‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer