‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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