Corelli & Handel: Sonatas - Michaela Koudelkova

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Label
Supraphon
Release Date
July 4, 2025
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Arcangelo Corelli, George Frideric Handel
    • PERFORMER
      Michaela Koudelkova, Monika Knoblochova, Libor Masek, Jan Krejca
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      July 04, 2025
    • UPC
      099925435622
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      SU4356-2
    • LABEL
      Supraphon
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Baroque Era
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Adagio

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    2. II. Allegro

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    3. III. Vivace

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    4. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    5. V. Allegro

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    6. I. Largo

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    7. II. Vivace

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    8. III. Furioso

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    9. IV. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    10. V. Alla breve

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    11. VI. [Andante]

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    12. VII. A tempo di menuet

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    13. I. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    14. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    15. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    16. IV. Bourree

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    17. V. Menuetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    18. I. Grave

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    19. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    20. III. Adagio

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    21. IV. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    22. I. Grave

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    23. II. Allegro - Adagio

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    24. III. Allegro

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    25. IV. Adagio

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    26. V. Allegro

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    27. I. Affettuoso

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    28. II. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    29. III. Larghetto

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    30. IV. Allegro

      Composer: George Frideric Handel

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová

    31. Violin Sonata in D Minor, Op. 5, No. 12, "La Follia" (arr. for recorder and chamber ensemble)

      Composer: Arcangelo Corelli

      Performer: Michaela Koudelková, Libor Mašek, Jan Krejča, Monika Knoblochová


The name of the young Czech virtuoso Michaela Koudelkova should be committed well to memory. She has far more going for her than just the names of her teachers (Peter Holtslag, Erik Bosgraaf). She is a winner of the Tel Aviv Recorder Competition and a finalist of the York Early Music International Young Artists Competition in England, and her solo recitals have included an appearance at the prestigious Oude Muziek Festival in Utrecht. Her Supraphon debut, for which she has chosen masterworks by Handel and Corelli, showcases her uncompromising technique, but above all it shows her supreme musical sensitivity and her interpretive stylishness, including the ability to improvise, participating in the recreation of notated works. Of all the sonatas listed on the album, only one is intended for her instrument; the rest were originally for violin or transverse flute. Of course, a characteristic of the baroque era was great freedom in the choice of solo instruments, as is clear from period printed editions, and the recorder was very popular at the time. Besides the most common alto and soprano recorders, the recording also features an instrument with a darker timbre, the voice flute in D, which was popular in England, and the sixth flute, pitched an octave higher and often used for music played between acts of Handel's London operas. Besides sonatas by Handel, the soloist has also chosen three sonatas from Corelli's Opus 5. Over the centuries, the art of improvisation has been taught using the passaggi in the slow movements of the twelve violin sonatas in this iconic collection. The last and most famous sonata, "Follia", is the brilliant and rather experimental climax of the album, combining the creativity of the composer with that of the performers. Lightness, liveliness, spontaneity, bravura, intoxicating richness of sound - Michaela Koudelkova's exciting Handel and Corelli