Avison: Six Concertos Op. 3 & Eight Concertos Op. 4

In his day in the middle eighteenth century, Charles Avison was considered one of the great composers of England. He first started to get a case of bad PR when he made the statement that his teacher, Geminiani, was a greater composer than Handel, and recordings of his work have remained rare even as other unknowns of the late Baroque have resurfaced.