Alceste

Album by Christoph Willibald Gluck & Drottningholm Theatre Chorus & Drottningholm Court Theatre Orchestra & Arnold Östman

Alceste is an opera by Christoph Willibald Gluck, first performed in Vienna in 1767. The work exemplifies Gluck's operatic reforms, favouring dramatic integrity, clearer orchestration and declamatory vocal writing over baroque virtuosity, and marks a shift in his career towards music that prioritises dramatic cohesion and expressive simplicity.

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I. Intrada
    4:24
  2. 2.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 1. "Popoli che dolenti"
    0:55
  3. 3.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 1. "Ah, di questo afflitto regno"
    2:27
  4. 4.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 1. "Aria di pantomima"
    1:31
  5. 5.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 1. "Amorosi vassilli"
    0:49
  6. 6.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 1. "Ah, di questo afflitto regno"
    1:11
  7. 7.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 1. "Tacete"
    0:38
  8. 8.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 2. "Misero Admeto"
    2:02
  9. 9.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 2. "Popoli di Tessaglia"
    1:49
  10. 10.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 2. "Io non chiedo, eterni Dei"
    4:00
  11. 11.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 2. "Miseri figli!"
    1:59
  12. 12.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 2. "Non si perda, o miei fidi"
    0:37
  13. 13.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 2. "Ah, di questo afflitto regno"
    1:27
  14. 14.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 3: Dance. "Moderato"
    1:15
  15. 15.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 3. "Dileagua il nero turbine"
    3:03
  16. 16.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 3. "A te, nume del giorno"
    1:19
  17. 17.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 3. "Dilegua il nero turbine"
    0:54
  18. 18.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 3. "Sospendete, oh ministri"
    0:23
  19. 19.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 4: Dance. "Moderato"
    1:15
  20. 20.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 4. "Nume, eterno, immortal"
    1:01
  21. 21.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 4. "Dilegua il nero turbine"
    0:56
  22. 22.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 4. "I tuoi prieghi, oh regina"
    2:20
  23. 23.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 4. "Il re morrà"
    0:26
  24. 24.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 4. "Che annunzio funesto... Fuggiamo"
    1:00
  25. 25.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 5. "Ove son, che ascoltai?"
    2:47
  26. 26.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 5. "Ombre, larve, compagne di morte"
    3:45
  27. 27.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 6. "Ah t'affretta, oh regina"
    1:44
  28. 28.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 7. "E non s'offerse alcuno?"
    1:49
  29. 29.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act I, Scene 7. "Chi serve e chi regna"
    2:00

Disc 2

  1. 2.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 1. "Ferma. Perchè abbandoni"
    1:29
  2. 3.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 1. "Parto, ma senti!"
    1:21
  3. 4.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "Partì, sola restai"
    3:25
  4. 5.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "Chi mi parla?"
    2:05
  5. 6.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "E vuoi morire, oh misera"
    3:23
  6. 7.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "Dunque vieni"
    1:21
  7. 8.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "Uditemi, fermate!"
    0:52
  8. 9.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "Non vi turbate, no"
    3:02
  9. 10.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 2. "Pantomime of the Numi infernali"
    0:54
  10. 11.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 3. "Dal lieto soggiorno"
    2:34
  11. 12.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 3. Dance
    1:05
  12. 13.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 3. "Or che morte il suo furore"
    2:33
  13. 14.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 3. Dance
    1:45
  14. 15.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 3. "Dal lieto soggiorno"
    2:16
  15. 16.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 4. "Signor, mai più sincero"
    2:54
  16. 17.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 5. "Adorata consorte"
    2:46
  17. 18.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 5. "Ah perché con quelle lagrime"
    1:28
  18. 19.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 5. "Consorte! Alceste!"
    6:30
  19. 20.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 5. "No, crudel, non posso vivere"
    2:27
  20. 21.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Oh tenerezza! oh amore!"
    1:32
  21. 22.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Oh, come rapida"
    1:08
  22. 23.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "E il cor non mi si spezza!"
    1:05
  23. 24.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Così bella! Così giovane!"
    1:37
  24. 25.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Vesta, tu che fosti"
    1:23
  25. 26.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Oh, come rapida"
    0:34
  26. 27.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Oh casto, oh caro nuzial mio letto"
    1:52
  27. 28.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Così bella, così giovane!"
    0:59
  28. 29.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Regina, ecco I tuoi figli"
    1:27
  29. 30.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Ah mia diletta madre"
    0:20
  30. 31.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Figli, diletti figli!"
    2:36
  31. 32.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Ah, per questo"
    3:35
  32. 33.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act II, Scene 6. "Oh, come rapida"
    1:10

Disc 3

  1. 3.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 1. "Ah mio fido!"
    3:04
  2. 4.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 1. "Misero! E che farò!"
    2:43
  3. 5.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 1. "No sì atroce costanza"
    2:16
  4. 6.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 2. "Sposo, Admeto, idol mio!"
    5:28
  5. 7.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 2. "Cari figli"
    3:30
  6. 8.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 2. "Ma qual suono di voci tremende"
    0:44
  7. 9.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 2. "Vieni Alceste"
    0:38
  8. 10.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 2. "Ahimè! Chi mi riscuote!"
    2:07
  9. 11.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. Sinfonia
    0:41
  10. 12.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Mori!... Non vive più?"
    0:53
  11. 13.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Piangi, oh patria"
    0:47
  12. 14.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Alceste è morta!"
    0:36
  13. 15.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Piangi, oh patria"
    0:49
  14. 16.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Morte trionfa"
    0:22
  15. 17.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Piangi, oh patria"
    0:47
  16. 18.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Ogni virtù più bella"
    0:31
  17. 19.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 3. "Piangi, oh patria"
    0:49
  18. 20.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 4. "Lasciatemi, crudeli"
    2:17
  19. 21.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 5. Sinfonia
    0:47
  20. 22.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 5. "Admeto, in cielo ancora"
    1:48
  21. 23.
    Alceste (Italian version): Act III, Scene 5. "Regna a noi con lieta sorte"
    2:03

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