Joshua, Rosemary > McCreesh, Paul

Mendelssohn: Elijah / Rosemary Joshua, Sarah Connolly, Robert Murray, Simon Keenlyside. Paul McCreesh

2 CD / Signum UK / 2012-09-06

Works: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah, Op. 70
Performers: Ballard, Lucy; Boden, Samuel; Connolly, Sarah [Mezzo-Soprano (Vocal)]; Davies, Robert [Bass-Baritone Vocal]; Gaunt, William; Gibbins, Ruth; Gilmour, Susan; Jones, Emily Rowley [Soprano Vocal]; Joshua...
Conductors: McCreesh, Paul
Ensemble: Wrocaw Philharmonic Choir

At the time of its first performances in 1846, Elijah was hailed as one of the great oratorios alongside Handel's Messiah. It tells the story...continue...