‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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