‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

1:06

No. 14a. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In the Field; No. 14b and Lo, the Angel of the Lord Came Upon Them

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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