‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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