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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 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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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 - Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)
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Orpheus and Eurydike: Reigen Seeliger Geister
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Orfeo Ed Euridice: Dance Of The Blessed Spirits
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30, Act II: Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Andante - Melody - Da capo
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Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Albums

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The Singing Flute, Fantasies for Flute on Opera Arias

2025
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Arturo Toscanini: Overtures & Preludes

2022
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The Launy Grøndahl Legacy, Vol. 6

2021
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Eroica / Erard

2024
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Gluck: Don Juan - Semiramis

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

2021
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Pour Marie-Antoinette - Haydn: Symphonies Le Matin, Le Midi & Le Soir

2023
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Beethoven: Violin Sonatas Nos. 5 & 9

2021
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Bach, Mozart, Gluck–Sgambati

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

2021

Singles & EPs

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Melody from Orfeo and Euridice (single)

Single2025
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Single2023
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Melodie (Arr. for Violin and Piano)

Single2021
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Arr. for Violin and Harp by Paola Baron)

Single2025
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30: Melodie (Arr. for Violin and Piano by Fritz Kreisler)

Single2023
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Gluck: Dance of the Blessed Spirits

Single2021
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Forgotten Arias - Gluck: Il re pastore: "Sol può dir come si trova"

Single2023
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Gluck: Orphée et Eurydice, Danse des ombres heureuses (Arr. for Cello & Orchestra by Christian-Pierre La Marca)

Single2022
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Contra-Tenor - Orphée et Eurydice: "J'ai perdu mon Euridyce"

Single2023
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Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Mélodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) (Arr. Sgambati for Piano)

Single2022

Videos

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Orpheus and Eurydice/From Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Ch. W. Gluck)

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Gli sguardi trattieni (Orfeo ed Euridice - C.W. Gluck) Score Animation

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Gluck-Kempff - Plainte d'Orphée & Dance of the Blessed Spirits for Piano [Score-Video]

George N. Gianopoulos, composer38K views
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Х. В. Глюк Из оперы Орфей и Эвридика Скрипка и орган Gluck Melody

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Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice „Che faro senza Euridice“

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Melodie (Dance of the Blessed Spirits)

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

Stefano Flute Channel29K views
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Ewiges Deutschland

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Cecilia Bartoli - O del mio dolce ardor (Gluck)

Edson Jiménez135K views
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Christoph Gluck Dance of the Blessed Spirits for Flute and Piano

SKP MANAGEMENT140K views

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