Elijah
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Disc1
| 1 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Introduction "As God the Lord of Israel liveth" (Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:05 |
| 2 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I. Overture | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:22 |
| 3 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 1 Chorus "Help, Lord! Wilt Thou quite destroy us" (the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:50 |
| 4 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 2 Duet with chorus "Lord, bow Thine ear to our prayer" (the people, two women) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:52 |
| 5 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 3 Recitative "Ye people, rend your hearts and not your garments" (Obadiah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 0:50 |
| 6 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 4 Aria "If with all your hearts ye truly seek Me..." (Obadiah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:25 |
| 7 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 5 Chorus "Yet doth the Lord see it not" (the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 4:00 |
| 8 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 6 Recitative "Elijah! Get thee hence, Elijah!" (an Angel) | Felix Mendelssohn | 0:50 |
| 9 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 7 Double quartet "For He shall give His Angels charge over thee" (Angels) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:43 |
| 10 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 8 Aria - Duet "What have I to do with thee, o man of God?" (the widow, Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 6:34 |
| 11 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 9 Chorus "Blessed are the men who fear Him" | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:21 |
| 12 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 10 Recitative - Chorus "As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (Elijah, Ahab, the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 4:36 |
| 13 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 11 Chorus "Baal, we cry to thee (prophets of Baal) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:07 |
| 14 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 12 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder, for he is a god!" (Elijah, prophets of Baal) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:09 |
| 15 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 13 Recitative - Chorus "Call him louder! He heareth not" (Elijah, prophets of Baal) | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:24 |
| 16 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 14 Aria "Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Israel" (Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:04 |
| 17 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 15 Quartet "Cast thy burden upon the Lord" (Angels) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:40 |
| 18 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 16 Recitative - Chorus "O Thou, who makest Thine angels spirits" (Elijah, the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:01 |
| 19 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 17 Aria "Is not His word like a fire" (Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:59 |
| 20 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 18 Arioso "Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him!" (contralto I) | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:44 |
| 21 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 19 Recitative and Chorus "O man of God, help thy people!" (Obadiah, Elijah, the boy, the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 5:48 |
| 22 | Elijah, op. 70: Part I, no. 20 Chorus "Thanks be to God! He laveth the thirsty land" (the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:42 |
Disc2
| 1 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 21 Aria "Hear ye, Israel" (soprano I) | Felix Mendelssohn | 5:24 |
| 2 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 22 Chorus "'Be Not afraid', saith God the Lord" | Felix Mendelssohn | 4:11 |
| 3 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 23 Recitative - Chorus "The Lord hath exalted thee from among the people" (Elijah, The Queen, the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:26 |
| 4 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 24 Chorus "Woe to him! He shall perish" (the people) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:39 |
| 5 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 25 Recitative "Man of God, now let my words be precious in thy sight" | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:20 |
| 6 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 26 Aria "It is enough! O Lord, now take away my life" (Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 5:28 |
| 7 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 27 Recitative "See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree" (tenor I) | Felix Mendelssohn | 0:53 |
| 8 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 28 Trio "Lift thine eyes to the mountains" (Angels) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:51 |
| 9 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 29 Chorus "He, watching over Israel" | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:21 |
| 10 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 30 Recitative "Arise, Elijah, for thou hast a long journey before thee" | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:57 |
| 11 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 31 Aria "Oh rest in the Lord" (an Angel) | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:53 |
| 12 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 32 Chorus "He that shall endure to the end, shall be saved" | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:16 |
| 13 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 33 Recitative "Night falleth round me, o Lord!" (Elijah, an Angel) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:48 |
| 14 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 34 Chorus "Behold, God the Lord passed by!" | Felix Mendelssohn | 4:50 |
| 15 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 35 Recitative - Chorus "Above Him stood the Seraphim...Holy is God the Lord Sabaoth" (contralto I, Seraphim) | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:17 |
| 16 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 36 Chorus - Recitative "Go, return upon thy way!" (Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:22 |
| 17 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 37 Arioso "For the mountains shall depart" (Elijah) | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:52 |
| 18 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 38 Chorus "Then did Elijah the prophet break forth like a fire" | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:29 |
| 19 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 39 Aria "Then shall the righteous shine forth" (tenor I) | Felix Mendelssohn | 2:25 |
| 20 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 40 Recitative "Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet" (soprano I) | Felix Mendelssohn | 1:10 |
| 21 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 41 Chorus - Quartet "But the Lord from the north hath raised one...Oh come everyone that thirsteth" | Felix Mendelssohn | 6:31 |
| 22 | Elijah, op. 70: Part II, no. 42 Chorus "And then shall your light break forth" | Felix Mendelssohn | 3:22 |