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La Petite Bande olv. Sigiswald Kuijken.

One of the seminal figures of Baroque music, Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713) was the first master of the modern violin, and the predominance of that instrument in the music of the following three centuries is his technical and pedagogical legacy. It would not be an overstatement to say that the fundamentals of modern string playing, including issues of both bowing and fingering, descend directly from Corelli. 

Though he did not create the concerto grosso form, Corelli wrote the first significant compositions in the genre, laying the foundations for the achievements of Vivaldi, Handel, and Bach a generation later.
These compositions were influential not only because of their innovative use of form, terraced dynamics, and major-minor tonality, but also because they coincided with the flourishing music publishing industry in Italy.