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Saul

Saul is an oratorio by George Handel composed in 1739. It depicts the life of King Saul from the Hebrew Bible, exploring...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

8.8 Great

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Israel in Egypt

Israel in Egypt is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1739. The work is unique within Ha...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

8.7 Great

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Solomon

Solomon is an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, premiered in 1749. The work uses a biblical libretto...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

8.5 Great

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Jephte

Jephte (Jephthah) is a Latin oratorio by Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi, believed to have been composed around 1649....

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

8.5 Great

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Jephtha

'Jephtha' is an oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1751, featuring a libretto by Thomas Morell based on the...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

8.3 Great

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Samson

Samson is an English language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, first performed at Covent Garden in London in 1743. Ne...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

8.1 Great

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Juditha triumphans

Juditha triumphans is an oratorio by Antonio Vivaldi, cataloged as RV 644. Composed in 1716, it was written for the fema...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

8.0 Great

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Belshazzar

Belshazzar is an English oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1744 and early 1745. The work features a librett...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

7.8 Good

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San Giovanni Battista

San Giovanni Battista is an oratorio composed by Alessandro Stradella in 1675, detailing the biblical story of John the...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

7.8 Good

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Judas Maccabaeus

Judas Maccabaeus is an English-language oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in 1746 to a libretto by Thomas More...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

7.6 Good

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Athalia

Athalia is an English-language oratorio by George Frideric Handel, completed and first performed in 1733 at the Sheldoni...

Baroque English Sacred Biblical

7.3 Good

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Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno

Il trionfo del tempo e del disinganno is an Italian oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel in Rome in 1707. Its lib...

Baroque Italian Sacred Handel

7.2 Good

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Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo (Caldara)

Maddalena ai piedi di Cristo is an Italian oratorio by Antonio Caldara about Mary Magdalene’s repentance and devotion at...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

7.0 Good

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Abraham et Isaac (Carissimi)

Abraham et Isaac is a Latin oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi that retells the biblical account of Abraham being commanded t...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

6.8 Fair

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Judicium Salomonis

Judicium Salomonis is a Latin oratorio by the Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi, based on the biblical judgment of Solo...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

6.8 Fair

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Historia di Ezechia (Carissimi)

Historia di Ezechia is a sacred oratorio by the Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi. Its biblical subject is the illness...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

6.5 Fair

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Isacco figura del Redentore (Jommelli)

Isacco figura del Redentore is a sacred oratorio by Niccolò Jommelli, an Italian composer whose career included opera an...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

6.5 Fair

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Vanitas vanitatum (Carissimi)

Vanitas vanitatum is a Latin sacred oratorio by Giacomo Carissimi, an Italian composer active in Rome during the sevente...

Baroque Italian Philosophical Sacred

6.5 Fair

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Dives Malus (Carissimi)

Dives Malus is a Latin sacred oratorio attributed to the Italian composer Giacomo Carissimi. It is based on the New Test...

Baroque Italian Sacred Parable

6.3 Fair

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Gedeone (Porpora)

Gedeone is a sacred oratorio by Nicola Porpora, an Italian composer associated with the Neapolitan Baroque tradition. Th...

Baroque Italian Sacred Biblical

6.3 Fair