Colista - Cantatas & Arias
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Label: Brilliant Classics
Cat No: 97277
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 14th June 2024
Contents
Works
Che tante cateneDel vasto tuo impero
Dimmi quando amore indegno
Doletevi di voi
Europa rapita
Questa vita e sempre in guerra
Artists
Paola Valentina Molinari (soprano)Joanna Klisowska (soprano)
Massimo Altieri (tenor)
Andres Montilla-Acurero (tenor)
Guglielmo Buonsanti (bass)
Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
Conductor
Ewa Anna AugustynowiczWorks
Che tante cateneDel vasto tuo impero
Dimmi quando amore indegno
Doletevi di voi
Europa rapita
Questa vita e sempre in guerra
Artists
Paola Valentina Molinari (soprano)Joanna Klisowska (soprano)
Massimo Altieri (tenor)
Andres Montilla-Acurero (tenor)
Guglielmo Buonsanti (bass)
Ensemble Giardino di Delizie
Conductor
Ewa Anna AugustynowiczAbout
‘This is a disc well worth obtaining,’ reported Fanfare of the previous Colista album by Ensemble Giardino di Delizie on Brilliant Classics (96033). Recorded for the first time complete, the trio sinfonias gathered there are ‘a collection of fine works that seem to foreshadow Corelli almost half a century later. Of course, much of the ability to make these works come alive is due to the Giardino de Delizie under that capable direction of violinist Ewa Augustynowicz… The sound is extremely good and live.’
The ambitions of the ensemble now extend further still, into the entirely unknown vocal output of this important figure from 17th-century Rome. Born in 1629 to a scribe for the papal Curia, Lelio Costa demonstrated musical and theatrical talent in childhood and soon won the admiration of his contemporaries as both a performer and composer; one of them called him ‘Lelio Amato’. He rose effortlessly through the ranks of the Papal court, becoming in time the equivalent of the Keeper of Pictures. Colista’s sacred music has entirely disappeared, but ten secular cantatas survive, and six are presented here. They revolve around the conventional theme (for such works) of lost and frustrated love in pastoral and marine contexts: doleful shepherds and fishermen, inconstant shepherdesses and poor Europa, faced with appearance of Jupiter as a bull, in Europa rapita.
Colista proves himself a master of dramatic and picturesque imagery to illustrate his texts, as well as underscoring them with inventive counterpoint, much varied in texture between light and dense according to the context. The result is a significant addition to any library of Baroque vocal works, performed with a full understanding of the required style.
This new recording presents several cantatas for one, two or three voices and instrumental ensemble, here consisting of two violins, cello, theorbo and harpsichord. The themes are often pastoral, amorous and slightly melancholy, but also playful and witty, the music a perfect expression of the text.
Played on period instruments by the early music group Ensemble Giardino Di Delizie, who already successfully recorded complete sinfonias by Lonati (95590), Gems of the Polish Baroque (95955) and ‘Sinfonie a tre’ by Colista (96033) for Brilliant Classics.
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