‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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