‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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