‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra, Robert Conant, Thomas Paul, Robert Shaw, 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

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

0:29

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

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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