‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

1:06

No. 14a. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In the Field; No. 14b and Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer