‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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