‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer