No. 39. Then shall the righteous shine forth | | • | Part 2. No. 40. Behold, God hath sent Elijah | | • | Part 2. No. 41. But the Lord, from the north hath raised one | | • | Part 2. No. 41a. O come everyone that thirsteth | | • | Part 2. No. 42. And then shall your light break forth |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 Classic September 7, 2008
W. H. Erwin (Stewartstown, PA)
I was so pleased to come across the CD release of this old recording. I have a CD of a cassette tape of a reel-to-reel tape from the 60s and it's my standard. This recording finds all of these magnificent singers at their best, and Mme. Jones is here sans wobble which accompanies her later in her career. My only regret is M. Fischer-Dieskau. His singing is lovely as ever, if a bit too lovely for the music, but one misses a real bass (or bass/baritone) in this role. The chorus and conducting are fine. What I love about this recording is the straight-forward playing and singing which this chestnut needs. A more recent Elijah with Bryn Terfel and Renee Fleming is unfortunately marred by someone's idea of "drama" (I guess the conductor, Paul Daniel). On this terrible version, the chorus yells and "emotes" and goes way over the top, as do the soloists. Elijah is not grand opera, Mr. Daniels. In any case, if you want a standard, most excellent version of Elijah, I highly recommend this recording.
 Elijah, May 10, 2008
L. Bourgeois (Montreal, Canada)
Cette version d'Elijah, malgre son age, est vraiment extraordinaire. Fisher-Dieskau en est surement pour quelque chose...
Elijah-CD December 7, 2007
Victoria Wefer
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
The CD Box Set arrived in perfect condition and securely wrapped. I am extremely appreciative for finding such a great deal on a stellar product.
Still the Best (in most ways) August 25, 2007
B. Tupper (Ramona, CA United States)
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I sang the Elijah in college more than five decades ago and can still sing along all the choruses from memory. During the time since I have listened to every major recorded release. When I first wrote this review several months ago, I was comparing my vinyl set, purchased when it was first released in the 1960's, with the recent Terfel/Daniel CD release. Since then I lost my vinyls in a fire and replaced it with the CD release shown here. With the ability to make quick A/B comparisons on the same sound system, I have reached some different evaluations.
I still think this recording is the most musically satisfying--except for the lead part of Elijah. The recent London release with Bryn Terfel is a close second overall, but Terfel is far superior to Fischer-Diskau as Elijah. In general outline, the Fruebeck de Burgos version is more musical, the Daniel version is more dramatic. Fruebeck de Burgos is a musician's musician, exploring and defining the inner details of the score with great care where Daniel shows more interest in the dramatic force of the whole. The diction in this version is excellent. The words can be understood plainly in most of the sections, even the heavy choral parts. In the Daniel version one has to already know the music, or have a text at hand, in order to know what is going on. (Fortunately, the complete text is provided with the Daniel version.) Renee Fleming and Gwyneth Jones are a tossup. Nicolai Gedda is wonderful here, far more satisfying than either of the tenors in the Terfel/Daniel performance. I think there has never been a better performance of the aria, "If with all your hearts..." I have always loved Janet Baker's work, and I think she was at her best in this performance. The contraltos in the Daniel performance are adequate, but not great. The big difference, the one that really tips the scale, is the comparison between Terfel and Fischer-Diskau. After listening to Terfel's convincing dramatic vigor, the polite presentation by Fischer-Diskau fell flat in my ears. Particularly his German accent really bothered me, as did his too-precise diction, spitting the words out with great care. Beyond the disappointing Fischer-Diskau presentation, every nuance of this recording is resoundingly wonderful, and with this excellent transfer to the CD medium, this release should continue to outshine all others in total performance.
The Elijah is not an easy piece to conduct. Compared to the Messiah, for example, which almost sings itself after you decide on the tempi and on the type and degree of ornamentation, the Elijah demands that the conductor remain in absolute control at all times, else the music can easily run away with itself. The choruses are complex and easily become mushy if not carefully managed. Fruehbeck de Burgos is in total command at all times--with a superb sense of musical phrasing and balance in every detail.
The use of a boy's choir is a delightful contrast to the surrounding heavy choir parts. The diction is precise without feeling affected (other than Fischer-Diskau's, which is badly overdone in many places). The intonations are perfect in all parts.
I would recommend every serious lover of this music to have both this recording and the newer one by Paul Daniel with Bryn Terfel, and to go back and forth between them for their respective strengths.
my opinion August 1, 2007
Julia Wilson
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This recording was reccomended somewhere as being even better than the newer version with Bryn Terfel and Renee Fleming - it really is tops, I think. Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau is as lyrical as ever. And the other soloists are also breathtaking.
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