Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer)
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, 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 simpler recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria.
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Popular Works: Gluck
- Ah! se intorno a quest'urna funesta (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (3)
- Alceste (11)
- Alceste: Marche réligieuse (6)
- Alceste: Overture (12)
- Armide (4)
- Armide: Ballet Music (6)
- Armide: Gavotte (7)
- Che faro' senza Euridice? (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (34)
- Dance of the Blessed Spirits (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (36)
- De Profundis [Vienna 1787] (12)
- Divinités du Styx (from Alceste) (12)
- Don Juan (14)
- Don Juan - Ballet suite (7)
- Ezio (4)
- Flute Concerto in G major, Op. 4 (13)
- Iphigénie en Aulide (9)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Air (7)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Danse des Esclaves (7)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Grande Chaconne (7)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Menuet (7)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Overture (22)
- Iphigénie en Aulide: Tambourin (7)
- Iphigénie en Tauride (7)
- L'Ivrogne corrigé (4)
- La Rencontre imprévue (3)
- O malheureuse Iphigenie! (from Iphigénie en Tauride) (8)
- Orfeo ed Euridice (21)
- Orfeo ed Euridice - Dance of the Furies (7)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Mélodie (30)
- Orfeo ed Euridice: Overture (13)
- Paride ed Elena: Ballet Suite (7)
- Paride ed Elena: Danse des Athlètes (7)
- Paride ed Elena: Passacaille (7)
- Tetide (2)
- Torna, o bella (from Orfeo ed Euridice) (4)
- Trio Sonata No. 4 in B flat major (2)
- Trio Sonata No. 5 in E flat major (2)
- Trio Sonata No. 6 in F major (2)
- Trio Sonata No. 7 in E major (2)
- Vieni che poi sereno (from Semiramide riconosciuta) (20)
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