Luca Fanfoni - Pietro Antonio Locatelli: 24 Capricci Plus One

Pietro Antonio Locatelli was one of the most admired and influential violinist-composers of the 18th century. The summit of his achievement is L�arte del violino, Op. 3, twelve concertos for violin, strings and continuo, each of which contains two sizeable cadenzas that Locatelli called Capricci � bravura pieces independent of their concerto context. Greatly developing chord and arpeggio techniques and full of double-stops and string crossings, they are the most demanding violin works ever composed before Paganini�s own Capricci, which may well have been influenced by Locatelli�s example. Parma born violinist Luca Fanfoni has made several recordings for Dynamic. The recent recording of the 12 Concertos Op. 1 by Mauro D�Alay was praised by MusicWeb International: �Luca Fanfoni is a skilled player with a silvery tone�. Luca Fanfoni plays on a violin made by Gioffredo Cappa (Saluzzo, 1690).