‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw - Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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