Georg Friedrich Händel: Concerti Grossi op.3

England became the second home of George Frideric Handel, who was born in Halle in 1685, as well as Johann Sebastian Bach and Domenico Scarlatti. To this day, the English consider Handel as one of their own, having written his most important works, such as the operas Julius Caesar and Xerxes, or the Oratory of the Messiah in London, where he lived for almost half a century until his death in 1759. As a young man, Handel had also made the acquaintance of Arcangelo Corelli. The world of music owes this celebrated composer and violin virtuoso the invention of the Concerto Grosso.

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