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Odysseus
Max Bruch composed this secular oratorio in 1873, drawing from Homer's Odyssey to depict the epic journey of the Greek hero Odysseus returning home from the Trojan War.
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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
Composed by Robert Schumann in 1853, this musical setting of Goethe's Faust is notable for blurring the boundaries betwe...
St. Paul (Paulus)
Paulus (St. Paul) is Mendelssohn's first major oratorio, premiered in Düsseldorf in 1836, tracing the conversion and mis...
A Mass of Life
Frederick Delius's large choral work (completed 1905) setting texts from Nietzsche's Also sprach Zarathustra, notable as...
Semele
Handel's 1744 secular oratorio based on William Congreve's libretto about the mythological Semele, performed in concert...
Das Paradies und die Peri
Das Paradies und die Peri is Schumann's 1843 secular oratorio based on a section of Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh, a p...
Das Paradies und die Peri (Schumann)
Secular oratorio by Robert Schumann (op. 50, premiered Leipzig 1843), based on Thomas Moore's poem Lalla Rookh and consi...
The Music Makers
Ode-setting by Edward Elgar (op. 69, 1912) for contralto, chorus, and orchestra, notable for self-quoting themes from hi...
The Spectre's Bride (Svatební košile)
Antonín Dvořák composed this dramatic secular cantata in 1884, setting a Czech poem by Karel Jaromír Erben to create one...
The Choice of Hercules
Handel's 1751 short secular oratorio depicting Hercules's mythological choice between Pleasure and Virtue, set to a libr...
Die erste Walpurgisnacht
Die erste Walpurgisnacht is Mendelssohn's secular cantata (1832, revised 1843) setting Goethe's poem depicting pagan Dru...
Die letzten Dinge (The Last Judgment)
Louis Spohr composed this apocalyptic oratorio in 1826, translating the biblical Book of Revelation into a major early R...
Moses (Bruch)
Max Bruch composed this oratorio in 1895, depicting the life of the Hebrew prophet Moses and serving as a major example...
The Pilgrims of Hope (Parry)
Choral work by Hubert Parry, the influential late-Victorian British composer who helped revitalize English choral music...
Das Lied von der Glocke
Max Bruch composed this large-scale secular oratorio in 1879, setting Friedrich Schiller's famous poem "The Song of the...
Der Fall Babylons
Louis Spohr composed this grand oratorio in 1840, depicting the biblical fall of Babylon and premiering at the Norwich F...
Christophorus (Rheinberger)
Josef Gabriel Rheinberger's 1871 oratorio Christophorus is a late-Romantic German choral work dramatizing the legendary...
The Pilgrims (Chadwick)
George Whitefield Chadwick's oratorio for soloists, chorus, and orchestra, one of the more substantial American choral w...
Arminius
Max Bruch composed this patriotic oratorio in 1875, depicting the life of the Germanic chieftain Arminius who defeated t...
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