Malipiero considered his solo concertos composed in the fertile years ‘prayers’. The Venetian composer wanted to emphasise his concept of an ‘anti-virtuoso’ concert performance, obtained by including the soloist in a dialogue with the primus inter pares orchestra. Busoni’s Concerto for Violin in D major op. 35a is considered a transitional work in Busoni’s repertoire, in perfect balance between a ‘mild modernity’ and a warm late Romantic cantabile style.