Christoph Willibald Gluck
Born: 2nd July 1714, Berching, Germany
Died: 15th November 1787, Vienna
Nationality: German
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.
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Further Reading: Gluck
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Jakub Józef Orliński on Gluck's Orfeo
4th Jul 2024
The Polish countertenor discusses recording 'one of the signature-roles' for his voice-type, how going to hell and back in two contrasting productions of the opera informed his interpretation in the studio, and why acting as co-artistic director on the recording taught him to 'read the room'...
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Philippe Jaroussky sings Gluck's Orfeo
25th May 2018
The French countertenor placates the Furies with singing of celestial purity on this world premiere recording of the 1774 Neapolitan version of Gluck's most popular opera.
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Popular Works: Gluck
- Adieu, conservez dans votre âme (from Iphigénie en Aulide) (3)
- Ah! Si la liberté me doit être ravie (from Armide) (5)
- Ahimè! Dove trascorsi? (from Orfeo) (3)
- Alceste (17)
- Alceste: Overture (17)
- Berenice, che fai?...Perché, se tanti siete (from Antigono) (3)
- Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (62)
- Che fiero momento (from Orfeo et Euridice) (6)
- Che puro ciel (Orfeo ed Euridice) (14)
- Dieux puissants que j'atteste… Jupiter, lance la foudre (from Iphigénie en Aulide) (5)
- Dieux qui me poursuivez (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (5)
- Divinité des grandes âmes (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (3)
- Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) (21)
- Don Juan (13)
- Enfin, il est en ma puissance (from Armide) (4)
- Ezio (4)
- Grands dieux soutenez mon courage… Ah ! Divinités implacables (from Alceste) (5)
- Iphigénie en Aulide (9)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture (25)
- Iphigénie en Tauride (20)
- J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (from Orphée et Eurydice) (38)
- Je cède à vos désirs - D'une image, hélas! trop chérie (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (4)
- Le belle immagini d'un dolce amore (from Paride ed Elena) (5)
- Misera, dove son...Ah! non son io (from Ezio) (3)
- Non, cet affreux devoir... Je t'implore et je tremble (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (5)
- Non, je n'espere plus... O toi qui prolongeas mes jours (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (5)
- O del mio dolce ardor (from Paride ed Elena) (34)
- O malheureuse Iphigenie! (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (10)
- Ô moments délicieux!...Bannis les craintes et les alarmes (from Alceste) (3)
- Orfeo ed Euridice (44)
- Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Furies (7)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie (31)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Overture (6)
- Orphée et Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits (139)
- Orphée et Euridice: Menuet & Dance of the Blessed Spirits (4)
- Orphée et Eurydice (21)
- Paride ed Elena (3)
- Qu'entends-je? Qu'a-t-il dit?... Amour, viens rendre a mon ame (from Orphée et Eurydice, after Bertini) (6)
- Qual vita è questa mai...Che fiero momento (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (4)
- Se mai senti spirarti sul volto (from La clemenza di Tito) (7)
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Special offer. Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice
Iestyn Davies (Orfeo), Sophie Bevan (Euridice), Rebecca Bottone (Amor) La Nuova Musica, David Bates
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International Classical Music Awards, 2019, Nominee - Opera
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BBC Music Magazine, Christmas 2019, Opera Choice
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Gramophone Magazine, December 2019, Editor's Choice
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Gramophone Awards, 2020, Shortlisted - Opera
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Love songs
Angela Hewitt (piano)
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Presto Editor's Choice, July 2021
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BBC Music Magazine, September 2021, Instrumental Choice
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Nuits blanches: Opera Arias at the Russian Court of the 18th Century
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Presto Editor's Choice, April 2020
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Juno Awards, 2021, Nominated - Classical Album of the Year (Vocal or Choral)
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The Vienna Recital
Yuja Wang (piano)
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Gramophone Magazine, June 2024, Editor's Choice
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BBC Music Magazine, August 2024, Insturmental Choice
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Presto Recordings of the Year, Finalists 2024
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International Classical Music Awards, 2025, Nominated - Solo Instrument
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