List of works by Christoph Willibald Gluck

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Contents


The tables and lists below gives the following information for works by Christoph Willibald Gluck (where applicable):

GluckWV Wq. Title Forces Key Date Genre Notes
1.01.00.0 1A.01 Artaserse 3sop alt 2ten str bc 1741 Stage Only two arias and full libretto extant
1.02.00.0 1A.02 Demetrio 4sop ten orch 1742 Stage Only seven arias and full libretto extant
1.03.00.0 1A.03 Demofoonte 3sop 2alt 2ten v orch 1743 Stage All but one of the recitatives missing, aria no.8 used in Artamene, Wq.11
1.04.00.0 1A.04 Il Tigrane 4sop alt ten orch 1743 Stage Only twelve arias and full libretto extant; erroneously listed by Wotquenne as the first version of Artamene, Wq.11; three arias used in La caduta de' giganti, Wq.10
1.05.00.0 1A.05 La Sofonisba 5sop 2ten orch 1744 Stage Only thirteen arias, one recitative and full libretto extant, "È maggiore d'ogn'altro dolore" used in Artamene, Wq.11
1A.06 La finta schiava vv orch? 1744 Stage Pasticcio by Giacomo Maccari et al. using some of Gluck's arias; only two arias and complete libretto extant, namely Troppo ad un'alma è caro from Il Tigrane, GluckWV 1.4 and Ch'io mai vi possa, GluckWV 3.1.2
1.06.00.0 1A.07 Ipermestra 4sop alt ten orch 1744 Stage All but three of the recitatives missing, aria no.22 used in La caduta de' giganti, Wq.10
1.07.00.0 1A.08 Poro 5sop ten str bc 1744 Stage Only thirteen arias, overture and full libretto extant
1.08.00.0 1A.09 L'Ippolito 4sop alt ten orch 1745 Stage Only eight arias and full libretto extant, "Varca il mar superba nave" used in La contesa dei numi, Wq.14; "Ah! già parmi" used in Telemaco, Wq.34
1.09.00.0 1A.10 La caduta de' giganti 5sop ten str bc 1746 Stage Only six arias and full libretto extant; four arias used in previous operas, see above for details
1.10.00.0 1A.11 Artamene 5sop ten str bc 1746 Stage Only six arias and full libretto extant; two arias used in previous operas, see above for details
1.11.00.0 1A.12 Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe 2sop alt ten orch 1747 Stage All but two of the recitatives missing, first movement of the sinfonia identical to first movement of the Symphony in G major, J-C 44, by Giovanni Battista Sammartini, aria no.10 used as the Symphony in D major, GluckWV 5.1.3 or Wq.2D/4
1.12.00.0 1A.13 La Semiramide riconosciuta 4sop alt ten orch 1748 Stage All but one of the recitatives missing, third movement of the sinfonia used in La Cythère assiégée, GluckWV 1.45
1.13.00.0 1A.14 La contesa dei numi 4sop 2ten str bc 1749 Stage All of the recitatives missing, no.9 identical to third movement of the Symphony in G minor, J-C 57, by Giovanni Battista Sammartini, aria nos.5, 6 and 14 used in Ezio, GluckWV 1.14; one aria used in a previous opera, see above for details
1.14.00.0 1A.15 Ezio 3sop alt 2ten orch 1750 Stage All but three of the recitatives missing; one aria used in a previous opera, see above for details; revised in 1763 as Ezio, GluckWV 1.32
1.15.00.0 1A.17 Issipile 3sop alt ten str bc 1752 Stage Only four arias and full libretto extant, "Ogni amante può dirsi guerriero" used in La clemenza di Tito, GluckWV 1.16
1.16.00.0 1A.16 La clemenza di Tito 5sop ten orch 1752 Stage

By worktype

Opera

  • Wq.1 – Artaserse (1741)
  • Wq.2 – Demetrio – or Cleonice (1742)
  • Wq.3Demofoonte (1743)
  • Wq.4 – Artemene (1743, revised 1746 as Wq.11)
  •          – Il Tigrane (1743)
  • Wq.5La Sofonisba – Siface (1744)
  • Wq.6 – La finta schiava (1744)
  • Wq.7Ipermestra (1744)
  • Wq.8 – Poro (1744)
  • Wq.9 – Ippolito – Fedra (1745)
  • Wq.10La caduta de' giganti (1746)
  • Wq.11Artamene (1746, revised from Wq.4)
  • Wq.12Le nozze d'Ercole e d'Ebe (1747)
  • Wq.13La Semiramide riconosciuta (1748)
  • Wq.14La contesa dei numi (1749)
  • Wq.15 – Ezio (1749, revised 1763)
  • Wq.16 – La clemenza di Tito (1752)
  • Wq.17 – Issipile (1751-1752)
  • Wq.18Le cinesi (1754)
  • Wq.19 – La danza (1755)
  • Wq.20 – L’innocenza giustificata (1755), Revised as La vestale (1768)
  • Wq.55 – Les amours champêtres (1755)
  • Wq.21 – Antigono (1756)
  • Wq.22 – Il rè pastore (1756)
  • Wq.23 – L’île de Merlin, ou Le monde renversé (1758)
  • Wq.24 – La fausse esclave (1758)
  • Wq.25 – L’arbre enchanté, ou Le tuteur dupé (1759), 1st Version
  • Wq.26 – La Cythère assiégée (1759)
  •            – Le diable à quatre, ou La double métamorphose (1759)
  • Wq.27 – Tetide (1760)
  • Wq.28 – L’ivrogne corrigé (Der bekehrte Trunkenbold) (1760)
  • Wq.29Le cadi dupé (Der betrogene Kadi) (1761)
  •            – Arianna (Pasticcio) (1762)
  • Wq.30Orfeo ed Euridice (1762), Italian Version
  • Wq.31 – Il trionfo di Clelia (1763)
  •            – Ezio (1763), 2nd Version
  • Wq.32La rencontre imprévue – Les pèlerins de la Mecque (1764)
  •            – Enea e Ascanio (1764)
  • Wq.33 – Il Parnaso confuso (1765)
  • Wq.34Telemacco, ossia L’isola di Circè (1765)
  • Wq.35 – La corona (1765)
  • Wq.36 – Il prologo (1767)
  • Wq.37Alceste (1767), Italian Version
  •            – La vestale (1768), Revision of L’innocenza giustificata, Wq.20 (1755)
  • Wq.38 – Le feste d’Apollo (1769)
  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.41Orphée et Eurydice (1774), French Version of Orfeo ed Euridice, Wq.30 (1762)
  • Wq.42L’arbre enchanté, ou Le tuteur dupé (1775), 2nd Version
  • Wq.43 – La Cythère assiégée, Opéra-Ballet (1775), Revision of the 1759 Opera
  • Wq.44Alceste (1776), French Version of Alceste, Wq.37 (1767)
  • Wq.45Armide (1777)
  • Wq.46Iphigénie en Tauride (1779), French Version
  • Wq.47Écho et Narcisse (1779), 1st Version
  •            – Écho 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, [doubtful work]

Chamber

  1. in C Major
  2. in G Minor
  3. in A Major
  4. in Bb Major
  5. in Eb Major
  6. in F Major
  • Wq.54 – Sonata No.7 (Trio Sonata) in E Major for 2 Violins and Basso continuo
  •            – Sonata No.8 (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 (1787)

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. Benchè 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 (spurious, poem is by Eichendorff who lived after C.W. Gluck, there are several arrangements of it including one by Friedrich Glück)

Works without Wq number