‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer