‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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