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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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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Andante - Melody - Da capo
Karlheinz Zoeller
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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

Albums

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Karajan A-Z: Cherubini - Gounod

Album • 2024
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Bach, Mozart, Gluck–Sgambati

Album • 2022
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 & 9

Album • 2021
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Casta Diva

Album • 2024
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Mendelssohn, Gluck, Liszt & Tchaikovsky: A Midsummer Night’s Dream’s - Orfeo Ed Euridice, Dance of the Blessed Spirits - Totentanz

Album • 2022
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Haydn: Symphony No. 94 "Surprise" - Gluck: Overture from Alceste

Album • 2021
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Eroica / Erard

Album • 2024
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Gluck: Don Juan - Semiramis

Album • 2022
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Pour Marie-Antoinette - Haydn: Symphonies Le Matin, Le Midi & Le Soir

Album • 2023
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Sopranista

Album • 2022

Singles

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

2023
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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
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Contra-Tenor - Orphée et Eurydice: "J'ai perdu mon Euridyce"

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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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

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

Videos

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

Pavarottito • 8.5K views
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Cecilia Bartoli - O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck)

Edson Jiménez • 122K 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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O del mio dolce ardor - accompaniment - Gluck - D minor

Classical Song Tracks • 56K views
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky - Paride ed Elena- O del mio dolce ardor

Gabba02 • 272K views
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O del mio dolce ardor - Gluck - accompaniment - Gluck - F minor

Classical Song Tracks • 88K views
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C. W. Gluck: Dance of the blessed spirits from "Orfeo ed Euridice"- flute Jean Pierre Rampal

Stefano Flute Channel • 27K views
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Gluck, Orfeo ed Euridice - Atto II, Scena I (Orfeo e le Furie) - (score)

PrincepsMusicae • 79K views

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