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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. His later operas have half the length of a typical baroque opera.
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Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30 : Gluck: Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits. Melody / La plainte d'Orphée (Arr. Kempff for Piano)
Bach: English Suite No.3; Capriccio BWV 922 / Transcriptions for Piano
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J'ai perdu mon Euridice
Andrew Kennedy Sings Arias by Mozart, Gluck & Berlioz
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Gluck: Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice", Wq. 30 (Arr. Kreisler for Violin and Piano)
Spirits
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Minuet in G from Orfeo and Euridice - Dance of the Blessed Spirit
This is Classical Hits
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Aria Che faro senza Euridice from Orfeo ed Euridice
Nessun Dorma
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Gluck: Orpheus' Lament & Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Arr. Kempff)
Love Songs - Piano Transcriptions Without Words
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Gluck: Melodie from "Orfeo ed Euridice" (Dance of the Blessed Spirits) - Arr. Giovanni Sgambati
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