‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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