‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

1:06

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Coro, Choir
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer