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W.A. MOZART
Flute Quartets
Michala Petri, recorder
Marta Sudraba, cello
Ula Ulijona, viola
Carolin Widmann, violin

W.A. Mozart, composer

About
Michala Petri’s new recording of W.A. Mozart’s flute quartets is the first time on CD that a recorder replaces the traditional transverse flute in these popular works. Michala Petri has had a special flute type developed for the Classical repertoire, and for this recording she has hand-picked three of Europe’s leading young string soloists: the much sought-after German violinist Carolin Widmann and two soloists from Gidon Kremer’s elite orchestra Kremerata Baltica, the viola player Ula Ulijona and the cellist Marta Subrada. With these three women at the helm Mozart’s quartets are given a new, refreshing sound captured in this release from OUR Recordings in Super Audio CD quality. The CD is to be released in the summer of 2008 to mark Michala Petri’s 50th birthday.

Track listing
Flute Quartet in D Major K285
1. Allegro
2. Adagio
3. Rondeau

Flute Quartet in G Major K285a
4. Andante
5. Tempo di Menuetto

Flute Quartet in C Major KV 285b
6. Allegro
7. Tema con variazioni

Flute Quartet in A Major KV 298
8. Tema con variazioni
9. Menuetto
10. Rondeau: Allegretto grazioso, ma non troppo


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Credits
Recorded at Baltic Recording, Isle of Bornholm, August 15-17 2007
Recorded at 192 kHz 24 bit

Producer, editing, mix and mastering: Preben Iwan
Technician: Jesper Mejlvang
Executive producer: Lars Hannibal
Graphic design: Charlotte Bruun Petersen

Many thanks to Solistforeningen af 1921 for supporting the recording, and to Lars Fenger, music director of the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, for initializing this project.