‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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