‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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