I like Vivaldi's music, especially the songs I played as a child taking Suzuki violin, such as this stately and sweet violin concerto, my favorite of all:
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi - Violin Concerto in A minor
Movement 1, beginning at 2:24, is wonderful and great fun to play.
Movement 2 is loneliness...lovely and solemn although a little boring, I thought, when I was 12 years old.
Movement 3 is energetic and engrossing to play, especially at 7:23 - 7:41 in the video--still one of my favorite violin passages.
And here is a painting of the man himself!
Antonio Lucio Vivaldi (1678 – 1741):
I also like
A. Corelli's "La Folia" Violin Sonata in D Minor, as described here in Skaltezon's Baroque thread:
http://www.musicbanter.com/classical...tml#post961580
Arcangelo Corelli "La Folia" Violin Sonata in D Minor, part I:
Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713):
