‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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