‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

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