‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

1:06

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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