Air - Works for Recorder and Guitar

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Ludwig van Beethoven (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer), Francois-Joseph Gossec (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Carl Nielsen (Composer), Erik Satie (Composer), Carl Scheindienst (Composer), Franz [Dresden] Schubert (Composer), Giuseppe Tartini (Composer), Lars Hannibal (Performer), Michala Petri (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Lars Hannibal, Michala Petri
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Gabriel Faure, Christoph Willibald Gluck, Francois-Joseph Gossec, et al.
• Audio CD (October 14, 1997)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000003G8W
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #364,366 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Gymnopedie for piano No. 1

2. Work(s): Leaping Dance, Op. 17 Nos. 1 & 3

3. So lokka me over den myra (Cow Call), for piano in G major, Op. 17/22

4. Alvedans (Elves' Dance), lyric piece for piano, Op. 12/4

5. Bådnlåt (Cradle Song), Norwegian folk song for piano, Op. 66/15

6. Stabbelåten (Stumping Dance), for piano in C major, Op. 17/18

7. Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30: Dance of the Blessed Spirits & Air

8. Variations for czakan & guitar on 'Gestern Abend war Vetter Michel da'

9. Gymnopedie for piano No. 3

10. Bagatelle for violin & piano, 'Die Biene' Op.13/9

11. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air ("Air on the G String")

12. Pelléas et Mélisande, incidental music and suite for orchestra, Op. 80: Sicilienne

13. Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ('The Devil's Trill'): Andante

14. Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ('The Devil's Trill'): Allegro

15. Sonata for violin & continuo in G minor, B. g5 ('The Devil's Trill'): Grave; Allegro assai

16. Moderen, incidental music, FS 94 (Op. 41): The Fog is Lifting

17. Sonatina for mandolin & piano in C minor, WoO 43/1

18. Sonatina for mandolin & piano in C major, WoO 44/1

19. Le Triomphe de la république: Tambourin

20. Gymnopedie for piano No. 2

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Match Made in Heaven, November 20, 2001

By	David Burch "Systems integration engineer, mu... (Hamilton, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The guitar and recorder are a lovely sonic match, blending into a lyrical intimacy. Michala Petri has been the international champion of the recorder since her teen years, combining unequalled technical mastery with musical expression seemingly beyond the ability of this relatively primitive and limited instrument. Now in her forties and as ever breaking new ground for the recorder, she has combined with her husband, the excellent guitarist Lars Hannibal, to record an album of transcriptions for recorder and guitar.

While it is not at all unusual to hear recorder and guitar together, it is unusual to hear them playing music written less than two centuries ago. Most of the pieces transcribed here date from the romantic and post-romantic. Most are familiar short works by such as Grieg, Satie, Faure, and Nielsen. There is a bent toward the haunting, such as the lost-in-time 'Sicilienne' from Faure's 'Pelleas et Melisande', and some of Grieg's piano miniatures evoking (or invoking) his special Nordic forest magic. In every case, the two master performers blend seamlessly, and range from amazing feats to the most intense expressiveness.

This album excels our time-in-CD-player test, and is the album most likely to be listened to by my wife and I as we fall asleep. Sometimes, though, I stay awake because I can't stop listening.

P.S. We were once blessed to visit with Michala Petri following a recital in Toronto. She is as gracious in person as on stage.