‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Chorale — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

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