Michaela Petri (born 7th July 1958 in Copenhagen) is a Danish recorder player. She is sought after as a soloist with many noted orchestras. She has released 34 recordings, toured extensively over four continents, and has had dozens of pieces specially written for her. In 1979 she began an exclusive recording contract with Philips that lasted until 1987.

Michaela Petri, who began playing the recorder at the age of three, is noted for her virtuosity and versatility across a wide range of styles, from the baroque repertoire at the height of the instrument's popularity to contemporary works written particularly for her. Her debut as a soloist was in 1969. She has since premiered dozens of works, by composers such as Malcolm Arnold, Gordon Jacob and Michael Berkeley.

Michaela Petri frequently collaborates with her husband, guitarist and lutenist Lars Hannibal. She has taken a particular interest in the combination of recorder and guitar, collaborating with guitarists including Göran Söllsher, Kazuhito Yamashita and Manuel Barrueco. She has also recorded with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, the English Chamber Orchestra, and Pinchas Zuckerman, among many others.

Petri studied with Ferdinand Conrad at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater in Hannover. In 2000, Petri was awarded the Léonie Sonning Music Prize, and she was appointed Knight of Dannebrog in 1995 by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark. Other prizes she has won include the Deutscher Schallplattenpreis (1997), Tagea Brandt Rejselegat (1981), Nordic Council Music Prize, Wilhelm Hansen Music Prize, and the H.C. Lumbye Prize.

"This collection is immensely enjoyable ... the music has so much charm and is a source of much delight. Throughout, Michala Petri's playing is wonderfully fresh whilst George Malcolm proves an equally imaginative partner: both artists embellish with admirable flair and taste. The Philips recording is quite perfectly balanced and wonderfully tangible." (The Penguin Guide to Classical CDs, on the original release of CD4 from this collection).

CD 1 [45:10]

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for Flautino in C major, RV 443

Giuseppe Sammartini (1693/5-1750)
Concerto for Descant Recorder in F major

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for Treble Recorder in C major

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto for Treble Recorder in F major

CD 2 [42:29]

William Babell (c.1690-1723)
Concerto for Recorder in C major, op.3 no.1

George Frideric Handel (1685-1759)
Concerto for Recorder in B flat major
arr. from Organ Concerto op.4 no.6, HWV 294

John Baston (fl.1708-1739)
Concerto for Recorder No.2 in D major

Gordon Jacob (1895-1984)
Suite for Recorder and Strings

CD 3 [44:47]

Alessandro Marcello (1669-1747)
Concerto for Oboe in D minor, arr. recorder

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Concerto for Flautino in C major, RV 444

Georg Philipp Telemann (1681-1767)
Concerto for Recorder in F major

Jacques-Christophe Naudot (c.1690-c.1762)
Concerto for Recorder in G major
arr. from Concerto for Flute, op.17 no.5

CD 4 [50:32]

Antonio Vivaldi (1678-1741)
Sonata for Recorder in G minor, RV 58
(Il pastor fido, op.13 no.6)

Arcangelo Corelli (1653-1713)
Sonata in C major, op.5 no.9
arr. for Recorder and Continuo
Diogenio Bigaglia (c.1676-1745)
Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in A minor

Giovanni Battista Bononcini (1670-1747)
Divertimento da camera No.6 in C minor
for Recorder and Continuo

Giuseppe Sammartini (1693/5-1750)
Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in G major, op.13 no.4

Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)
Sonata for Recorder and Continuo in F major, op.2 no.1

Michala Petri - recorders
Graham Sheen - bassoon (CD 2 4-6)
George Malcolm - harpsichord (CD 4)
Academy of St Martin in the Fields
conducted by Iona Brown (CD 1)
conducted by Kenneth Sillito (CDs 2-3)

Recorded June 1979 (CD 1); June 1982 (CD 2); June 1984 (CD 3-4)