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
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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, Pastorale "Largo" 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 Suite for Orchestra, Op. 54: 4th movement, March of the trolls by Edvard Grieg
Performer:
Michala Petri (Recorder)
Conductor:
Okko Kamu
Orchestra/Ensemble:
English Chamber Orchestra
Period: Romantic
Written: 1891/1904; 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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