‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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