‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Judith Raskin

Soprano

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer