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A Partial Christoph Willibald Gluck Discography

AlbumTitle Subtitle Works Performers Record Label Catalog No
Christoph Willibald Gluck Paride ed Elena Paride ed Elena, dramma per musica in five acts Magdalena Kozená (m sop), Susan Gritton, Carolyn Sampson, Gillian Webster (sop); Gabrieli Consort and Players dir. Paul McCreesh Archiv Produktion 00289 477 5415
Christoph Willibald Gluck Alceste Alceste, tragedy opera in three acts, Paris version 1776 Anne Sofie von Otter (m sop); Joanne Lunn, Katharine Fuge (sop); Paul Groves, Yann Beuron (ten); Ludovic Tézier (bar); Dietrich Hensel, Nicolas Testé (b); Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists dir. John Eliot Gardiner Philips 289 470 293-2
Christoph Willibald Gluck Orphée et Eurydice Orphée et Eurydice, opera in three acts, Paris version 1774 Mireille Delunsch (m sop); Marion Harousseau, Claire Delgado-Rice (sop); Richard Croft (ten); Choeur des Musiciens du Louvre, Les Musiciens du Louvre dir. Mark Minkowski Archiv Produktion 471 582-2
Christoph Willibald Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice Orfeo & Euridice, opera in three acts, Viennese version Bernarda Fink (m sop); Veronica Cangemi, Maria Cristina Kiehr (sop); RIAS Kammerchor, Freiburger Barock Orchester dir. René Jacobs Harmonia Mundi HMU 901742.43
Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice Orfeo ed Euridice (Abridged Version - The Complete 1947 Decca Recording) Kathleen Ferrier (cont), Ann Ayers, Zoë Viacopolous(sop), The Glyndebourne Festival Chorus, The Southern Philharmonic Orchestra dir.Fritz Stiedry Dutton CDBP9730
Gluck Orfeo ed Euridice Orfeo & Euridice, opera in three acts, Viennese version (1762) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau (bar), Gundula Janowitz, Edda Moser (sop); Munich Bach Choir, Munich Bach Orchestra dir. Karl Richter Deutsche Grammophon 139 268/9 (LP)
Duo Luca Pianco | Vittorio Ghielmi 1. Adagio y Ciaccona en do mayor, viola y b.c.,(Johann Schenck); 2. "La Capricieuse" en re menor, laúd, (Carl Philip Emanuel Bach); 3. Piezas manuscritas para viola sola: Adagio en re menor, Allegro en la mayor, (Carl Friedrich Abel); 4, Aria "Credete al mio Dolore" de la ópera "Alcina", laúd, (George Frideric Handel); 5. Ciaccona en fa mayor, viola y b.c., (Johann Schenck); 6. "La Caroline" en sol menor, laúd, (Carl Philip Emanuel Bach); 7. Allegro moderato en re menor, viola sola, (Carl Friedrich Abel); 8. Aria "In diesen heil'gen Hallen", viola sola, (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart); 9. Allegro en re mayor, viola sola, (Carl Friedrich Abel); 10. Sonata para viola de gamba y b.c.,(Andreas Lidl); 11. Aria "Che faro' senza Euridice" de la ópera "Orfeo ed Euridice", (Christoph Willibald Gluck) Luca Pianco (l), Vittorio Ghielmi (v da g) Harmonia Mundi HMI 987063
Arias for Guadagni The First Modern Castrato 1. O Lord, whose mercies numberless (David) (Act 1 Scene 5. Aria from Saul, HWV53) (Handel) ; 2. The raptur'd soul (Didymus) (Act 1 Scene 2. Aria from Theodora, HWV68) (Handel); 3. Yet, can I hear that dulcet lay (Hercules) (No 15. Air from The Choice of Hercules, HWV69) (Handel); 4. Destructive war (Cyrus) (Act 3 Scene 3. Aria from Belshazzar, HWV61) (Handel); 5. Ah che dissi! (Enea) (Act 1 Scene 19a. Accompagnato from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 6. Se resto sul lido (Enea) (Act 1 Scene 19b. Aria from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 7. Odi colˆ la frigia tromba? (Enea) (Act 3 Scene 8a. Fanfare & Recitative from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 8. A trionfar mi chiama (Enea) (Act 3 Scene 8b. Aria from Didone abbandonata) (Hasse); 9. Say, lovely Dream! (Extract from The Fairies) (John Christopher Smith); 10. Vengeance, O come inspire me! (Act 2. Aria from Alfred) (Thomas Arne); 11. Orchester-Sinfonie in D major H663 (Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach); 12. Ah! non turbi il mio riposo (Telemaco) (Act 2 Scene 3. Aria from Telemaco) (Gluck); 15. The Dance of the Blessed Spirits (Act 2 Scene 2a. Ballo from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 16. Che puro ciel! (Orfeo) (Act 2 Scene 2b. Arioso from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 17. Ahim! Dove trascorsi? (Orfeo) (Act 3 Scene 1a. Recitative from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 18. Che far˜ senza Euridice? (Orfeo) (Act 3 Scene 1b. Aria from Orfeo ed Euridice) (Gluck) 19. Pensa a serbarmi, o cara (Gaetano Guadagni) Iestyn Davies (ct), Arcangelo dir. Jonathan Cohen Hyperion CDA67924
Tanzmusik von der Renaisance bis zum Biedermeir Dance Music Through the Ages 1. Ballett (from "Orfeo ed Euridice"); 2. Allegretto (from "Don Juan") (Gluck); others var. in 4 CD set Ulsamer Collegiumdir.Eduard Melkus Archive 439 964-2


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