‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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