Colista: Sinfonie a Tre

Featuring

Ewa Anna Augustynowicz
Katarzyna Solecka
Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
Lelio Colista

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Cultural Impact

Colista's Sinfonie may have influenced composers like Stradella, Mannelli, Lonati, and Corelli in their ideas for trio sonatas, as well as Bolognese musicians Giovanni Maria Bononcini and Giovanni Battista Vitali.

Composer Biography

At the age of eight, Lelio Colista was already engaged as a dancer for performances staged in Palazzo Barberini, indicating his early immersion in the Barberini court's baroque splendours.

Compositional Technique

Colista's Sinfonie a tre feature a well-structured, often slow first movement with rich expressivity, and strict counterpoint typical of the Roman school, with the fugue usually in the second-to-last movement.

Composer Biography

Lelio Colista, the composer, was described as 'The Orpheus of the city of Rome' by the Jesuit polymath Athanasius Kircher in 1650.

Recording & Production

This album is the third recording by Ensemble Giardino di Delizie for Brilliant Classics, following acclaimed albums of Lonati's Sinfonie a tre and 17th-century Polish instrumental music.

Instruments

The recording venue, Saint Francis Church in Trevi, Italy, houses an organ from 1509, considered the oldest existing in Umbria and one of the oldest in Europe.

Composition History

The nine Sinfonie a tre and the 'Ballo del sig. Colista' on this album are world premiere recordings, sourced from manuscript scores in the Biblioteca Nazionale in Turin.