Mauro d'Alay: The Dresden Concertos

Daniele Fanfoni, Luca Fanfoni, Reale Concerto

D'Alay: Concerto for 2 Violins in D minor
D'Alay: Violin Concerto in B flat major
D'Alay: Violin Concerto in B flat major 'For Anna Maria'
D'Alay: Violin Concerto in D major
D'Alay: Violin Concerto in D major 'For Anna Maria'
D'Alay: Violin Concerto in F major

Mauro D’Alay was a native of Parma. His fame as a violinist and composer took him all over Europe, and he was employed for many years at the prestigious court of Philip V of Spain. As with the Concertos, Op. 1 (Dynamic CDS7892.02) these recordings include world premieres from manuscripts mostly found in the Dresden Sächsische Landesbibliothek. These concertos are formally based on models by Vivaldi, but D’Alay’s style is freer, at times incorporating a more ‘modern’ galant fashion in discoveries such as the beautiful and unique Concerto in D minor, and in pieces dedicated to the famous Venetian violinist, ‘Maestra’ Anna Maria della Pietà.