‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Coro, Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer