‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

Florence Kopleff, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale

3:40

No. 4. Chorus: And the Glory of the Lord

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Richard Lewis

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis

1:40

No. 6. Air: But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?

Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Chorale, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Orchestra

2:27

No. 8. Recitative: Behold, a Virgin Shall Conceive

Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis

0:28

No. 9. Air: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion

Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw

5:39

No. 10. Recitative: For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Robert Conant, Richard Lewis

2:29

No. 11. Air: The People That Walked In Darkness

Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra

4:56

No. 12. Chorus: For Unto Us a Child Is Born

Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale

1:06

No. 14a. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In the Field; No. 14b and Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them

Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis

0:38

No. 15. Recitative: And the Angel Said Unto Them

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff

0:49

No. 16. Recitative: And Suddenly There Was With the Angel

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff

1:48

No. 18. Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion

Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

4:38

No. 19. Recitative: Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind

Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw

0:28

No. 20. Air: He Shall Feed His Flock; Air: Come Unto Him

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

5:26

No. 21. Chorus: His Yoke Is Easy, and His Burthen Is Light

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

12:21

No. 24. Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

2:22

No. 25. Chorus: And With His Stripes We Are Healed

Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

1:47

No. 26. Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astry

Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

4:19

No. 27. Recitative: All They That See Him Laugh Him to Scorn

Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis

1:57

No. 29. Recitative: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra

2:19

No. 30. Air: Behold, and See If There Be Any Sorrow

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis

2:04

No. 31. Recitative: He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living

Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff

0:29

No. 32. Air: But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul In Hell

Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis

2:40

No. 33. Chorus: Lift Up Your Head, O Ye Gates

Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra

2:49

No. 34. Recitative: Unto Which of the Angels Said He At Any Time

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Robert Shaw Chorale, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw

0:23

No. 35. Chorus: Let All the Angels of God Worship Him

Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Florence Kopleff

1:23

No. 36. Air: Thou Art Gone Up On High

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis, Robert Conant

1:24

No. 40. Air: Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage Together?

Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

1:29

No. 41. Chorus: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder

Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

Robert Shaw Chorale, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw, Robert Conant, Richard Lewis, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

3:22

No. 45. Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Richard Lewis

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

2:04

No. 47. Recitative: Behold, I Tell You a Mystery

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

Richard Lewis, Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Robert Shaw, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra

8:53

No. 49. Recitative: Then Shall Be Brought to Pass

Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

0:19

No. 50. Duet: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?

Robert Conant, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis

5:21

No. 53. Chorus: Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain

Robert Conant, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Florence Kopleff, Thomas Paul, Judith Raskin, Robert Arnold, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Richard Lewis

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer