List of compositions by Christoph Willibald Gluck

Gluck, detail of a portrait by Joseph Duplessis, dated 1775

This is a list of compositions by Christoph Willibald Gluck.

Wq. Number by Alfred Wotquenne (1867-1939).

Opera

  1. Prologue
  2. Bauci e Filemone
  3. Aristeo
  4. Orfeo (Early version of Orfeo ed Euridice)
  • – Philémon et Baucis, Opéra-Ballet
  • Wq.39Paride ed Elena (1770)
  • – Die unvermuthete Zusammenkunft (1772), German Version of La rencontre imprévue, Wq.32 (1764)
  • Wq.40Iphigénie en Aulide (1774)
  • Wq.41 – Orphée et Eurydice (1774), French Version of Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30 (1762)
  • Wq.42 – L’arbre enchanté, ou Le tuteur dupé (1775), 2nd Version
  • Wq.43 – La Cythère assiégée, Opéra-Ballet (1775), Revision of the 1759 Opera
  • Wq.44 – Alceste (1776), French Version of Alceste, Wq.37 (1767)
  • Wq.45Armide (1777)
  • Wq.46Iphigénie en Tauride (1779), French Version
  • Wq.47Echo et Narcisse (1779), 1st Version
  • – Echo et Narcisse (1780), 2nd Version
  • – Iphegenie auf Tauris (1781), German Version of Iphigénie en Tauride, Wq.46 (1779)

Ballet-Pantomime

  • Wq.51 – L’Orfano della china (1761), [doubtful work]
  • Wq.52Don Juan, ou Le festin de Pierre (1761)
  • – La Citera assediata (1762), Dance version of La Cythère assiégée, [music lost]
  • – Alessandro (Les amours d’Alexandre et de Roxane) (c.1755)
  • Wq.56 – Semiramis (1765)
  • – Iphigénie (1765), [music lost]
  • – Marche in G Major

Orchestral

  • – Sinfonia No.1 in F Major
  • – Sinfonia No.2 in D Major
  • – Sinfonia No.3 in D Major
  • – Sinfonia No.4 in D Major
  • – Sinfonia No.5 in D Major
  • – Sinfonia No.6 in E Major
  • – Sinfonia No.7 in F Major
  • – Sinfonia No.8 in G Major
  • – Sinfonia No.9 in F Major
    • About 18 Sinfonias total, some doubtful works
  • – Flute Concerto, in G major, [doubtful work]
  • – Violin Concerto, in G major, arr of the flute concerto

Chamber

  • (Wq.53) – mis-attributed to Gluck[1] - Six Trio Sonatas for 2 Violins and Basso continuo, publ. 1746
  1. in C Major
  2. in G Minor
  3. in A Major
  4. in B♭ Major
  5. in E♭ Major
  6. in F Major
  • (Wq.54) – mis-attributed to Gluck[1] - Trio Sonata in E Major for 2 Violins and Basso continuo
  • GluckWV 5.2.1 - authenticated Trio Sonata in F Major for 2 Violins and Basso continuo

Sacred Vocal

  • Miserere (1744-1745), [music lost]
  • – 2 Motets (1779)
  • Wq.59Almæ sedes, Motet for Solo and Orchestra (c.1785)
  • Wq.59Voces cantate
  • Wq.50De profundis, Motet for Chorus and Orchestra (1782)

Vocal

  • Wq.48 – Morceaux de chant détachés
  1. Oh Dei che dolce incanto, for Soprano and Orchestra
  2. Per tutto il timore, for Soprano and Orchestra
  3. Benché copra al sole il volto (1749), for Soprano and Orchestra
  4. Và, ti sarò fedele, for Soprano and Orchestra
  5. Pace, Amor, torniamo in pace, Cantate de Métastase
  6. Che legge spietata, for Soprano, Flute Solo and Orchestra
  7. Berenice, ove sei; Ombre che pallida, Scene and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
  8. Ah pietà se di me senti, Duetto for Soprano, Alto and Orchestra
  9. Nò, che non ha la sorte; Si, vedrò quell'alma ingrata, Recitativo and Aria for Soprano and Orchestra
  1. Vaterlandlied
  2. Wir und Sie
  3. Schlachtgesang
  4. Der Jüngling (2nd version)
  5. Die Sommernacht
  6. Die frühen Gräber
  7. Die Neigung
  • Wq.57Der Jüngling, 1st version (1775), [doubtful work]
  • Wq.60Amour en ces lieux for Voice, 2 Violins and Bass (c.1780)
  • Wq.61Quand la beauté lance for Voice, 2 Violins and Bass (c.1780)
  • Wq.58Ode an den Tod (c.1783, Published 1792)
  • Wq.62Die Sommernacht, 2nd version (1785)
  • Wq.63Minona lieblich und hold haucht reine Liebe, Duet (Published 1795)
  • Siegsgesang für Freie (Published 1795)
  • I lamenti d’amore, Cantata arranged from Alceste, Act III
  • Blütenmai herbei!
  • Einem Bach der fließt
  • In einem kühlen Grunde

Works without Wq number

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