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 (Results 76-100 of 117 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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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 |
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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