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Christoph Willibald Gluck

July 2, 1714 - November 15, 1787
born in Erasbach, Germany, composed during the Classical period
A towering figure in eighteenth-century opera, Bohemian-German composer Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) combined French and Italian opera and instituted reforms in opera performance and staging, and their influence stretched into the nineteenth century. This has not saved his own operas from oblivion, with the popular exception of Orfeo ed Euridice (1762) which remains in the repertoire. Gluck's stormy, sometimes aggressive orchestral textures had a direct impact on the eighteenth-century "sturm und drang" school of symphonists. While his career began -- and remained centered in -- Vienna, Gluck also did extended tours to Paris and London to mount opera productions. ~ Uncle Dave Lewis , Rovi
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Selected Discography

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Track List: Gluck - Iphigénie en Aulide / Dawson · von Otter · van Dam · Aler · Deletré · Cachmaille · Schirrer · Monteverdi Choir · Opéra de Lyon · Gardiner

Disc 1
Title: Iphigénie En Aulide, Opera In 3 Acts, Wq. 40
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Track List: Gluck: Alceste / Ostman, Ringholz, Lavender, Degerfeldt, Et Al

Disc 1
Title: Alceste (Italian Version), Opera In 3 Acts, Wq. 37
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Track List: Gluck: Ezio

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Title: Ezio, Opera In 3 Acts, Wq. 15
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Track List: Gluck: Iphigénie en Tauride

Disc 1
Title: Iphigénie En Tauride, Opera In 4 Acts, Wq. 46
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Track List: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice

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Title: Orfeo Ed Euridice (Italian Version), Opera In 3 Acts, Wq. 30
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Track List: Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice (First Vienna Version. 1762)

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Track List: Orfeo Ed Euridice (Highlights)

Comments

kristenhcroc k e t t
I love this guy
dbh214
Orfeo and Eurydice permits two female voices to blend beautifully in a wonderfully melodic piece.
To Chenetdia, I would help you out, but you made your profile private so I can't post comments on your page, much less see it. I'd recommend contacting tech support.
jksierant
No longer rare in opera houses today. Performances at the Met, Lyric and elsewhere in the past few years.
adel.pearl
I never heard of Gluck before today. I found the biography interesting, and I learned a few vocabulary words, too! Looking forward to hearing more of his work.
chenetdia
I'm not hearing any music. I'd like to upgrade, but, first I need to hear streaming music. In particular, I listen to classical- the Baroque period. I hear one song then the music stops. Can you help me?
ednbobbie
When I think of composors & their music, Mr. Gluck hardly ever comes to mind; but strangely enough, when I do hear one of his works I usually like it very much. Again I love your choice of music. Even when I say "I don't like some-thing I usually only mean that I'd rather be listning to something else (NOT that I actually dislike it). Thanks again for your beautiful selections. Ed

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