This album was recorded in August 2004 at Pieve di S. Maria a Petroio in Sovigliana-Vinci, Italy.
The recording used original instruments with a pitch of a´ = 440.
Tomaso Antonio Vitali joined the court orchestra of Duke Francesco II d'Este in Modena in 1674, which he later led.
Tomaso Antonio Vitali's first set of Sonate a tre, his Twelve Trio Sonatas, Op. 1, was published in 1693, the year after his father's death.
These church sonatas by Tomaso Antonio Vitali generally follow the formal pattern of such works, as exemplified by Corelli's sonatas.
Tomaso Antonio Vitali, the composer, was the son of the famous Bologna composer Giovanni Battista Vitali.
