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Odysseus
Odysseus is a secular oratorio by Max Bruch, composed in 1873. Its subject is drawn from Homer’s Odyssey and follows the Greek hero Odysseus during his long return journey from the Trojan War to Ithaca. The work applies the large vocal and orchestral forces of the nineteenth-century oratorio to a cl...
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The top alternative to Odysseus in 2026 is Elijah with a score of 9.3/10, followed by La Damnation de Faust (9.1) and Szenen aus Goethes Faust (8.3).
Elijah
Mendelssohn’s *Elijah* is a German oratorio based on the biblical story of the prophet Elijah. Composed in 1846, it show...
La Damnation de Faust
Berlioz’s *La Damnation de Faust* is a monumental oratorio adapting Goethe’s classic tragedy. The work utilizes a massiv...
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...
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 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...
The Choice of Hercules
The Choice of Hercules is a short secular oratorio by George Frideric Handel, composed in 1750 and first performed at Lo...
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...
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...
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...
The Pilgrims (Chadwick)
The Pilgrims is an oratorio by the American composer George Whitefield Chadwick. Written for soloists, chorus, and orche...
Arminius
Arminius is a patriotic oratorio by the German Romantic composer Max Bruch, completed in 1875. Its subject is Arminius,...
War and Peace (Parry)
Composed by Hubert Parry, this choral work explores grand themes of human conflict and ultimate resolution, contributing...
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