‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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