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Gurrelieder
Gurre-Lieder is an Austrian oratorio by Arnold Schoenberg completed in 1914. It tells a dramatic story of love and war set in medieval Austria. Notably, it represents a pivotal work in Schoenberg’s development, showcasing his shift towards atonality while retaining operatic scale and complex orchest...
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The top alternative to Gurrelieder in 2026 is The Creation (Die Schöpfung) with a score of 9.2/10, followed by La Damnation de Faust (9.1) and A Child of Our Time (9.1).
The Creation (Die Schöpfung)
Haydn’s *Die Schöpfung* (The Creation) is a sacred oratorio composed in 1798. It portrays the biblical narrative of crea...
La Damnation de Faust
Berlioz’s *La Damnation de Faust* is a monumental oratorio adapting Goethe’s classic tragedy. The work utilizes a massiv...
A Child of Our Time
A Child of Our Time is an oratorio by English composer Benjamin Britten, later revised and completed by Michael Tippett....
The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten)
The Seasons (Die Jahreszeiten) is an oratorio by Austrian composer Joseph Haydn, completed in 1801. The work is based on...
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato
L'Allegro, il Penseroso ed il Moderato is an English ode-oratorio composed by George Frideric Handel, premiering in Lond...
Szenen aus Goethes Faust
Szenen aus Goethes Faust is a large-scale musical setting for soloists, chorus, and orchestra composed by Robert Schuman...
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln
Das Buch mit sieben Siegeln is a monumental oratorio for soloists, chorus, orchestra, and organ composed by Austrian mus...
Acis and Galatea
"Acis and Galatea" is a pastoral masque or minor opera composed by George Frideric Handel, with an English text adapted...
A Mass of Life
"A Mass of Life" is a large-scale choral work composed by Frederick Delius, completed in 1905. The piece sets German tex...
Semele
Semele is a musical drama by George Frideric Handel, based on a libretto by William Congreve. It premiered at the Theatr...
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...
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...
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross
The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross is a composition by Joseph Haydn that exists in multiple versions. Orig...
Dona Nobis Pacem (Vaughan Williams)
Dona Nobis Pacem is a cantata composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1936, written for soprano and baritone soloists, cho...
Die Jakobsleiter
Die Jakobsleiter (Jacob's Ladder) is an unfinished oratorio by Austrian composer Arnold Schoenberg, begun in 1922 and ab...
Historia von D. Johann Fausten
Historia von D. Johann Fausten is a cantata-oratorio by Russian-German composer Alfred Schnittke, premiered in 1983. The...
The Music Makers
The Music Makers (Op. 69) is a 1912 work by English composer Edward Elgar, setting Arthur O'Shaughnessy's ode "We are th...
The Spectre's Bride (Svatební košile)
The Spectre's Bride, also known by its Czech title Svatební košile, is a dramatic secular cantata by Antonín Dvořák. Com...
Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Die erste Walpurgisnacht is a secular cantata by Felix Mendelssohn, setting Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s ballad about a...
Das Lied von der Glocke
Das Lied von der Glocke is a secular oratorio by Max Bruch, composed in 1879 after Friedrich Schiller's poem of the same...
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