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- Producer's Note
- Full Track Listing
- Cover Art
The recording presented here is of great interest, as it was one of Decca's final large-scale mono recordings before the switch in the mid-1950's to recording in stereo, even before it was possible to produce stereo LPs.
As such what you hear in this recording is mature technique, thoroughly tried, tested and understood. The difficulties which had plagued many early vinyl releases were behind them, and Decca were well into their stride; the company's full frequency range recording technology was almost a decade old, and recording tape technology had been in use for six years.
As with the final direct-to-disc shellac recordings of 1947/8, everything was pretty well optimised for excellent results, and for the restoration engineer, working from near-mint copies, this was a dream to remaster. I hope you will enjoy it as much as I have!
Andrew Rose
KRIPS Mendelssohn: Elijah (1954)
MENDELSSOHN Elijah (English version), Op. 70
1. Prologue — As God the Lord of Israel liveth (1:01)
2. Overture (3:55)
3. Help Lord! wilt thou quite destroy us- (3:22)
4. The deeps afford no water (0:54)
5. Lord bow thine ear to our pray'r (2:00)
6. Ye people, rend your hearts (0:52)
7. (2:21)
8. Yet the Lord see it not (3:48)
9. Elijah, get thee hence (0:45)
10. For He shall give his angels charge (3:21)
11. What have I to do with thee (6:17)
12. Blessed are the men who fear Him (3:14)
13. As God the Lord of Sabaoth liveth (3:54)
14. Baal, we cry to the (2:45)
15. Call him louder! for he is a god (0:58)
16. Call him louder! he hearest not (1:41)
17. Lord God of Abraham, Isaac and Isreal (3:38)
18. Cast thy burden upon the Lord (2:12)
19. O Thou, who makest thine Angels (2:39)
20. Take all the prophets of Baal (2:27)
21. Woe, woe unto them who forsake Him (3:10)
22. O man of God, help thy people (4:18)
23. Behold a little cloud (1:00)
24. Thanks be to God (3:42)
25. Hear ye, Israel! Hear what the Lord speaketh (5:16)
26. Be not afraid, saith God the Lord (4:10)
27. The Lord hath exalted thee (3:32)
28. Woe to him! he shall perish (1:38)
29. Man of God, now let my words (2:25)
30. It is enough, O lord (5:31)
31. See, now he sleepeth beneath a juniper tree (2:04)
32. He, watching over Israel, slumbers not (4:04)
33. Arise, Elijah (1:44)
34. O rest in the Lord, wait patiently for Him (3:40)
35. He shall endure to the end (2:42)
36. Night falleth around me, O Lord! (1:37)
37. Behold, God the Lord passed by (3:33)
38. Above Him stood the Seraphim (3:31)
39. Go, return upon thy way! (0:44)
40. I go on my way (0:38)
41. For the mountains shall depart (2:10)
42. The did Elijah the prophet break forth (2:27)
43. The, then shall the righteous shine (2:21)
44. Behold, God hath sent Elijah the prophet (1:20)
45. But the Lord, from the north hath raised one (6:21)
46. And then, then shall your light break (3:19)
Jacqueline Delman (Soprano)
Norma Procter (Contralto)
George Maran (Tenor)
Bruce Boyce (Baritone)
Michael Cunningham (Boy Soprano)
The London Philharmonic Choir
(Chorus-Master Frederic Jackson)
The Hampstead Parish Church Boys' Choir
(Choir-Master Martin Sidwell)
The London Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Josef Krips
Recorded 18-24 September, 1954, issued as Decca LXT 5000-2
Download ID: 256972, 256973, 435365, 435366
Duration: 2hr 9:04
