‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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