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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Ritter von Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the Holy Roman Empire at the time, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court in Vienna. There he brought about the practical reform of opera's dramaturgical practices for which many intellectuals had been campaigning. With a series of radical new works in the 1760s, among them Orfeo ed Euridice and Alceste, he broke the stranglehold that Metastasian opera seria had enjoyed for much of the century. Gluck introduced more drama by using orchestral recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera. The strong influence of French opera encouraged Gluck to move to Paris in November 1773. Fusing the traditions of Italian opera and the French into a unique synthesis, Gluck wrote eight operas for the Parisian stage. Iphigénie en Tauride was a great success and is often considered to be his finest work. From Wikipedia (

Songs

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Orpheus and Eurydike: Reigen Seeliger Geister
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Orfeo Ed Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
Andras Korodi
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits "Melody" (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)
Nelson Freire
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Andante - Melody - Da capo
Karlheinz Zöller
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Melody / La plainte d'Orphée (Arr. Kempff for Piano)
Wilhelm Kempff

Albums

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Gluck: Alceste, Wq. 44

2026
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Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq. 46 (feat. Ensemble Vocal de Paris, Léopold Simoneau, Patricia Neway & Pierre Mollet)

2025
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30

2024
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Gluck - Masterwork

2026
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Purcell/Coates: Suite from the Dramatic Music; Elgar: Enigma Variations; Brahms: Four Serious Songs

2025
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Eroica / Erard

2024
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Gluck Arias

2025
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The Singing Flute, Fantasies for Flute on Opera Arias

2025
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Arias & Choruses)

2025
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Austrian Royal Court Composers - Dittersdorf - Salieri - Haydn - Cluck - Mozart

2024

Singles & EPs

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Calm New Age Music for Sleep

EP • 2026
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Paride ed Elena, Wq. 39, Act I Scene 2: O del mio dolce ardor (Paride)

Single • 2025
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Orphée et Eurydice, Wq. 41: Ballet II: Mélodie (Arr. Siloti for Piano)

Single • 2025
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Act III: Che farò senza Euridice? (Arr. Pluhar)

Single • 2025
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Melody from Orfeo and Euridice (single)

Single • 2025
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: "Dance of the Blessed Spirits" (Arr. for Solo Piano by Alexander Siloti)

Single • 2025
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Il trionfo di Clelia, Wq. 31, Act III Scene 8: Aria. De’ folgori di Giove (Orazio)

Single • 2025
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Arr. for Violin and Harp by Paola Baron)

Single • 2025
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Scene 4 (1769 Version): Recitativo. Che puro ciel [Orfeo]

Single • 2025
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Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice"

Single • 2025

Videos

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Greece2/오르페오와 에우리디체-1/ Gluck : Orfeo ed Euridice "Dance Of The Blessed Spirits" / Diros Caves 디로스동굴

Jennie H. Kim • 622 views
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Cecilia Bartoli - O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck)

Edson Jiménez • 168K views
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Che faro senza Euridice? (Japan 2005) HD

frufruJ • 286K views
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Х. В. Глюк Из оперы Орфей и Эвридика Скрипка и орган Gluck Melody

платон я • 494K views
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"O del mio dolce ardor" boyoon Choi #성악#이태리곡#Soprano

BoYoon 가곡,찬송 • 1.2K views
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[테너 김민석] C. W. Gluck - O del mio dolce ardor (글룩 - 오 감미로운 나의 사랑)

아트앤아티스트 Arts&Artists • 42K views
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ORFEO ED EURIDICE 'Che farò senza Euridice?' Gluck - Irish National Opera

OperaVision • 211K views
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Christoph Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits for Flute and Piano

SKP MANAGEMENT • 164K views

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