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Oratorio is a musical composition with dramatic or narrative text for choir, soloists and orchestra or other ensemble. Like most operas, an oratorio includes the use of a choir, soloists, an instrumental ensemble, various distinguishable characters (e.g. soloists), and arias. However, opera is musical theatre, and typically involves significant theatrical spectacle, including sets, props, and costuming, as well as staged interactions between characters. In oratorio, there is generally minimal staging, with the chorus often assuming a more central dramatic role, and the work is typic… read more

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1	Play track	Love this track	Cricket and the Genie (Movement II, Oratorio di Cricket)	The Claypool Lennon Delirium	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
2		Love this track	The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Part I: VII. Rescue Him, O Lord	Sir Edward Elgar	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
3		Love this track	La passione di Gesù Cristo - Parte I - XI. Recitativo (S, A, T). "Barbari! O crudeli!"	Antonio Salieri	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
4		Love this track	The Dream of Gerontius, Op. 38, Part I: II. Jesu, Maria - I Am Near to Death	Sir Edward Elgar	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
5		Love this track	Gesù al Calvario, ZWV 62 - XIX. Recitativo (Gesù, Maria Vergine, Maria Maddalena, Maria Cleofa, San Giovanni). "Vinto da tanto amor"	Jan Dismas Zelenka	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
6		Love this track	Messiah, HWV 56: 23. He was despised	Angus Davidson	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
7		Love this track	Johannes-Passion (St. John Passion), BWV 245 - Part One - Evangelist, Ancilla, Petrus, Jesus, Servus: "Derselbige Jünger war dem Hohenpriester bekannt"	Johann Sebastian Bach	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
8		Love this track	La passione di Gesù Cristo - Parte I - XIII. Recitativo (S, A, T). "E la Madre frattanto in mezzo all'empie squadre"	Antonio Salieri	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
9		Love this track	La passione di Gesù Cristo - Parte I - XV. Recitativo (A, T, B). "Come inventar potea"	Antonio Salieri	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading
10		Love this track	Elijah, MWV A25: 2.8. Lift thine eyes, O lift thine eyes to the mountains	Patricia Bardon	Loading	Love this track Set track as current obsession Get track Loading