‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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