‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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