‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Richard Lewis

Tenor
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer