A year before his pinnacle opus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Gluck was already largely renewing another musical genre, the ballet, by adapting in 1761 a play by Molière for the Viennese public: Don Juan. Another ballet, Sémiramis, would follow the next year, these two works innovate in that they offer a coherent narration where all the resources of the orchestra are put at the service of expressiveness. Jordi Savall and the Concert des Nations restore all the colors and remind us that a quarter of a century before that of Mozart, another outstanding personality haunted the stages of Europe with all the evocative power of which music is capable.
1 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante Grazioso
2 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante
3 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro Maestoso
4 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro Furioso - Adagio
5 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro Forte Risoluto - Andante - Allegretto
6 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Risoluto Moderato
7 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Gavotte
8 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Brillante
9 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegretto
10 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Moderato
11 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Giusto
12 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro - Presto
13 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante Grazioso
14 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante
15 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Presto
16 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegretto - Presto - Andante Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante
17 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro Giusto
18 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Moderato
19 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante
20 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Grazioso
21 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegretto
22 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Moderato - Presto
23 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Risoluto E Moderato
24 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro - Allegro Giusto
25 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante Staccato
26 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro
27 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegretto
28 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Andante Staccato
29 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Larghetto
30 Gluck: Don Juan Ou Le Festin de Pierre - Allegro Non Troppo
31 Gluck: Semiramis - Andante
32 Gluck: Semiramis -Allegro
33 Gluck: Semiramis -Moderato
34 Gluck: Semiramis -Moderato - Grazioso
35 Gluck: Semiramis -Moderato
36 Gluck: Semiramis -Maestoso
37 Gluck: Semiramis -Grazioso
38 Gluck: Semiramis -Maestoso - Presto
39 Gluck: Semiramis -Affettuoso
40 Gluck: Semiramis -Affettuoso
41 Gluck: Semiramis -Adagio - Più Adagio
42 Gluck: Semiramis -Affettuoso
43 Gluck: Semiramis -Adagio
44 Gluck: Semiramis -Allegro Maestoso
45 Gluck: Semiramis -Adagio - Allegro - Tempo Primo
46 Gluck: Semiramis -Allegro Assai
A year before his pinnacle opus, Orpheus and Eurydice, Gluck was already largely renewing another musical genre, the ballet, by adapting in 1761 a play by Molière for the Viennese public: Don Juan. Another ballet, Sémiramis, would follow the next year, these two works innovate in that they offer a coherent narration where all the resources of the orchestra are put at the service of expressiveness. Jordi Savall and the Concert des Nations restore all the colors and remind us that a quarter of a century before that of Mozart, another outstanding personality haunted the stages of Europe with all the evocative power of which music is capable.