‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

Robert Shaw Orchestra, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Chorale, Thomas Paul, 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

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer