‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Coro, Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer