‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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