‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

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 and Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Robert Shaw Chorale, Richard Lewis, Robert Shaw Orchestra

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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