‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer