Giovanni Paolo Colonna
Giovanni Paolo Colonna (16 June 1637 – 28 November 1695) was an Italian composer, teacher, organist and organ builder. In addition to being chapel-master and organist of San Petronio Basilica in Bologna, he served prominent members of the courts of Ferrara, Parma, Modena and Florence. He was a founder-member and president of the Accademia Filarmonica di Bologna. Emperor Leopold I collected manuscripts of his sacred music, which reflects the Roman church cantata style of Giacomo Carissimi and looks forward to the manner of George Frideric Handel.
Genre: baroque, italian-baroque
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Top Tracks
- Messa a 5 Concertata: I. Sinfonia avanti la Messa
- Messa a 5 Concertata: XIV. Miserere nobis
- Messa a 5 Concertata: X. Domine Fili unigenite
- Messa a 5 Concertata: IX. Domine Deus, Rex coelestis
- Messa a 5 Concertata: IV. Kyrie eleison
- Messa a 5 Concertata: XII. Qui tollis
- Messa a 5 Concertata: VI. Et in terra pax
- Messa a 5 Concertata: III. Christe eleison
- Messa a 5 Concertata: VII. Laudamus te
- Messa a 5 Concertata: XV. Quoniam tu solus Sanctus
- Messa a 5 Concertata: XI. Domine Deus, Agnus Dei
- Messa a 5 Concertata: VIII. Gratias agimus tibi
- Messa a 5 Concertata: V. Gloria in excelsis Deo
- Messa a 5 Concertata: II. Kyrie eleison
- Messa a 5 Concertata: XIII. Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris
- Victimae paschali laudes
- Sonata Settima
- Laudate Dominum a 8: No. 2, Sicut erat - Live
- Laudate Dominum a 8: No. 1, Laudate Dominum - Live
- Beatus vir a 9: No. 7, Sicut erat - Live
Albums (35)
- Colonna: Missa Concertata - Handel: Dixit Dominus (2025)
- Colonna: Messa a 5 Concertata: II. Kyrie eleison (2025)
- Manuscript Trio Sonatas (2025)
- Colonna: Caro ardore, sacro amore (Live) (2024)
- Musica Bononiensis (Accademici Filarmonici Di Bologna, Instrumental Works Between 17th and 18th Century) (2024)
- Harmonies of Devotion (2024)
- Dolce Pupillo (2024)
- An Italian Organ Journey - Province of Como (2023)
- Colonna, Perti, Pollarolo, Torelli: Cantatas & Concertos (2023)
- Amenissimi Prati: Cantate per basso (2023)
- L'inferno degli amanti (17th Century Bass Cantatas in Bologna) (2022)
- Sacred Handel - Music for the Carmelite Vespers (2020)
- Legrenzi: Canto & Basso, Vocal & Instrumental Music (2019)
- O splendida dies (2019)
- Préludes à la Fugue (2019)
- Il Cembalo Transalpino (2019)
- L'universo sulla pelle (2018)
- Colonna: Sacre lamentazioni (2017)
- Brigitte Klassik zum Genießen: Nuria Rial (2017)
- Opera Tear (2017)
- Bologna 1666 (2017)
- Sacred Duets (2017)
- Préludes à la Fugue (1970)
- Colonna: Triumphate Fideles Complete Motets for Solo Voice and Instruments (2015)
- Colonna: L'Assalonne (2015)
- Percorsi della musica italiana (2013)
- Colonna: Psalmi ad Vesperas, Op. 12 (1694) (2013)
- G.A. Perti in S. Petronio (2013)
- Giovanni: Salmi da Vespro per il giorno di. S. Petronio (2013)
- Colonna: Il Transito di San Gioseppe (2013)
- Colonna: Nisi Dominus - Mottetti e Lamentazioni (2012)
- Percorsi della musica italiana (2012)
- Historical Organs of Emilia (Italy) (2011)
- Sances : Stabat Mater & Motets to the Virgin Mary (2009)
- Cesare Arresti: Suonate da Organo di vari Autori (Organo Giovanni Battista Facchetti, Chiesa S. Agostino, Modena, Italy) (2005)
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