‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

1:06

No. 14a. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In the Field; No. 14b and Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

Robert Shaw Chorale, Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, 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?

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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