‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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