5 reviews

Media: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5

MPN: 59112
UPC: 743215911227
EAN: 0743215911227

Release Date: June 15, 1999
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Tracks:

Disc 1

•	Allegro
•	Largo e pianissimo sempre
•	Allegro - Danza pastorale
•	Gymnopedie No. 1
•	Solveig's Song
•	Solveig's Song
•	Larghetto
•	Andante
•	Adagio
•	Presto
•	Moonchild's Dream (conclusion)
•	Triste
•	Allegro
•	Andante
•	Vivace
•	Concerto Grosso Op. 6 No. 8
•	Melody (Dance of the Blessed Spirits)
•	Lyric Bird, Op.43, No.4
•	Butterfly, Op.43, No.1
•	Largo
•	Vivace
•	Grazioso
•	Allegro
•	Lento
•	Third Movement

Disc 2

•	Air
•	Movement 1
•	Movement 2
•	Movement 3
•	Allegro
•	Siciliano
•	Allegro
•	Selections
•	Selections
•	Selections
•	Selections
•	Zion Hears the Watchmen's Voices
•	Largo
•	Fantasmi: Presto
•	Largo
•	Presto
•	II sonno: Largo
•	Allegro
•	No. 03 March of the trolls
•	No. 03 March of the trolls

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

A Musical Treat You Will Treasure Forever! August 29, 2008
Nicholas M. Marchioli
As a relatively new recorder player, I wanted to listen to an experienced professional, to hear the techniques and phrasings an experienced recorder player can utilize.Even after reading the other rave reviews, I was not prepared for the virtuosity I was to experience.Michala Petri did for my musicality now, what Andres Segovia did many years ago when I learned to play classical guitar.I was inspired,humbled, and totally blown away by her shear talent! Her ability to create bird-chirping sounds with a sopranino recorder on the baroque pieces is uncanny.I think my favorite out of all the incredible tracks is her rendition of Bach's Air For G-String.The sound of her playing with her husband, Lars Hannible,as he plays the classical guitar,is a heavenly experience.Not only does this lady obviously own some of the best recorders ever made, she knows how to get the best tones out of them as well.I can recommend this two cd set as one of the best musical collections ever sold.

5 out of 5 stars

More than the sum of the parts. February 3, 2001
A.K.Farrar (Timisoara, Romania)
23 out of 23 found this review helpful

I bought this as wallpaper music - and got a very pleasant surprise!

Several of the pieces stopped me in my tracks, made me sit down and forced me to listen.

Michala Petri demonstrates a masterly control of her instrument and a high level of musicianship in a wide ranging selection of material - from reconstituted Bach to specially composed 20th Century pieces.

Outstanding for me was the Sammartini Concerto: Ms Petri shows a lightness of touch combined with serious enthusiasm and an obvious delight that literally stopped me from working and made me listen. The support given by the Moscow Virtuosi also deserves mention.

Koppel's pieces are fun, as are the arrangements from Grieg and Satie.

Overall, although this could be taken as a glorified sampler... it is much more - there are complete works played intelligently and lighter, throw away pieces you'll want to chase after and listen to again.

5 out of 5 stars A Great First CD June 22, 2000
6 out of 6 found this review helpful

After falling in love with the recorder, I started searching for CDs and this was the first I bought. It quickly became a favorite CD. I like the fact that it ranges over a wide period--Baroque to Modern, and showcases the instrument in different settings. The liner notes are quite comprehensive as well. In a word--enchanting.

5 out of 5 stars The sublime collection June 18, 2000
David Burch (Hamilton, OH USA)
23 out of 24 found this review helpful

I must confess up front to being a Michala Petri fanatic. I also play the recorder, although after listening to this album, I feel like throwing my instruments into the nearest dumpster.

Michala Petri is a national hero in Denmark, and a recognized name among classical music fans in Europe, Asia, and Canada. If you listen to this album, you will ask yourself how the music business in the USA can frantically promote "The Three Tenors" while mostly ignoring the genius of this amazing young woman.

This is not your kid's recorder. Ms Petri's complete technical and musical mastery of her instrument transforms the recorder into the equal of other familiar solo instruments, but with its own peculiar sound, penetrating but sweet, that sets it apart.

This album is made up mostly of tracks from her many earlier recordings. Some are transcriptions of well-loved piano miniatures (the Grieg numbers are perhaps more charming here than on the piano, if that is possible); of baroque works for flute, recorder, or strings; of modern recorder music written for Ms Petri by contemporary masters. Some are accompanied by small orchestra and others by Ms Petri's husband, the excellent guitarist and lutist Lars Hannibal. The combination of recorder and guitar is an intimate match made in heaven, and I recommend also this duo's complete album, 'Air'.

5 out of 5 stars Ultimate Collection is Gross Understatement March 27, 2000
David R. DiBella (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania)
8 out of 9 found this review helpful

This is by far the best "sampler" I have ever heard. The playing is so superb and the recorder so perfect a vehicle that I found myself listing to too often played pieces like Satie's Gymopedie No.1 as if for the first time. Same for the Grieg. It is very hard to believe these renderings aren't the original intention of the composers. This is a guaranteed winner.