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Christus (Mendelssohn)
Christus is an unfinished sacred oratorio by Felix Mendelssohn. The composer intended it to portray episodes from the life of Jesus Christ, including material associated with the Nativity and the Passion, but he died in 1847 before completing the work. What survives consists of separate musical sect...
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The top alternative to Christus (Mendelssohn) in 2026 is The Dream of Gerontius with a score of 9.4/10, followed by Elijah (9.3) and Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 (9.0).
The Dream of Gerontius
Elgar’s *The Dream of Gerontius* is a sacred oratorio based on Cardinal Newman’s poem. Composed in 1900, it depicts the...
Elijah
Mendelssohn’s *Elijah* is a German oratorio based on the biblical story of the prophet Elijah. Composed in 1846, it show...
Christmas Oratorio BWV 248
J.S. Bach’s Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 is a substantial musical work comprising six cantatas created in 1734. These piec...
L'Enfance du Christ
Hector Berlioz’s L’Enfance du Christ (The Childhood of Christ) is a 1854 oratorio exploring the biblical story of the Ho...
Szenen aus Goethes Faust
Szenen aus Goethes Faust is a large-scale musical setting for soloists, chorus, and orchestra composed by Robert Schuman...
St. Paul (Paulus)
"Paulus" (St. Paul) is a sacred oratorio composed by Felix Mendelssohn, premiering in Düsseldorf in 1836. The work narra...
Stabat Mater (Dvořák)
"Stabat Mater" is a sacred choral work composed by Czech musician Antonín Dvořák, originally completed in 1880. The comp...
The Apostles
The Apostles is an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Edward Elgar, cataloged as Op. 49. It premiered at th...
Das Paradies und die Peri
Das Paradies und die Peri is a secular oratorio by Robert Schumann, cataloged as Op. 50. It premiered in Leipzig in 1843...
The Apostles (Elgar)
The Apostles is an oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra by Edward Elgar, cataloged as Op. 49. It premiered at th...
Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann)
Das Paradies und die Peri is a secular oratorio by Robert Schumann, cataloged as Op. 50. It premiered in Leipzig in 1843...
Christmas History (Weihnachtshistorie)
The Weihnachtshistorie (Christmas History), designated SWV 435, is a sacred oratorio composed by Heinrich Schütz in 1664...
Easter Oratorio BWV 249
Johann Sebastian Bach's Easter Oratorio, BWV 249, was first performed in 1725 as a revision of a secular birthday cantat...
Christus (Liszt)
Christus is a large-scale oratorio by Franz Liszt, completed in 1872 and notable for its extensive duration of nearly th...
Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Die erste Walpurgisnacht is a secular cantata by Felix Mendelssohn, setting Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ballad about a...
Die letzten Dinge (The Last Judgment)
Die letzten Dinge, also known in English as The Last Judgment, is an oratorio by the German composer Louis Spohr. Its te...
Moses (Bruch)
Moses is a biblical oratorio by Max Bruch, composed in 1895. It presents episodes from the life of Moses, the Hebrew pro...
Der Fall Babylons
Der Fall Babylons is a large-scale sacred oratorio by Louis Spohr, composed in 1840 and based on the biblical account of...
Christophorus (Rheinberger)
Christophorus is an oratorio by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger, a German composer associated with the late Romantic period. D...
Der Stern von Bethlehem
Der Stern von Bethlehem is a German Christmas oratorio by Josef Gabriel Rheinberger. Its subject is the Nativity of Jesu...
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