| Ein Oratorium nach Worten des Alten Testaments | | CV 83.215/00 | | | | Elijah is regarded as a milestone in Mendelssohn’s compositional output and as a high point in the oratorio literature of the 19th century. Elijah, Mendelssohn’s second great oratorio, was composed just a year before his premature death. This excitingly dramatic work also expresses a fervent belief in God, a belief which in the 19th century was no longer self-evident. Mendelssohn transposed the visible world of the Old Testament into numerous musical expressive possibilities in which Old Testament texts, including psalm texts and commentaries from the words of the Prophets, were shaped into biblical dramas. With Elijah Frieder Bernius continues the prizewinning CD series of Mendelssohn’s complete sacred works. | | | | | | | | Catalogue number: op. 70 | | Year of release: 1844 -1846 | | Scoring: Soli SATB, Coro SATB, 2 Fl, 2 Ob, 2 Clt, 2 Fg, 4 Cor, 2 Tr, 3 Trb, Oficleide, Timp, 2 Vl, Va, Vc, Cb, Org | | Language: German/English | | | | Duration: 130 min | | Degree of difficulty: 4 | | Biblical reference: 1. Kön 17-2. Kön 2 | | | | Conductor: | Frieder Bernius | | Ensemble: | Klassische Philharmonie Stuttgart | | Ensemble: | Kammerchor StuttgartCD 1: 3, 4, 7, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18, 21, 22,
CD 2: 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 21, 22, 23 | | Soloist - soprano: | Letizia ScherrerCD 1: 4, 8, 10,
CD 2: 1, 11, 20 |
| Sarah WegenerCD 1: 21,
CD 2: 10, 13 | | Soloist - alto: | Renée MorlocCD 1: 4, 20,
CD 2: 3, 15 | | Soloist - tenor: | Werner GüraCD 1: 5, 6, 12, 21,
CD 2: 5, 7, 19 | | Soloist - bass: | Michael VolleCD 1: 1, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21,
CD 2: 3, 5, 6, 10, 13, 17 | | Carus series: CD series "Mendelssohn church music" | | genres: Oratorios | | occasions: Praise and thanks |
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