Michala Petri

English Recorder Concertos [2012]

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AllMusic Review by James Manheim

Danish recorder player Michala Petri has commissioned a number of works, including the Malcolm Arnold and Richard Harvey concertos heard here. She has executed this process intelligently, eliciting works that not only display her nonpareil technical skills but also reflect on the connotations a recorder carries in a modern setting. The Harvey concerto contains some of the conventions of neo-Renaissance writing, but sets them against both the extreme virtuosity of the solo part and the "incantations" of the title; if not exactly spiritual, it's a fresh and utterly accessible work. The short concerto by Arnold is one of the slight but luminous works of his old age. The Suite for recorder and strings of Gordon Jacob, composed in 1957, was commissioned by recorder revivalist Carl Dolmetsch. Its language was in no way restricted by the amateur ethos of the mid-century recorder revival, with hints of jazz present both rhythmically and harmonically and a solo part that yields nothing to the other two works. Petri is icily superb throughout, but the real pleasure here is in the music, not simply the mechanics.

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Sample		Title/Composer	Performer	Time	Stream
Concerto Incantato
	1	Sortilegio Richard Harvey	Michala Petri	05:38	Amazon
	2	Natura Morta Richard Harvey	Michala Petri	05:14	Amazon
	3	Danza Spiriti Richard Harvey	Michala Petri	04:16	Amazon
	4	Canzone Sacra Richard Harvey	Michala Petri	05:44	Amazon
	5	Incantesimi Richard Harvey	Michala Petri	07:35	Amazon
Concerto for Recorder & Orchestra, Op. 133
	6	Allegro Malcolm Arnold	Michala Petri	03:53	Amazon
	7	Lento Malcolm Arnold	Michala Petri	04:52	Amazon
	8	Vivace Malcolm Arnold	Michala Petri	03:09	Amazon
Suite for Recorder & Strings
	9	Prelude. Adagio ma poco con moto Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	02:26	Amazon
	10	English Dance. Allegro molto Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	01:11	Amazon
	11	Lament. Adagio Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	03:58	Amazon
	12	Burlesca alla Rumba. Allegro giocoso Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	02:36	Amazon
	13	Pavane. Lento Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	02:50	Amazon
	14	Introduction & Cadenza. Andante sostenuto Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	03:20	Amazon
	15	Tarantella. Presto con fuoco Gordon Jacob	Michala Petri	02:16	Amazon

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Michala Petri

English Recorder Concertos [2012]

AllMusic Review by James Manheim

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