Paris and Helena, Wq. 39 (Paride ed Elena): Ballet Suite: Full Orchestra, Ensemble Works, Conductor Score

Christoph Willibald Gluck (1714-1787) composed the opera PARIDE ED ELENA, Wq. 39, in 1770, as the third of Gluck's reform operas. The opera recounts the events between the Judgement of Paris and the flight of Paris and Helen to Troy. The opera premiered on November 3, 1770, at the Burgtheater in Vienna. This ballet suite in three movements by Carl Reinecke was completed in 1900. Movements: 1. Aria of the Athletes; 2. Chaconne; 3. Gavotte. Instrumentation: 0.2.2.2: 2.2.3.0: Timp: Str (9.8.7.6.5 in set). Reprint edition.