‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer