‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer