‎Handel: Messiah by Robert Shaw Orchestra — Apple Music Classical

No. 1. Sinfonia (Overture)

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

3:56

No. 2. Recitative: Comfort Ye My People

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

3:31

No. 3. Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted

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

3:40

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

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

2:49

No. 5. Recitative: Thus Saith the Lord

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

1:40

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

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

4:50

No. 7. Chorus: And He Shall Purify

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

2:27

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:39

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

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

2:29

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

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

4:56

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

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

3:51

No. 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)

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

0:38

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

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

0:49

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

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

0:18

No. 17. Chorus: Glory to God

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

1:48

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

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

4:38

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

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

0:28

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

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

5:26

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

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

2:11

No. 22. Chorus: Behold the Lamb of God

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

4:02

No. 23. Air: He Was Despised

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

12:21

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

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

2:22

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

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

1:47

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

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

4:19

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

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

0:48

No. 28. Chorus: He Trusted In God

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

1:57

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

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

2:19

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

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

2:04

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

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

0:29

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

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

2:40

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

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

2:49

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

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

0:23

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

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

1:23

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

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

3:15

No. 37. Chorus: The Lord Gave the Word

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

1:06

No. 38. Air: How Beautiful Are the Feet

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

2:38

No. 39. Chorus: Their Sound Is Gone Out

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

1:24

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

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

1:29

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

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

1:51

No. 42. Recitative: He That Dwelleth In Heaven

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

0:18

No. 43. Air: Thou Shalt Break Them

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

2:12

No. 44. Chorus: Hallelujah

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

3:22

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

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

6:54

No. 46. Chorus: Since By Man Came Death

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

2:04

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

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

0:39

No. 48. Air: The Trumpet Shall Sound

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

8:53

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

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

0:19

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

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

1:06

No. 51. Chorus: But Thanks Be to God

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

2:16

No. 52. Air: If God Be for Us

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

5:21

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

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

6:04

George Frideric Handel

Composer
Johann Sebastian Bach

Composer
Robert Shaw

Conductor
Robert Shaw Chorale

Choir
Richard Lewis

Tenor

Jon M. Samuels

Reissue Producer
Peter Dellheim

Producer
Bernard Keville

Recording Engineer