Oratorio
1,173works
6,380pressings
1905first year
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| Format | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | 2010s | 2020s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vinyl | 18% | 76% | 75% | 65% | 44% | 2% | · | 1% | 5% |
| CD | · | · | · | · | 23% | 83% | 85% | 69% | 56% |
| Box Set | 10% | 22% | 24% | 30% | 23% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 4% |
| Cassette | · | · | · | 4% | 9% | 6% | · | · | · |
| File | · | · | · | · | · | · | 1% | 10% | 29% |
Sounds like
PassionBaroqueChoralCantataOrchestraClassicalMassReligiousString EnsembleRomanticMagnificatModernOperaMotet
Most-pressed works
| Title | Artist | Year | Pressings |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Recital Of Bach And Handel Arias | Kathleen Ferrier | 1960 | 53 |
| St. Matthew Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1962 | 50 |
| Messiah Excerpts | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1962 | 48 |
| Matthäus-Passion - Chöre Und Arien | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1961 | 46 |
| Weihnachts-Oratorium • Christmas Oratorio • Oratorio De Noël, BWV 248 | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1966 | 45 |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1966 | 43 |
| St. Matthew Passion (Passio Secundum Matthæum) | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1958 | 41 |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1959 | 41 |
| Messiah Highlights | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1967 | 40 |
| Die Schöpfung = The Creation = La Création | Joseph Haydn | 1969 | 40 |
| Messiah Highlights | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1959 | 36 |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1959 | 35 |
| Passio Secundum Joannem - »Johannes Passion« | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1964 | 35 |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1961 | 34 |
| Dies Irae (Auschwitz Oratorium) / Polymorphia / De Natura Sonoris | Krzysztof Penderecki | 1968 | 34 |
| Joseph Haydn's Oratorio "Die Schoepfung" = The Creation | Joseph Haydn | 1949 | 32 |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1955 | 31 |
| Highlights From Handel's Messiah | Leonard Bernstein | 1966 | 31 |
| Matthäus-Passion | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1965 | 30 |
| Handel's Messiah (The Original Manuscript) | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1966 | 29 |
| Missa Solemnis (Mass In D Major, Opus 123) | Ludwig Van Beethoven | 1951 | 28 |
| Die Jahreszeiten = The Seasons = Les Saisons | Joseph Haydn | 1967 | 28 |
| Messiah (Choruses And Arias) | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1973 | 27 |
| Weihnachts Oratorium | Johann Sebastian Bach | 1959 | 26 |
| Messiah | Georg Friedrich Händel | 1959 | 25 |
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