‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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