Danish & Faroese Recorder Concertos
Throughout her extraordinary career, Michala Petri has embraced the entirety of the recorder's repertoire, from the Baroque to the 21st century. Yet, her great mission has been to bring her simple instrument into the modern concert hall as a solo instrument in front of the symphony orchestra. Danish and Faroese Recorder Concertos is the latest installment in Michala's ongoing "Concerto Project", (previous releases include Chinese Recorder Concertos (6.220603), English Recorder Concertos (6.220606) and the Grammy-nominated Movements (6.220531), presenting new works especially composed for her, from an international roster of some of the greatest contemporary composers. For this latest installment, she turns her attention to the works of her native Denmark.
For most of the 20th century, Danish music was somewhat isolated from the innovations happening on the continent, but beginning in the 1960s, young composers began to experiment and explore, and in the following decades, created their own distinctively modern Danish style. The three works featured here provide just a sample of the rich and colorful diversity of Danish and Faroese contemporary music; from the late Thomas Koppel's tender, tonally-centered Moonchild's Dream, to Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen, the dean of Danish composers, and his darkly humorous Chacun Son Son, to the vigorous and atmospheric 20-minute bird-cadenza for recorder and orchestra, Territorial Songs, by the internationally acclaimed Faroese composer Sunleif Rasmussen.
Reviews
November 30, 2019
Endnotes (UK)"OUR label has opened up completely new musical vistas – confirming the company as one of the most daring recording organisations in Europe today"
Stuart Millson
January 9, 2016
Das Orchester (Germany) -"Mit ihrer atemberaubenden Virtuosität beflügelt die Dänin die Fantasie zeitgenössischer Komponisten."
Lutz Lesle
November 18, 2015
CD Spotlight, Australia "Remarkable Playing .. '... Michala Petri is a champion of this instrument.'
Geoff Pearce,
November 14, 2015
Klassisk (Denmark) 5 stjerner, Alle blokfløjtens afkroge - Albummet er en demonstration af Michala Petri`s mesterskab, men også af dansk/færøsk musiks næsten bizart mangfoldige frugtbarhed
Jens Cornelius
September 23, 2015
Klassik Heute (Germany) 10/10/10 "Michala Petris Aufnahmeserie mit zeitgenössischen Konzerten für Blockflöte und Orchester gehört zu den wichtigsten und ambitioniertesten Projekten in der Geschichte des Instruments"
Heinz Braun
September 15, 2015
Hufvudstadsbladet, Helsinke, Finland - Komplext och jovialt för blockflöjt
Mats Liljeroos
September 1, 2015
Kristeligt Dagblad (Denmark) Nutidige blokfløjtekoncerter (4 stars)
Peter Dürrfeld
August 31, 2015
Fanfare (US) , 2.Review -" Petri is an honest, fabulously talented musician who is doing as much for her instrument, if not more, than any recorder virtuoso has ever done".
Raymond Tuttle,