‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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