‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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