Christoph Willibald Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (German: [ˈkʁɪstɔf ˈvɪlɪbalt ˈɡlʊk]; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) 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 orchestral recitative and cutting the usually long da capo aria. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera. Future composers like Mozart, Schubert, Berlioz and Wagner revered Gluck. The strong influence of French opera encouraged Gluck to move to Paris in November 1773. Fusing the traditions of Italian opera and the French (with rich chorus) into a unique synthesis, Gluck wrote eight operas for the Parisian stage. Iphigénie en Tauride (1779) was a great success and is often considered to be his finest work. Though he was extremely popular and widely credited with bringing about a revolution in French opera, Gluck's mastery of the Parisian operatic scene was never absolute, and after the poor reception of his Echo et Narcisse (1779), he left Paris in disgust and returned to Vienna to live out the remainder of his life. |
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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.
Recordings
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | C-622 | 12-in. | 11/2/1903 | Away with mourning and crying | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-623 | 12-in. | 11/2/1903 | Che farò | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-4670 | 10-in. | 7/11/1907 | Mélodie | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-4731 | 12-in. | 7/30/1907 | Ach! Ich habe sie verloren | Ernestine Schumann-Heink ; Victor Orchestra | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-7023 | 12-in. | 4/29/1909 | J'ai perdu mon Euridice | Jeanne Gerville | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-8105 | 10-in. | 7/13/1909 | Gavotte from Paris and Helena | Victor String Quartet | String quartet | composer | |
Victor | C-8609 | 12-in. | 2/7/1910 | Su e con me vieni cara | Johanna Gadski ; Louise Homer ; Victor Orchestra | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8610 | 12-in. | 2/7/1910 | Che fiero momento | Johanna Gadski ; Louise Homer | Vocal duet (soprano and contralto), with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-8611 | 12-in. | 2/7/1910 | Che farò senza Euridice | Louise Homer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-9872 | 10-in. | 1/31/1911 | Mélodie | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-9872 | 12-in. | 10/6/1915 | Mélodie | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-9873 | 12-in. | 1/31/1911 | Melodie | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-9911 | 12-in. | 2/6/1911 | Divinités du Styx | Louise Homer ; Victor Orchestra | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-10508 | 12-in. | 6/5/1911 | Ye awful Stygian powers | Myrna Sherlow | Vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-10561 | 10-in. | 6/20/1911 | Spiagge amate | Umberto Sorrentino | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12318 | 10-in. | 8/14/1912 | Iphegenie in Aulis : Lento from ballet | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-12729 | 10-in. | 12/18/1912 | Mélodie | Fritz Kreisler | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | C-13731 | 12-in. | 9/8/1913 | Bourée | Maud Powell | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | B-16587 | 10-in. | 10/4/1915 | Menuett | William H. Reitz | Bells solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-19634 | 10-in. | 4/27/1917 | Musette : Ballet | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-19851 | 12-in. | 5/14/1917 | Reigen seliger Geister | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra, with flute solo | composer | |
Victor | C-21066 | 12-in. | 11/8/1917 | Dance of the spirits | Philadelphia Orchestra ; Leopold Stokowski | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | C-21223 | 12-in. | 12/4/1917 | Strings | Victor Orchestra | Instructional | composer | |
Victor | B-22935 | 10-in. | 6/27/1919 | Melodie | Guiomar Novaës | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | C-22935 | 12-in. | 6/23/1919 | Melodie | Guiomar Novaës | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | C-23796 | 12-in. | 3/31/1920 | Gavotte | Guiomar Novaës | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-24958 | 10-in. | 2/24/1921 | Che farò senza Euridice | Gabriella Besanzoni | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-27348 | 10-in. | 12/27/1922 | Gavotte | Alfred Cortot | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | C-27759 | 12-in. | 4/16/1923 | Divinités du Styx | Maria Jeritza | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-28110 | 10-in. | 6/11/1923 | Le ballet des ombres heureuses | Guiomar Novaës | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-28431 | 10-in. | 8/16/1923 | Spiagge amate | Hulda Lashanska | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | B-28452 | 10-in. | 8/29/1923 | O Saviour, hear me | Charles T. Tittmann | Male vocal solo, with cello and orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-31558 | 10-in. | 4/13/1925 | Melody | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-31558 | 10-in. | 12/30/1924 | Melodie | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | C-31558 | 12-in. | 12/31/1924 | Mélodie | Sergei Rachmaninoff | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-31705 | 10-in. | 5/12/1925 | Gavotte | Ossip Gabrilowitsch | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-31705 | 10-in. | 1/13/1925 | Gavotte | Ossip Gabrilowitsch | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | B-31857 | 10-in. | 2/18/1925 | Nutcracker suite : March | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-31857 | 10-in. | 6/19/1925 | Nutcracker suite : March | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-32584 | 12-in. | 5/8/1925 | Caprice (on airs de ballet) | Harold Bauer | Piano solo | composer | |
Victor | BVE-32717 | 10-in. | 5/26/1925 | Fundamentals of musical development | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-32718 | 10-in. | 5/26/1925 | Fundamentals of musical development | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-34088 | 10-in. | 1/6/1926 | Tantum ergo | Russian Symphonic Choir | Mixed vocal chorus, unaccompanied | composer | |
Victor | BVE-37422 | 10-in. | 1/19/1927 | Minuet | William H. Reitz | Bells solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-38217 | 10-in. | 3/10/1927 | Musette | Victor Concert Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-41498 | 12-in. | 2/6/1928 | Che farò senza Euridice | Sigrid Onégin | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-41977 | 12-in. | 4/17/1928 | Dance of the spirits | Detroit Symphony Orchestra ; Ossip Gabrilowitsch | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-48956 | 12-in. | 4/5/1929 | Dance of the spirits | John Amans ; New York Philharmonic ; Arturo Toscanini | Orchestra, with flute solo | composer | |
Victor | CVE-53532 | 12-in. | 6/3/1929 | Melodie | Mischa Elman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | BVE-55390 | 10-in. | 9/5/1929 | Holiday march (German) | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-55391 | 10-in. | 9/6/1929 | Orpheus : Andante | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BVE-57920 | 10-in. | 12/16/1929 | Melodie | Fritz Kreisler | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | CVE-59788 | 12-in. | 5/13/1930 | Airs de ballet | Walter Damrosch ; National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-59789 | 12-in. | 5/13/1930 | Airs de ballet | Walter Damrosch ; National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CVE-59790 | 12-in. | 5/13/1930 | Airs de ballet | Walter Damrosch ; National Symphony Orchestra (Washington, D.C.) | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BRC-69956 | 10-in. | 6/17/1931 | Phrasing | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-77870 | 10-in. | 10/27/1933 | Carnival : March | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-77891 | 10-in. | 11/3/1933 | Gigue | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-77892 | 10-in. | 11/3/1933 | Rhineland song | Bruno Reibold ; Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-82158 | 10-in. | 3/30/1934 | Skips and gallops | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | BS-82159 | 10-in. | 3/30/1934 | Runs | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CS-98884 | 12-in. | 1/27/1936 | Che farò senna Euridice | Alexander Smallens ; Enid Szantho | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Victor | CS-010976 | 12-in. | 6/29/1937 | Melodie | The Aeolians | Instrumental quartet | composer | |
Victor | BS-046414 | 10-in. | 1/11/1940 | Vieni, che poi sereno (Cavatina) | Celius Dougherty ; Povla Frijsh | Soprano vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1913-05-09-09] | Not documented | 5/9/1913 | Che farò senza Eurydice | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1919-03-13-02] | Not documented | 3/13/1919 | Ballet music from Orpheus | La Sourdine Ensemble | Instrumental trio | composer | |
Victor | [Trial 1923-06-18-02] | 10-in. | 6/18/1923 | O Saviour, hear me | Charles T. Tittmann | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 38635 | 10-in. | 2/18/1913 | Alceste de Gluck | Mimi Rogenhofer | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia | 39096 | 10-in. | 11/13/1913 | Dance of the blessed spirits | Georges Barrère | Flute solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 81299 | 10-in. | 10/27/1923 | Gavotte | Percy Grainger | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia | 30518 | 12-in. | between January and October 1910 | Paris and Helena | Stehl String Quartette | String quartet | composer | |
Columbia | 30847 | 12-in. | ca. 1911 | Che farò senza Eurydice | Rosa Olitzka | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 36374 | 12-in. | approximately 1912 | Che faro senza euridice? | Maria Gay | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 37098 | 12-in. | 12/15/1914 | Che farò senza Euridice | Eleanora de Cisneros | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 48951 | 12-in. | 10/16/1916 | Gavotte | Josef Hofmann | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia | 49822 | 12-in. | 5/1/1920 | Che farò senza Euridice | Cyrena Van Gordon | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 98109 | 12-in. | 12/18/1923 | Orfeo : Air | Mischa Levitzki | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia | W145610 | 10-in. | 2/6/1928 | Melodie | Jelly d' Arányi ; Coenraad Valentyn Bos | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | W98583 | 12-in. | 9/6/1928 | Che faro senza Euridice | Sophie Braslau | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 11126 | 10-in. | approximately 1908 to 1914 | Che farò senza Euridice | Fanny Anitúa | Mezzo-soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia | 12519 | 10-in. | between 1905 and 1908 | Iphigenie auf Tauris : Arie | Karl Meister | Tenor vocal solo, with organ | composer | |
Columbia | 58160 | 10-in. | approximately March 1917 | Andante | Derk Gootjes | Violin solo | composer | |
Columbia | 76453 | 12-in. | approximately 1919 | Paris and Helene : Gavotte | William Murdoch | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia | 76904 | 12-in. | 3/13/1923 | Melodie | W. H. Squire | Cello solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia | 90240 | 10-in. | October 1920 | Orpheus : Andante (Dance of the blessed spirits) | Columbia Miniature Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | X9520 | 12-in. | approximately Dec. 1922 | Che faro senza Euridice | Sigrid Onégin | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 10049-10052 | 10-in. | 3/5/1923 | Mélodie | Paul Frenkel ; Bronislaw Huberman | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Brunswick | 10106-10108 | 10-in. | 3/13/1923 | Gavotte | Josef Hofmann | Piano solo | composer | |
Brunswick | E23966-E23967 | 10-in. | 7/13/1927 | Die Maienkonigin | Lia Karina ; Rena Pfiffer | Female vocal duet, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 741bi | 12-in. | 1928 | O del mio dolce ardor | Hedwig von Debicka ; Julius Prüwer | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 1500bm | 12-in. | 12/11/1928 | Iphigenia in Aulis : Overture | Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The ; Richard Strauss | Orchestra | composer | |
Brunswick | 1501bm | 12-in. | 12/11/1928 | Iphigenia in Aulis : Overture | Philharmonic Orchestra of Berlin, The ; Richard Strauss | Orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 118 | 12-in. | between 3/15/1910 and 3/19/1910 | Chi faro senza Euridice | Marie Delna | Contralto vocal solo with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 2281 | 10-in. | 5/9/1913 | O del mio dolce | Alessandro Bonci | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3156 | 10-in. | July 1914 | Che farò senza Euridice | Margaret Keyes | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3200 | 10-in. | July 1914 | Che faro senza Euridice | Emmi Leisner | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 3593 | 10-in. | 2/19/1915 | Che farò senza Euridice | Margarete Matzenauer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4603 | 10-in. | 3/23/1916 | Che faro senza Euridice | Margarete Matzenauer | Contralto vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 4622 | 10-in. | 3/31/1916 | Nur einen einz'gen Wusom | Jacques Urlus | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 7004 | 10-in. | 11/3/1919 | Ballet music | André Benoist ; Albert Spalding | Violin solo, with piano | composer | |
Edison | 8854 | 10-in. | 2/19/1923 | Spiagge amate | Claudia Muzio | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Edison | 19069 | 10-in. | 3/4/1929 | Gavotte | Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Edison | N-760 | 12-in. | 3/4/1929 | Gavotte | Hotel Commodore Ensemble ; Bernhard Levitow | Instrumental ensemble | composer | |
Gramophone | CWR1320 | 12-in. | 11/7/1927 | Iphigenia in Aulis : Ballet suite no. 1 | Leo Blech ; Staatskapelle Berlin | Orchestra | composer | |
Gramophone | CWR1321 | 12-in. | 11/7/1927 | Iphigenia in Aulis : Ballet suite no. 1 | Leo Blech ; Staatskapelle Berlin | Orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX108 | 12-in. | 10/19/1927 | Récit et air | Élie Cohen ; Joseph Rogatchewsky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX247 | 12-in. | 2/25/1928 | Divinités du Styx | Fernand Heurteur ; Cléontine de Méo | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX902 | 12-in. | 3/8/1929 | Air des pèlerins de la Mecque | Élie Cohen ; Lucien Fugère | Male vocal solo, with piano | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1218 | 10-in. | 7/3/1928 | Gavotte | Francis Planté | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX1296 | 10-in. | 3/6/1930 | Bannis la crainte et les alarmes | Eugène Bigot ; Georges Thill | Male vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1629 | 10-in. | 5/11/1929 | Gavotte d'Armide | Orchestre à plectre de Paris | Guitar and mandolin ensemble | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WLX1635 | 12-in. | 9/24/1932 | Unis dès ma plus tendre enfance | Eugène Bigot ; Georges Thill | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL1741 | 10-in. | 6/16/1929 | Gavotte | Ricardo Viñes | Piano solo | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2082 | 10-in. | 3/3/1930 | Non! ce n'est pas un sacrifice, 1re partie | Suzanne Balguerie ; Eugène Bigot | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2083 | 10-in. | 3/3/1930 | Non! ce n'est pas un sacrifice, 2e partie | Suzanne Balguerie ; Eugène Bigot | Soprano vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2832 | 10-in. | 3/4/1931 | Plus j'observe ces lieux | Élie Cohen ; Marcel Moyse ; Joseph Rogatchewsky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer | |
Columbia (U.K.) | WL2833 | 10-in. | 3/4/1931 | Plus j'observe ces lieux | Élie Cohen ; Marcel Moyse ; Joseph Rogatchewsky | Tenor vocal solo, with orchestra | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Gluck, Christoph Willibald," accessed May 2, 2024, https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102604.
Gluck, Christoph Willibald. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved May 2, 2024, from https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102604.
"Gluck, Christoph Willibald." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 2 May 2024.
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