‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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