Mélodie from Orphée et Eurydice Christoph Gluck, arr. Kreisler
An otherworldly melody originating in Gluck’s celebrated opera, Orphée et Eurydice, composed in 1762 and later arranged for violin and piano by the great Viennese violinist and composer, Fritz Kreisler.The work depicts Orpheus pleading with Hades to return his love, Eurydice, who was recently killed by a snake as she strolled through a field.Notes by David Lisker
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Christoph Gluck
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Mélodie from Orphée et Eurydice Christoph Gluck, arr. Kreisler
An otherworldly melody originating in Gluck’s celebrated opera, Orphée et Eurydice, composed in 1762 and later arranged for violin and piano by the great Viennese violinist and composer, Fritz Kreisler. The work depicts Orpheus pleading with Hades to return his love, Eurydice, who was recently killed by a snake as she strolled through a field. Notes by David Lisker
More music by Christoph Gluck
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Mélodie d'Orfée (tr. Sgambati)
Iphigénie en Aulide overture
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Che farò senza Euridice?, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Divinités du Sty, from Alceste
Dance of the Blessed Spirits, from Orfeo ed Euridice
Se mai senti spirarti sul volto, from La clemenza di Tito
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Violin Sonata in B-flat major, KV 454
Scherzo for Violin and Piano in c minor, WoO posth. 2 (from F.A.E. Sonata)
Danse Espagnole, from La Vida Breve
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