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Artists Of The Century - Michala Petri - Ultimate Collection


Release Date: 06/15/1999 
Label:  Rca Victor Red Seal Catalog #: 59112   Spars Code: DDD 
Composer:  Johann Sebastian Bach,  Asger Lund Christiansen,  Erik Satie,  Christoph W. Gluck,   ... 
Performer:  Lars Hannibal,  Michala Petri,  Keith Jarrett,  Hanne Petri,   ... 
Conductor:  Okko Kamu,  Gordon Langford,  Vladimir Spivakov,  Martin Neary
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra,  English Chamber Orchestra members,  Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra,   ... 
Number of Discs: 2 
Recorded in: Stereo 
Length: 2 Hours 27 Mins. 

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Notes and Editorial Reviews

It's not that easy for a recorder virtuoso to gain an international reputation beyond the limits of period specialty, but Michala Petri has done it with an appealing personality and a deft touch, not to mention a desire to reach a wider audience by industriously expanding her instrument's Baroque repertoire with transcriptions of popular works for other instruments, such as Vivaldi's 'Four Seasons,' arrangements of later composers such as Grieg or Satie, and commissions of new works from living composers. Music from all of those categories figures in this collection, with recorder sonatas by Handel and Sammartini, adaptations of violin concertos by Vivaldi and Corelli, quite a few selections from Grieg's 'Peer Gynt' and 'Lyric Pieces,' and Read more recent works written for Petri by Sir Malcolm Arnold and Danish composer Thomas Koppel. Read less

Works on This Recording

1.
Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Lars Hannibal (Guitar), Michala Petri (Recorder)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1729-1731; Leipzig, Germany 
 Length: 4 Minutes 50 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Lars Hannibal 
2.
Sonata for Flute and Harpsichord in E flat major, BWV 1031 by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Keith Jarrett (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1734; Leipzig, Germany 
 Length: 9 Minutes 8 Secs. 
3.
Dance Suite for Soprano Recorder and String Orchestra, Op. 29: 5th movement, Molto vivace by Asger Lund Christiansen
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1992; Denmark 
 Length: 3 Minutes 51 Secs. 
4.
Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux by Erik Satie
Performer:  Lars Hannibal (Guitar), Michala Petri (Recorder)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1888; France 
 Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Lars Hannibal 
5.
Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits by Christoph W. Gluck
Performer:  Lars Hannibal (Guitar), Michala Petri (Recorder)
Period: Classical 
Written: 1762/1774; Vienna, Austria 
 Length: 5 Minutes 43 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Lars Hannibal 
6.
Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43: no 4, Little Bird by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; Norway 
 Length: 1 Minutes 48 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
7.
Lyric Pieces (6), Book 3, Op. 43: no 1, Butterfly by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Gordon Langford
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1886; Norway 
 Length: 1 Minutes 39 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
8.
Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35: no 1 by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Norway 
 Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
9.
Lyric Pieces (7), Book 10, Op. 71: no 1, Once upon a Time by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Gordon Langford
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra members
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1901; Norway 
 Length: 3 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
10.
An Encore for Michala by Gordon Jacob
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Lars Hannibal (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: England 
 Length: 2 Minutes 19 Secs. 
11.
Concerto for Recorder in F major by Giuseppe Sammartini
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Vladimir Spivakov
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: ?1730s; London, England 
 Length: 12 Minutes 11 Secs. 
12.
Variations on "Gestern Abend war Vetter Michel da" by Carl Scheindienst
Performer:  Lars Hannibal (Guitar), Michala Petri (Recorder)
Period: Romantic 
 Length: 5 Minutes 46 Secs. 
13.
Sonata for Violin and Basso Continuo in G minor, B g5 "Devil's Trill": Allegro by Giuseppe Tartini
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Lars Hannibal (Guitar)
Length: 4 Minutes 1 Secs. 
14.
Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo in F minor by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Hanne Petri (Harpsichord), David Petri (Cello)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Germany 
 Length: 9 Minutes 33 Secs. 
15.
Concerto for Violin in E major, Op. 8 no 1/RV 269 "Primavera" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), George Malcolm (Harpsichord)
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Guildhall String Ensemble
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1725; Venice, Italy 
16.
Concerto for Flute in G minor, Op. 10 no 2/RV 439 "La notte" by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Vladimir Spivakov
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1728; Venice, Italy 
 Length: 9 Minutes 0 Secs. 
17.
Norwegian Dances (4) for Piano 4 hands, Op. 35: no 2, Allegretto tranquillo e grazioso by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1881; Norway 
 Length: 2 Minutes 31 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
18.
Concerti grossi (12), Op. 6: no 8 in G minor "Christmas" - 7th movement, Largo "Pastorale" by Arcangelo Corelli
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Martin Neary
Orchestra/Ensemble:  National Philharmonic Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: Rome, Italy 
 Length: 6 Minutes 40 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Michala Petri
Composition written: Rome, Italy (1708 - 1712). 
19.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 18, Solvejg's Song by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1874-1875; Norway 
 Length: 4 Minutes 35 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
20.
Peer Gynt, Op. 23: no 16, Anitra's Dance by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1875/1892; Norway 
 Length: 2 Minutes 58 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
21.
Lyric Pieces (6), Book 5, Op. 54: no 3, Troll's March by Edvard Grieg
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic 
Written: 1891; Norway 
 Length: 3 Minutes 26 Secs. 
Notes: Arranged: Gordon Langford 
22.
Sonata for Recorder and Basso Continuo in G minor, HWV 360/Op. 1 no 2 by George Frideric Handel
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Keith Jarrett (Harpsichord)
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1726-1732; London, England 
 Length: 7 Minutes 26 Secs. 
23.
Moonchild's Dream by Thomas Koppel
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1991; Denmark 
 Notes: The conclusion of this work is performed in this recording. 
24.
Nele's Dances by Thomas Koppel
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Lars Hannibal (Guitar)
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1992; Denmark 
 Length: 4 Minutes 36 Secs. 
Notes: An excerpt from this work is heard on this recording. 
25.
Sonata for 2 Flutes/Violins/Recorders in D minor by Georg Philipp Telemann
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder), Elizabeth Selin (Recorder)
Period: Baroque 
Written: Hamburg, Germany 
 Length: 10 Minutes 27 Secs. 
26.
Concerto for Flute in D major, Op. 10 no 3/RV 428 "Il gardellino": 1st movement, allegro by Antonio Vivaldi
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Vladimir Spivakov
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Moscow Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
Period: Baroque 
Written: circa 1728; Venice, Italy 
 Length: 2 Minutes 59 Secs. 
27.
Concerto for Recorder, Op. 133: Lento by Malcolm Arnold
Performer:  Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:  English Chamber Orchestra
Period: 20th Century 
Written: 1988; England 
 Length: 4 Minutes 7 Secs. 
28.
Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: no 1, Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme by Johann Sebastian Bach
Performer:  Alastair Ross (Organ), Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:  Martin Neary
Orchestra/Ensemble:  Westminster Abbey Choir
Period: Baroque 
Written: 1731; Leipzig, Germany 
 Length: 4 Minutes 37 Secs. 
Language: English 

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