Pietro Castrucci (1679-1752) - Concerto Grosso (V), Opera Terza (1738)

★ Follow music ► Composer: Pietro Castrucci (1679-1752) Work: Concerto Grosso (V), Opera Terza (1738) Performers: Händеlfеstspiеlorchеster Halle; Antοn Stеck Painting: Jacob de Heusch (1657-1701) - The Campo Vaccino, Rome Image in high resolution: Engraving: William Hogarth (1697-1764) - The Enraged Musician (1741) Image in high resolution: Further info: Listen free: No available --- Pietro Castrucci (Rome, 1679 - Dublin, 7 March 1752) Italian violinist and composer. He is believed to have been a pupil of Corelli in Rome, where in 1715 he and his younger brother Prospero (?-1760), also a violinist, came to the notice of Lord Burlington, Handel’s patron. In 1715, he settled in London, where he became known as one of the finest virtuoso violinists of his generation. By 1718 he