‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Coro, Choir
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer