‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer