An album of Brazilian recorder music perhaps seems unacceptably obscure, but recorder superstar Michala Petri is always a pleasure, and this little collection offers many charming moments. Much of the music was arranged from piano pieces or music for other instruments, but there are a few recorder originals, and one work, the delightful Pingue-Pongue of Paulo Bellinati, is for any pair of instruments. The key to the album's success is that Petri modulates the sound of her instrument to produce a seemingly artless sound that ...
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An album of Brazilian recorder music perhaps seems unacceptably obscure, but recorder superstar Michala Petri is always a pleasure, and this little collection offers many charming moments. Much of the music was arranged from piano pieces or music for other instruments, but there are a few recorder originals, and one work, the delightful Pingue-Pongue of Paulo Bellinati, is for any pair of instruments. The key to the album's success is that Petri modulates the sound of her instrument to produce a seemingly artless sound that fits the folklike nature of most of the melodies here. A few pieces call for virtuoso effects, but for the most part the focus is on Petri's singing tone. Several of the Brazilian giants, including songwriter Antonio Carlos Jobim and composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, are included. The bulk of the music is semi-popular, following in the lines of thought Villa-Lobos laid down. Percussion is added on some of the more rhythmic numbers (and most of them are rhythmic). Sample Cauteloso by...
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