‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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