‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

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 Chorale, Robert Conant, Robert Shaw, Florence Kopleff, Richard Lewis

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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