Robert Shaw Discography

Year Title Composer Conductor Performing Org. Soloists Record Numbers Miscellaneous Info1944 Carmen Jones Georges Bizet /

Oscar Hammerstein IIorch. Robert Russell Bennett

Joseph Littau Original Broadway cast & orchestraChoral preparation by Shaw

Muriel Smith (soprano), Luther Saxon, Carlotta Franzell, Jessica Russell

78 rpm: Decca DA-366, DA-29133-2913833⅓ rpm: Decca Dl-79021 (1955)

"Billy Rose's production"

1945 Boris Godunov (excerpts)

Modest Mussorgsky

Nicolai Berezowsky

RCA-VO, RCA-VCChoral preparation by Shaw

Alexander Kipnis (bass); Ilya Tamarin (tenor)

78 rpm: RCA Victor DM-100033⅓ rpm: RCA VM-1000, RCA Bluebird LBC-1082 (1955), RCA Camden 415 (1958), RCA Victrola VIC-1396 (1969)CD: RCA 60522 (1991)

1945 Leonard Warren: Operatic Arias and Sea Shanties

Various Frieder Weissmann & Morris Levine

1 or more selections with orchestra & chorus prepared by Shaw

Leonard Warren (baritone)

78 & 33⅓ rpm: RCA Victor LM-1168

1945 On the Town (excerpts)

Leonard Bernstein Leonard Bernstein

RCA-VO, RCA-VCChoral preparation by Shaw

78 rpm: RCA Victor M/DM-995 (4 record set)

1945 Six Chansons Paul Hindemith Robert Shaw RCA-VC 78 rpm: RCA Victor 11-8868

1945 In Which a House Is Built at Pooh Corner

Author: A. A. Milne Robert Shaw (reader)

78 rpm: Y-13 and V-Y13 According to Mussulman's Shaw biography, this record won an (unnamed) award for best children's record.

1945 Beloved Hymns Various Robert Shaw RCA-VO RCA Victor Red Seal ERA 56

1946 A Treasury of Grand Opera2 selections:1. Carmen: Toreador Song2. Il trovatore: Di quella pira

1. Georges Bizet2. Giuseppe Verdi

1. Fritz Reiner2. Renato Cellini

1-2. RCA-VO, RCA-VCChoral preparation by Shaw

1. Robert Merrill (baritone)2. Jussi Bjoerling (tenor)

RCA LM-1074, LM-1847

1946 Carmen (excerpts?)

Georges Bizet Erich Leinsdorff RCA-VO, RCA-VCChoral preparation by Shaw

Gladys Swarthout (mezzo); Licia Albanese (soprano); Ramon Vinay (tenor); Robert Merrill (baritone)

RCA LM-1007, M/DM-1078

1946 Liebeslieder Waltzes

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw RCA-VC Pierre Luboschutz & Genia Nemenoff (pianos)

RCA M/DM-1076 Re-recorded in 1965 with the Robert Shaw Chorale & in 1992 with the Robert Shaw Festival Singers

1945-1946

Christmas Hymns & Carols [Vol. 1]

Varioius Robert Shaw RCA-VC RCA Victor Red Seal, LM-1112 and MO-1077 (4 record set)

Re-recorded in 1954 by the Robert Shaw Chorale: RCA LM/LSC-2139

1946 Marian Anderson - recital album

J.S. Bach. G.F. Handel, Various

Robert Shaw Marian Anderson (contralto)

RCA M/DM-1087

1946 "Set Down Servant" and "Soon Ah Will Be Done "

Spirituals, arr. Shaw

Robert Shaw RSC 45 rpm: RCA Victor 10-1277

1946 Magnificat J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RCA-VC, RCA-VO RCA M/DM-11821946 Motet, "Jesu,

meine Freude," and Cantata No. 4, "Christ lag in Todesbanden"

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RCA-VC, RCA-VO RCA LM-9035 and LM-25

1946 Cantata No. 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RSC, RCA-VO RCA Victor LM-1100 Issued in 1949 with Cantata No. 131

1946 Airborne Symphony

Marc Blitzstein Leonard Bernstein

New York City Symphony OrchestraRCA-VC (prepared by RS)

Robert Shaw (narrator)

RCA Victor M/DM-1117

1947 Mass in B Minor J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RCA-VO, RCA-VCChoral preparation by Shaw

Anne McKnight & June Gardner (sopranos); Lydia Summers (mezzo); Lucius Metz (tenor); Paul Matthen (bass-baritone)

78 rpm: RCA Victor DM/WDM-1145 & 1146

1947 Petites voix Francis Poulenc Robert Shaw RCA-VC Women 78 rpm: RCA Victor 10-1409

1947 Symphony No. 9 Ludwig van Beethoven

Serge Koussevitzky

Boston Symphony Orchestra, Berkshire Music Festival Chorus (prepared by Shaw)

LM/DM-1190, LM-6001

1947 1. Freedom Train2. America the Beautiful

1. Irving Berlin2. Katharine L. Bates-Samuel A. Ward (arr. RS)

Robert Shaw RCA-VC RCA Victor 10-1368, 78-rpm single

1947 Ein deutches Requiem

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw RCA-VO, RCA-VCChoral preparation by Shaw

Eleanor Steber (soprano), James Pease (baritone)

RCA LM-6004

1948 Gesang der Parzen

Johannes Brahms Arturo Toscanini

RSC, NBC Symphony Orchestra

RCA Victor LM-6711 Bradley Taylor says "recorded in 1948 and not released until this album in 1967, which was a celebration of the 100th Anniv. of Toscanini's birth."1948 Samson and

Delilah (highlights)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Leopold Stokowski


Risë Stevens (mezzo); Robert Merrill (baritone)

RCA Victor Red Seal, LM -1848

1949 "Onward, Christian Soldiers"

Various Robert Shaw RCA-VC Carl Weinrich (organ) RCA Victor LM-85 / VMO-1314 (45 RPM)

1949 Aïda Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini

RCA-VO, RSC Herva Nelli (soprano), Richard Tucker (tenor), Eva Gustavson (contralto), Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone)

RCA Victor LM-6132CD (excerpts): RCA CD-60326 (1990)

Recorded from 2 radio broadcasts

1949 Cantata No. 131, "Aus der Tiefe"

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RCA-VO, RSC RCA Victor 1100 Issued with Cantata No. 140 from 1946

1949 Music of the 16th Century

Various Robert Shaw RCA-VC RCA Victor LM-136

1949 1. Mass in G Major2. A Ceremony of Carols

1. Francis Poulenc2. Benjamin Britten

Robert Shaw 1. RSC2. RSC of Women's Voices

2. Laura Newell (harp)

RCA Victor LM-1088

1949 Six Schubert Songs

Franz Schubert Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor LM-1800

1949 Lourdes Pilgrims' Hymn and "O Lord, I Am Not Worthy"

Traditional Robert Shaw RSC Richard Rivers (baritone)

45 rpm: RCA 49-081378 rpm: 10-1511

1950 Requiem W. A. Mozart Robert Shaw RSC, RCA-VO Yvonne Ciannella (soprano), Doris Okerson (mezzo), Walter Carringer (tenor), Raymond Keast (bass)

RCA Victor LM/WDM-1712

1950 Requiem Mass in C Minor

Luigi Cherubini Arturo Toscanini


Herva Nelli (soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Cesari Siepi (bass-baritone)

RCA Victor LM-2000, VL-42949 (1976)CD: RCA/BMG 60272-2RG (1990)

1950 Rigoletto Giuseppe Verdi Renato Cellini RSC, RCA-VO Leonard Warren (baritone), Erna Berger (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor)

RCA Victor LM-1104, LM-602145 rpm: WDM-1414

1950 Falstaff (highlights)

Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini


Giuseppe Valdengo (baritone), Herva Nelli (soprano), Cloe Elmo (contralto)

RCA Victor Gold Seal LM-6111CD: RCA Red Seal 72372, BMG 60300-2 (1990), BMG 60251-2RG

1950 Hymns of Thanksgiving

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM-10845 rpm: WDM-1559

1950 Great Sacred Choruses

Various Robert Shaw RSC 78 rpm: LM-111745 rpm: VDM-1478, WEPR-44/ERA-4433⅓ rpm: LM-1117 (1956)

1950 Sweet and Low Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor LM-1800, LM-9645 rpm: WEPR-43/ERA-43

1950 Porgy and Bess (highlights)

George Gershwin Robert Russell Bennett

RSC; RCA-SO Risë Stevens (mezzo), Robert Merrill (baritone)

RCA Victor LM-112445 rpm: WEPR-34

1950 Die Fledermaus (excerpts)

Johann Strauss Fritz Reiner RSC; RCA-SO Patrice Munsel (soprano), Regina Resnik (mezzo), Risë Stevens (mezzo), Jan Peerce (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone)

RCA Victor LM/VLM-1114, LRM-7026

1950 The Passion According to St. John

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RSC; Collegiate Chorale; RCA-VO

Blake Stern (tenor), Mack Harrell (baritone), Adele Addison (soprano), Blanche Thebom (mezzo), Leslie Chabay (tenor), Paul Matthen (bass-baritone)

RCA LM-6103, LVT-3000 Re-released in the RCA series "Vault Treasures"

1950 Alto Rhapsody Johannes Brahms Fritz Reiner RSC Men; RCA-SO Marian Anderson (contralto)

RCA LM-1146

1945-1950

Gems from Sigmund Romberg Shows, Vols. 3, 4 and 5

Sigmund Romberg Sigmund Romberg

RSC; Romberg Orchestra

Various RCA LM-93, LM-74, LM-138

1950 Margaret Truman - American Songs

Various Shaw RSC; RCA-SO Margaret Truman (soprano)

RCA LM-5745 rpm: RCA WDM-1445

1950 Sirènes Claude Debussy Leopold Stokowski

RSC Women; Stokowski Orchestra

RCA LM-5745 rpm: WDM-1445

1951 A Treasury of Easter Songs

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM-1201

1951 Requiem Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini

RSC; RCA-SO Herva Nelli (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Giuseppe di Stefano (tenor), Cesare Siepi (bass-baritone)

RCA LM-6018CD: RCA CD-60326 (1990)

1951 Carmen Georges Bizet Fritz Reiner RCA-VO, RSC Risë Stevens (mezzo), Licia Albanese (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone)

RCA LM-6070, LM-6102RCA Victrola AVM 3-0670CD: RCA 7981-2-RG (1990)

1951 Milanov sings! Various Robert Shaw RSC; RCA-SO Zinka Milanov (soprano)

RCA Victor LM 177745 rpm: ERB-19

1951 Joy to the World Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA Camden CAD1448, CAL-448 RECD: Laserlight Delta 21726 (2000)

1952 Symphony No. 9 (with Symphony No. 1)

Ludwig van Beethoven

Arturo Toscanini

RSC; NBC Symphony Orchestra

Eileen Farrell (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Jan Peerce (tenor), Norman Scott (bass)

RCA LM-6009, Victorola VIC 1607 (1970), Victrola VIC 8000, VL 46002 (1982)CD: RCA 55837 (1991)As part of Complete Beethoven Symphonies:RCA LM-6901CD: RCA 60256 (1991), RCA Victor Red Seal 55702 (2003), RCA 666561952 Il trovatore Giuseppe Verdi Renato Cellini RSC, RCA-VO Zinka Milanov

(soprano), Fedora Barbieri (mezzo), Jussi Bjoerling (tenor), Leonard Warren (baritone)

RCA LM-7011, ALP-1391CD: RCA CD 6643 (1990), Naxos 8.110240-41 (2003)

1952 Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. II

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor LM-1711, RCA Victrola VIC-1509

1952 Orfeo ed Euridice, Act II

Christoff Willibald Gluck

Arturo Toscanini


Barbara Gibson (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo)

RCA LM-1850

1953 1. Pagliacci2. Cavalleria rusticana

1. Ruggero Leoncavallo2. Pietro Mascagni

Renato Cellini RSC; RCA-VO 1-2. Jussi Bjoerling (tenor)1. Victoria de los Angeles (soprano)2. Zinka Milanov (soprano)2. Margaret Roggero (mezzo)1-2. Robert Merrill (baritone)1. Leonard Warren (baritone)

1-2. RCA LM/WDM-61061. RCA LM-6084, Naxos 8.110258, EMI Classics CD 66778 (1989/1998/2003), Seraphim IB 60582. RCA ? (1990), Naxos 882988/8.110261 (2010), EMI Classics CD 6510? (1998)

1953 La forza del destino (excerpts)

Giuseppe Verdi Renato Cellini; Jonel Perlea

RSC, RCA-VO Zinka Milanov (soprano), Leonard Warren (baritone), Jan Peerce (tenor), Nicola Moscona (bass)

RCA LM-1916

1953 Missa solemnis Ludwig van Beethoven

Arturo Toscanini


Lois Marshall (soprano), Nan Merriman (mezzo), Eugene Conley (tenor), Jerome Hines (bass)

RCA Victor LM-6013CD: RCA/BMG 60272-2RG (1990)

1953 Great Songs of Faith and Bach Arias

Various Robert Shaw RCA Victor Chamber Orchestra

Marian Anderson (contralto)

RCA LGT/LCT-1111

1953 1. Komm, Jesu, Komm2. Mass in G3. Der Abend; Nächtens; Zum Schluss

1. J. S. Bach2. Franz Schubert3. Johannes Brahms

Robert Shaw RSC; string ensemble 1. Yvonne Ciannella (soprano), Walter Carringer (tenor), Raymond Keast (bass)3. John Wustman, James MacInnes (pianos)

RCA Victor LM-1784

1954 With Love from a Chorus

Various Robert Shaw RSC Male Chorus RCA Victor LM-181545 rpm: RCA 549-5111

1954 Un ballo in maschera

Giuseppe Verdi Arturo Toscanini


Jan Peerce (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone), Herva Nelli (soprano), Claramae Turner (contralto), Virginia Haskins (soprano)

RCA LM-6112

1954 1. Prologue to Mefistofele2. Te Deum

1. Arrigo Boito2. Giuseppe Verdi

Arturo Toscanini

RSC; Columbus Boychoir; NBC Symphony Orchestra

1. Nicola Moscona (bass)

RCA LM-1849

1954 Bach Cantatas and Arias2 selections:Cantata 41, "Jesu un sei gepreiset"; Cantata 42, "Am Abend aber derselbigen Sabbats"

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RSC&O Eileene Farrell (soprano), Carol Smith, (contralto), Jan Peerce (tenor), Norman Farrow (bass-baritone)

RCA LM-6023

1954 Samson and Delilah (excerpts)

Camille Saint-Saëns

Leopold Stokowski


Risë Stevens (soprano), Jan Peerce (tenor), Robert Merrill (baritone)

RCA Victor LM-1848

1955 Daphnis and Chloe

Maurice Ravel Charles Munch Boston Symphony Orchestra; New England Conservatory Chorus & Alumni Chorus (prepared by Robert Shaw)

RCA Victor LM-1893

1956 Beloved Hymns Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM-199845 rpm: RCA 549-5251 & 549-5252

1957 A Mighty Fortress Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor LM/LSC-2199

1957 Christmas Hymns and Carols, Vol. I

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM/LSC-213945 rpm: RCA ERA-117

New recording, with some new arrangements, of songs in the original album of 1945-46

1957 Deep River and Other Spirituals

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA, LM/LSC-2247

1958 On Stage with Robert Shaw

Various Robert Shaw RSC, RCA-VO RCA Victor LM/LSC-2231

1958 The Stephen Foster Songbook

Foster Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM/LSC-2295CD: RCA 61253 (1993)

1958 Jesus, Dearest Master (Jesu, meine Freude) and Christ Lay in the Bonds of Death (Christ lag in Todesbanden)

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RSC, RCA-VO RCA Victor LM/LSC-2273

1958 Bach Cantatas: No. 56, "Ich will den Kreuzstab gerne tragen (I Will Carry the Cross with Gladness);" No. 82, "Ich habe genug (Oh Lord, 'Tis Enough)"

J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RCA-VC, RCA-VO Mack Harrell (baritone)

RCA LM/LSC-2312

1959 What Wondrous Love

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor LM/LSC-2403

1959 A Chorus of Love, from the Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale

Various Robert Shaw RSC Men RCA LM/LSC-2402audio tape: RCA FTC-2013KCS 4038

1959 Operatic Choruses

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM/LSC-2416audio tape: RCA FTC-2072

1959 Perry Como - The Lord's Prayer2 selections1. The Lord's Prayer2. Ave Maria

1. Albert Hay Malotte2. Franz Schubert

Mitchell Ayers RSC Men & Orchestra Perry Como (pop singer)

RCA 47-765045 rpm: RCA 61-7650

1960 1. To the God Who Is in the Fire2. The Bell-Tower3. The Return of Odysseus4. Fantasia5. Symphony6. String Quartet No. 1

1. Alan Hovhaness2. Ernst Krenek3. Burrill Phillips4. Irving Fine5. Wallingford Riegger6. Gunther Schuller

Robert Shaw University of Illinois Varsity Men's Glee Club and Percussion Ensemble; other ensembles?

Apparently a custom recording, never commercially released

1960 Mass in B Minor J. S. Bach Robert Shaw RSC&O Anne McKnight, June Gardner (sopranos), Lydia Summers (mezzo), Lucius Metz (tenor), Paul Matthen (bass-baritone)

RCA Victor LM/LSC-6157, LM-6100CD: RCA CD63529

Grammy Award (1961): Best Classical Choral Performance

1960 The Immortal Victor Herbert

Victor Herbert, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Shaw RSC&O RCA Victor Red Seal LM/LSC-2515audio tape: RCA FTC-2086

1960 Sea Shanties Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor LM/LSC-2551, RCA AGL1-4085

1961 I'm Goin' to Sing: Sixteen Spirituals

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM/LSC-2580

1961 23 Glee Club Favorites

Various Robert Shaw RSC Men RCA Victor Red Seal, LM/-2580; LSC-2598; FTC-2107 (audio tape)

1961 Hallelujah! and Other Great Sacred Choruses

G.F. Handel / Johannes Brahms / W.A.Mozart / Beethoven / Haydn / Mendelssohn / Schubert / J.S. Bach

Robert Shaw Cleveland Symphony Orchestra & Chorus

RCA Victor, LM/LSC-2591; re-released by BMG on CD in 2001 as RCA Victor 63709

1961 Symphony No. 9(with the Fidelio Overture)


George Szell Cleveland Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (prepared by Shaw)

Adele Addison (soprano), Jane Hobson (mezzo), Richard Lewis (tenor), Donald Bell (bass-baritone)

Epic BSC 112; Known re-releases: In boxed set of all 9 symphonies (7 LPs): Columbia M7X 50281 (1975?);Columbia Odyssey Y 34625 (1979);CDs: Sony Essential Classics SBK 46533 (1991); In boxed set of all 9 symphonies: Sony Essential Classics (1992); Sony Classical NPR Milestones 60987 (1999);Sony Essential Classics 89959 (2002); In "The Original Jacket Collectiion" (10 CDs): Sony SX10K 92480 (2004)1962 This Is My

CountryVarious Robert Shaw Robert Shaw Chorale;

RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

RCA LM/LSC-2662; tape: FTC 2132;CD re-release: BMG Classics, 60814 (1991)

1962 Yours Is My Heart Alone / All-Time Favorites (arr. Robert Russell Bennett)

Various Robert Shaw RSC, RCA-SO RCA VCM/VCS-7023, 2-LP set

1963 The Many Moods of Christmas

Various, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Shaw RSC, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

RCA LM/LSC-2684 CD re-release: 1997 RCA CD-68805Same arrangements recorded by the Atlanta SO and Chorus in 1983

1963 Robert Shaw Chorale "On Tour"

Various Robert Shaw RSC RCA, LM/LSC-2676 and FTC-3143[2143?] (audio tape)

1963 A Ceremony of Carols, Rejoice in the Lamb, Festival Te Deum

Benjamin Britten Robert Shaw RSC RCA Victor, LM/LSC-2759Included in the Musical Heritage Society/BMG 1994 re-issue called "Christmas with the Robert Shaw Chorale".

Grammy (1964): Best Classical Choral Performance.

1964 Songs of Faith and Inspiration

Various Robert Shaw RSC&O RCA Victor, LM/LSC-2760CD re-release: 2001, RCA 09026-63746

1964 Cleveland Composers' Guild, Vol. I[1. Canticle of the Sun2. Safe in Their Alabaster Chambers3. Behold, He Cometh with Clouds4. In Memoriam, Beryl Rubinstein5. Paraphernalia]

1. Klaus George Roy2. Bain Murray3. Howard Whittaker4. Hale Smith5. Raymond Wilding-White

1-4. Robert Shaw5. Raymond Wilding-White

1-5. Kulas Choir4. Kulas Chamber Orchestra5. Kulas Chamber Ensemble

3. Seth McCoy (tenor), John Dietz (baritone)

Composers Recordings, CRI-182-SDCD re-issue: 2011, New World NWCRL182

1964 1. Symphonie des Psaumes2. Gloria

1. Igor Stravinsky2. Francis Poulenc

Robert Shaw RSC, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra

2. Saramae Endich (soprano)

RCA Victor, LM/LSC-2822.


1965 Robert Shaw Chorale on Broadway

Various, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Shaw RSC&O LM/LSC-2799 and FTC-2202 (audio tape)

1965 Gloria and Kyrie eleison (from Gloria)

Antonio Vivaldi Robert Shaw RSC&O Saramae Endich (soprano), Adele Addison (soprano), Florence Kopleff (contralto)

RCA Victor Red Seal, LM/LSC-2883 and FTC-2222 (audio tape)

1966 Messiah, 1752-53 edition

G. F. Handel Robert Shaw RSC&O Judith Raskin (soprano), Florence Kopleff (contralto), Richard Lewis (tenor), Thomas Paul (bass)

RCA Red Seal, LM/LSC-6175Highlights: 1966, Victor LSC-2966CD re-issue: 2004, RCA 62317


1966 Sing to the Lord Various, arr. Alice Parker

Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM/LSC-2942

1967 Irish Folk Songs Traditional, arr. Allice Parker

Robert Shaw RSC RCA LM/LSC-2992

1975 Nativity Various Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 2 LPs: Vox Turnabout QTVS34647/8Collections containing various selections:Adeste Fideles, LP: TV 4678, cassette: CT 2283Christmas with Robert Shaw, LP: TV 34767, QTVS 34639; cassette: CT 2282; CD: Vox Cum Laude MCD1033, MMG/Vox Allegretto ACD 8409Christmas Favorites with Robert Shaw, cassette: 1977 Symphonic

Dances from West Side StoryRomeo and Juliet

BernsteinTchaikovsky

Robert Shaw ASO LP: Vox Cum Laude VCL-9902CD: MMG MWCD 7122Cassette: Vox VCS-9002, InSync 2105

1978 1. Firebird Suite2. Overture to Prince Igor3. Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor

1. Igor Stravinsky2-3. Aleksandr Borodin

Robert Shaw ASO3. ASO Chorus

LP: Telarc DG-10039CD: Telarc CD-80039, SACD-60039cassette: Nakamichi RD-1039

1979 1. Prologue to Mefistofele2. Te Deum

1. Arrigo Boito2. Giuseppe Verdi

Robert Shaw 1-2. ASO, ASOC1. Young Singers of Callanwolde2. Morehouse-Spelman Chorus

1. John Cheek (bass) LP: Telarc DG-10045CD: Telarc CD-80109 (paired with Berlioz: RequiemVerdi later paired with Brahms: Deutsches Requiem on 2 LPs: Telarc DG-100921980 1. Carmina

burana2. Symphonic Metamorphosis

1. Carl Orff2. Paul Hindemith

Robert Shaw 1-2. ASO1. ASOC, Atlanta Boy Choir

1. Judith Blegen (soprano), William Brown (tenor), Håkan Hagegård (baritone)

1-2. 2 LPs: Telarc DG-10056/571. CD-Telarc CD-80056, SACD-600562. included on Telarc SACD-60648

1982 1. Gloria2. Concerto for Organ

1-2. Francis Poulenc

Robert Shaw 1-2. ASO1. ASOC

1. Sylvia McNair (soprano)2. Michael Murray (organ)

LP: Telarc DG-10077CD: Telarc CD-806431. Telarc CD-801052. included on Encores à la français: Telarc CD-80104

1983 Symphony of Psalms

Igor Stravinsky Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Paired with Poulenc: Gloria (of 1982): Telarc CD-80105Re-issued (1990) with Verdi: 4 Sacred Pieces: Telarc CD-80254

1983 Ein deutsches Requiem

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Arleen Augér (soprano), Richard Stilwell (baritone)

2-LP (paired with Verdi: Te Deum): Telarc CD-10092CD: Telarc CD-80092

1983 Messiah G.F. Handel Robert Shaw ASO, ASOCC Kaaren Erickson (soprano), Sylvia McNair (soprano), Alfreda Hodgson (mezzo), Jon Humphrey (tenor), Richard Stilwell (baritone)

2-LP: Telarc DG-100932-CD: Telarc CD-80093Highlights ("Messiah - Favorite Arias and Choruses"): Telarc DG-10103/CD-80103

1984 Requiem Hector Berlioz Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC John Aler (tenor) 2-LP: Telarc DG-101092-CD (Paired with Boito: Mephistófele Prologue and Verdi: Te Deum): Telarc CD-80109

Grammy Awards (1985): Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance, Best Vocal Solo Performance (John Aler), Best Engineered Recording, Classical (Jack Renner)1984 The Many Moods

of ChristmasVarious, arr. Robert Russell Bennett

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC LP: Telarc DG-10087CD: Telarc CD-80087

1985 Choral Masterpieces

Various Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Telarc DG-10119/CD-80119

1985 1. Les Nuits d'été2. Suite from Pelléas et Mélisande

1. Berlioz2. Fauré

Robert Shaw ASO 1. Elly Ameling (soprano)

LP: Telarc DG-10084CD: Telarc CD-80084

Grammy Award (1985): Best Orchestral Performance (2.)

1985 Symphony No. 9 Ludwig van Beethoven

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Benita Valente (soprano), Florence Kopleff (contralto), Jerry Hadley (tenor), John Cheek (bass)

CD: Intersound ProArte CDD-245, CDS-3430cassette: Intersound Pro Arte PCD-245

Finale included in many anthologies (see listing, Compilations on Other Labels, below)

1985 Piano Concerto No. 1

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw ASO Peter Serkin (piano) Intersound Pro Arte CDD-266

1986 Requiem (Beyer edition)

W. A. Mozart Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Arleen Augér (soprano), Delores Ziegler (mezzo), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)

Telarc CD-80128, SACD-60636

1986 When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

Paul Hindemith Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Jan DeGaetani (mezzo), Williams Stone (baritone)

Telarc CD-80132 Grammy Award (1987): Best Choral Performance

1986 1. Requiem2. Requiem

1. Gabriel Fauré2. Maurice Duruflé

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 1. Judith Blegen (soprano)1-2. James Morris (bass)

Telarc CD-80135 Grammy Award (1987): Best Engineered Classical Recording (Jack Renner)

1986 1. String Symphony2. Sunday Morning3. Eagles

Ned Rorem 1. Robert Shaw2-3. Louis Lane

ASO CD/LP: New World NW-353

Grammy Award (1988): Best Orchestral Performance

1986 Piano Concerto No. 2

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw ASO Peter Serkin (piano) Intersound Pro Arte CDD-336

1987 1. Missa solemnis2. "Great" Mass in C Minor

1. Ludwig van Beethoven2. W. A. Mozart

Robert Shaw ASOC 1. Sylvia McNair (soprano), Janice Taylor (mezzo), John Aler (tenor), Tom Krause (baritone)2. Edith Wiens (soprano), Delores Ziegler (mezzo), John Aler (tenor), William Stone (baritone)

2-CD: Telarc CD-80150

1987 1. Requiem2. 5 Opera Choruses

Giuseppe Verdi Robert Shaw ASOC 1. Susan Dunn (soprano), Diane Curry (mezzo), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Paul Plishka (bass)

2-CD: Telarc CD-80152casette (Requiem only): Telarc CS-30152

Grammy Awards (1988): Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance, Best Engineered Recording, Classical (Jack Renner)

1987 1. Shadows2. After Fallen Crumbs2. A Yellow Rose Petal

Alvin Singleton 1. Robert Shaw2-3. Louis Lane

ASO CD/cassette: Nonesuch 79231CD: First Edition FECD-0043

1987 Messiah G. F. Handel Robert Shaw ASO, ASOCC Sylvia McNair (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo), Jon Humphrey (tenor), William Stone (baritone)

VHS & Beta videotape: Video Artists International 69050Christmas portion alone later re-issued on VHS: Video Treasures SV 9335

1988 1. Alto Rhapsody2. Schicksalslied, Nänie, Gesang der Parzen

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 1. Marilyn Horne (mezzo)

Telarc CD-80176

1988 War Requiem Benjamin Britten Robert Shaw ASO, ASOCAtlanta Boy Choir

Lorna Haywood (soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)

2-CD: Telarc CD-80157 Grammy Awards (1989): Best Choral Performance; Best Engineered Recording, Classical (Jack Renner)

1988 1. Gloria2. Magnificat

1. Antonio Vivaldi2. J. S. Bach

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOCC 1-2. Dawn Upshaw (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo)1. Penelope Jensen (soprano)2. David Gordon (tenor), William Stone (baritone)

Telarc CD-80194

1988-89

1. Mass No. 22. Mass No. 6

Franz Schubert Robert Shaw 1-2. ASO1. ASOCC2. ASOC

1. Dawn Upshaw (soprano), David Gordon (tenor), William Stone (baritone)2. Benita Valente (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo), Jon Humphrey (tenor), Myron Myers (baritone)

Telarc CD-80212

1988-89

1. Belshazzar's Feast2. Chichester Psalms, Missa brevis

1. William Walton2. Leonard Bernstein

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 1. William Stone (baritone)2. Derek Lee Ragin (counter-tenor)


1989 Vespers Sergei Rachmaninov

Robert Shaw RSFS Telarc CD-80172 Grammy Award (1990): Best Engineered Classical Recording (Jack Renner)

1989 Mass in G & other a cappella works

Francis Poulenc Robert Shaw RSFS Telarc CD-80236

1989-90

1. Mass in C Major2. Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage, Elegiac Song


Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 1. Sylvia McNair (soprano), Delores Ziegler (mezzo), Jon Humphrey (tenor), Myron Myers (bass)

Telarc CD-80248

1990 Four Sacred Pieces

Giuseppe Verdi Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Paired with Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms (from 1983): Telarc CD-80254

1990 1. Itaipu2. The Canyon

Philip Glass Robert Shaw 1-2. ASO1. ASOC

CD: Sony Classical SK 46352

1990 1. Glagolitic Mass2. Te Deum

1. Leoš Janáček2. Antonín Dvořák

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 1-2. Christine Brewer (soprano, Roger Roloff (bass)1. Marietta Simpson (mezzo), Karl Dent (tenor), Norman Mackenzie (organ)

Telarc CD-80287

1990 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece [Vol. I]: A Choral Workshop on Brahms's Deutsches Requiem

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw Carnegie Hall Centennial Chorus, RSFS, OSL

Sylvia McNair (soprano), Samuel Ramey (bass)

VHS tape, available from Carnegie Hall

1990 1. Violin Concerto [No. 1]2. Concertante3. Symphony for Strings

Stephen Paulus 1. Robert Shaw2-3. Yoel Levi

ASO 1. William Preucil (violin)

LP/CD: New World NW-363

1991 Symphony No. 8 ("Symphony of a Thousand")

Gustav Mahler Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC, Ohio State University Choruses, Tampa Bay Master Chorale

Deborah Voigt, Margaret Jane Wray, Heidi Grant (Murphy) (sopranos); Delores Ziegler, Marietta Simpson (mezzos); Michael Sylvester (tenor); William Stone (baritone); Kenneth Cox (bass)

Telarc CD-80267

1992 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. II: A Choral Workshop on Beethoven's Missa solemnis


Robert Shaw RSFC, RSFS, OSL Benita Valente (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo), Neil Rosenshein (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass)


1992 Amazing Grace: American Hymns and Spirituals

Various Robert Shaw RSFS Telarc CD-80325

1992 Liebeslieder Waltzes, Neue Liebeslieder, 7 Songs of Evening

Johannes Brahms Robert Shaw RSFS John Wustman, Norman Mackenzie (pianos)

Telarc CD-80326

1992 Songs for Male Chorus

Franz Schubert Robert Shaw RSCS Telarc CD-80340

1992 The Creation F. J. Haydn Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Dawn Upshaw, Heidi Grant Murphy (sopranos), John Aler (tenor), James Michael McGuire (baritone), John Cheek (bass)

2-CD: Telarc CD-80298

1993 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. III: A Choral Workshop on Berlioz's Requiem

Hector Berlioz Robert Shaw RSFC, RSIS, OSL Karl Dent (tenor) VHS tape, available from Carnegie Hall

1993 Grand and Glorious: Great Opera Choruses

Various Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC, ASOCC Christine Brewer (soprano), Karl Dent (tenor), Kevin Maynor (bass)

Telarc CD-80333

1993 Songs of Angels: Christmas Hymns and Carols

Various Robert Shaw RSCS Telarc CD-80377

1993 1. Stabat Mater2. Stabat Mater3. Stabat Mater

1. Gregorian chant2. Karel Szymanowski3. Francis Poulenc

Robert Shaw 2-3. ASO1. ASOC Men2-3. ASOC

2-3. Christine Goerke (soprano)2. Marietta Simpson (mezzo), Victor Ledbetter (baritone)

Telarc CD-80362

1994 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. IV: A Choral Workshop on Britten's War Requiem

Benjamin Britten Robert Shaw RSFC, RSIS, American Boychoir, OSL

Christine Goerke (soprano), Richard Clement (tenor), Benjamin Luxon (baritone)


1994 Evocation of the Spirit

Henryk Górecki, Arvo Pärt, Frank Martin, Samuel Barber, Arnold Schoenberg

Robert Shaw RSFS Telarc CD-80406

1994 Appear and Inspire

Benjamin Britten, Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, Francis Poulenc, Henk Badings, Dominick Argento

Robert Shaw RSFS Telarc CD-80408

1994 Elijah Felix Mendelssohn Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Thomas Hampson (baritone)Barbara Bonney, Henriette Schellenberg (sopranos); Florence Quivar, Marietta Simpson (mezzos); Jerry Hadley, Richard Clement (tenors); Thomas Paul (bass); Reid Barthelme (boy soprano)

2-CD Telarc CD-80389

1995 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. V: A Choral Workshop on Hindemith's When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

Paul Hindemith Robert Shaw RSFC, RSIS, OSL Marietta Simpson (mezzo), William Stone (baritone)


1995 1. Harmonium2. The Bells

1. John Adams2. Sergei Rachmaninov

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 2. Renée Fleming (soprano), Karl Dent (tenor), Victor Ledbetter (beritone)


1996 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. VI: A Choral Workshop on Verdi's 1. Messa da Requiem, 2. Ave Maria, and 3. Stabat Mater

Giuseppe Verdi Robert Shaw RSFC, RSIS, OSL 1. Sharon Sweet (soprano), Florence Quivar (mezzo), Jerry Hadley (tenor), Alastair Miles (bass)


1997 Angels on High: A Robert Shaw Christmas (including Britten: A Ceremony of Carols)

Various Robert Shaw RSCS Britten: Elizabeth Remy-Johnson (harp)

Telarc CD-80461

1997 Robert Shaw: Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. VII: A Choral Workshop on Mendelssohn's Elijah

Felix Mendelssohn Robert Shaw RSFS, OSL Dominique Labelle (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo), Richard Clement (tenor), Thomas Hampson (baritone)


1997 1. Prayers of Kierkegaard2. Cantata profana3. Dona nobis pacem

1. Samuel Barber2. Béla Bartók3. Ralph Vaughan Williams

Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC 1 & 3. Carmen Pelton (soprano)2. Richard Clement (tenor)2 & 3. Nathan Gunn (baritone)

Telarc CD-80479 Grammy awards (1998): Best Classical Album, Best Choral Performance, Best Engineered Classical Recording (Jack Renner)1998 Robert Shaw:

Preparing a Masterpiece, Vol. VIII: A Choral Workshop on Haydn's Creation and The Seasons

F. J. Haydn Robert Shaw RSFS, OSL Dominique Labelle, Sylvia McNair (sopranos); Richard Clement (tenor); Nathan Gunn (baritone); Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)


1998 Stabat Mater (with Shaw's last interview - NPR)

Antonín Dvořák Robert Shaw ASO, ASOC Christine Goerke (soprano), Marietta Simpson (mezzo), Stanford Olsen (tenor), Nathan Berg (bass-baritone)

Telarc 2CD-80506

1989 The Best of Mozart

Telarc CD-80222

1990 The Best of Beethoven

Telarc CD-80240

1992 Classics for All Seasons: Spring

Telarc CD-80321

1992 Classics for All Seasons: Winter

Telarc CD-80330

1992 The Telarc Collection, Vol. 3

Telarc CD-89103


Telarc CD-89104


Telarc CD-89105


Telarc CD-89106


Telarc CD-89107

1994 Handel Bars Telarc CD-803441995 The Power and

the MajestyTelarc CD-80397

1997 Absolute Heaven Telarc CD-804581998 American

AdagiosTelarc CD-80503

1998 There Is Love: The Complete Wedding Album

Telarc CD-80490

1998 Gloria Telarc CD-80519

Telarc compilations containing one or more selections conducted by Robert Shaw

2001 The Best of Bach Telarc CD-805912001 Great Choral

ClassicsTelarc CD-80577

2002 Elegy Telarc CD-806022002 Telarc

Celebrating 25 Years: The Classical Collection

Telarc CD-80611

2003 American Maestros

Telarc CD-80606

2003 The Best of Barber

Telarc CD-80632

2003 The Best of Rachmaninoff

Telarc CD-80626

2003 Divine Sopranos Telarc CD-804072004 The Telarc

Collection, Vol. 10

Telarc CD-89110

2005 La Belle France Telarc CD-806532005 Robert Shaw: A

cappellaTelarc CD-80656

2006 The Absolute Sound SACD Sampler

Telarc SACD-60011

2006 Sacred: Inspirational and Spiritual Music

Telarc CD-80671

1994 Beethoven - The Greatest Hits

Reference Gold 3602

1994 Classical Music for People Who Hate Classical Music

Classical Heritage 1212

1995 Choruses - The Greatest Hits

Reference Gold 3614

1996 Encores - The Greatest Hits

Reference Gold 3618

1997 25 Sacred Choral Favorites

Vox Cameo Classics 8839

1998 Symphonies - The Greatest Hits

Reference Gold 3621

Compilations on other labels containing one or more selections conducted by Robert Shaw with the ASO

Robert Shaw Discography

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