‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

1:06

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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