Concerti Grossi, op. 3

Album by George Frideric Handel & Academy of St Martin in the Fields

Concerti Grossi, Op. 3 is a set of six concerti grossi by Georg Friedrich Händel, published in 1734. The collection applies the Italian concerto grosso model within the English Baroque idiom, alternating concertino and ripieno textures and employing contrapuntal writing and dance-derived movements that form a notable part of Händel’s instrumental output of the 1730s.