‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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