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Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald Gluck was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both at the time part of the Holy Roman Empire, he gained prominence at the Habsburg court at 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 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christoph_Willibald_Gluck) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/legalcode)

Songs

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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 - Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)
Nelson Freire
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Orfeo Ed Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
Andras Korodi
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Orpheus And Eurydike: Reigen Seeliger Geister
Christoph Willibald Gluck
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Gluck: Le feste d'Apollo / Orfeo: Che farò senza Euridice?
Samuel Mariño
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Orphée et Eurydice) - Arranged By Wilhelm Kempff: La Plainte d'Orphée (Ballet)
Wilhelm Kempff

Albums

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Casta Diva

Album • 2024
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Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" - Gluck: Overture from Alceste

Album • 2021
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Brahms In Transcription - Piano Transcriptions of Symphony Movements and Hungarian Dances

Album • 2019
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Eroica / Erard

Album • 2024
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Liszt: Les préludes - Wagner, Weber & Gluck: Overtures

Album • 2021
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Romatic Journey - Music for Violin and Piano

Album • 2018
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Bach, Mozart, Gluck–Sgambati

Album • 2022
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Im Reich der Schatten (Erzählt und musiziert nach der Oper Orfeo und Euridice von Gluck)

Album • 2021
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Gluck: Don Juan - Semiramis

Album • 2022
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (Live)

Album • 2020

Singles

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Forgotten Arias - Gluck: Il re pastore: "Sol può dir come si trova"

2023
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)

2022
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Paride ed Elena: Le belle immagini

2020
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Contra-Tenor - Orphée et Eurydice: "J'ai perdu mon Euridyce"

2023
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Gluck: Le feste d'Apollo / Orfeo: Che farò senza Euridice?

2022
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30: Melodie (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler)

2023
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Melodie (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

2021
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Danse des ombres heureuses (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Christian-Pierre La Marca)

2022
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Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

2021

Videos

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Luciano Pavarotti / Giordani / Caro mio Ben / Gluck / Che Faro Senza Euridice

Pavarottito • 8.3K views
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Cecilia Bartoli - O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck)

Edson Jiménez • 114K views
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Gluck-Kempff - Plainte d'Orphée & Dance of the Blessed Spirits for Piano [Score-Video]

George N. Gianopoulos, composer • 33K views
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Orpheus and Eurydice/From Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Ch. W. Gluck)

Terry Tirlipirli • 1.8K views
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グルック：精霊の踊り C.Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice フルート神田勇哉

Yuya KANDA Flute • 111K views
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Paride ed Elena- O del mio dolce ardor

Gabba02 • 267K views
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C. W. Gluck: Dance of the blessed spirits from "Orfeo ed Euridice"- flute Jean Pierre Rampal

Stefano Flute Channel • 26K views
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O del mio dolce ardor - Gluck - accompaniment - Gluck - F minor

Classical Song Tracks • 81K views

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Classical for Autumn

Playlist • YouTube Music
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Late Night Classical

Playlist • YouTube Music

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