‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Coro, Choir
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer