‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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