‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Coro, Choir
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer