Peter Blanchette, Composer & Archguitarist
Bach Cello Suites, Vol. I Sleepers, Awake! From The British Isles Archguitar Duo II Had Miles Met Maurice Archguitar Renaissance Cinema Italiano Eight Hundred Years
NEW RELEASE 2010

The long-awaited solo Bach project is here.
Suites III, V and VI for cello, in fresh and compelling interpretations from Peter Blanchette. 80 minutes total time on one CD.

 Fantastic archguitar duos...

-Blanchette & Gibbons
play, with electrifying artistry, some of the most well-suited guitar pieces ever written, Bach transcriptions, transcendent with a deep spiritual sense.

 Peter Blanchette on archguitar and Kenny Butler on violin beautifully interpret the alternately energetic and haunting music of Scotland, Ireland and England. Enjoy masterfully selected and arranged excerpts from Goldberg Variations, Scarlatti Sonatas, C.P.E. Bach and more.
"...(L)ike Glenn Gould playing the guitar."

 "CD of the Month" NPR

A hit on A Prairie Home Companion.
Read the review from NPR's Alan Bunin.

"A Slice of Heaven"
- OnHiFi.Com

 "One of the best early music recordings of the year."
RENAISSANCE Magazine-
Here are more of the unforgettable classics first heard on NPR's A Prairie Home Companion.		 Cinema Italiano is a presentation of truly great film music. Hear Rota's unforgettable themes from Fellini's Amarcord and La Dolce Vita, and Morricone's stunning music from the Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Westerns. This beautiful CD covers a broad span of music, truly medieval to modern. Enjoy Bach, Satie, Stravinsky, Grieg, Ravel, Perotin, Villa-Lobos, Tansman and more.
Archguitar Duo I Una Limosna 1503 • 1703 Archguitar Duo III Archguitar Christmas Style Brisé All Through the Night A Night In The Village
This best-seller was recorded live in a Copenhagen chapel with world-class acoustics. Hear brilliant performances of Bach, Handel, Scarlatti and Vivaldi. A varied, recital-style program ranging from Russian masters Moussorgsky and Shostalovich to Strauss, Schubert, Vivaldi, J.S. Bach, C.P.E. Bach, and South American music. A must -have for guitarists. Enjoy lively renaissance dance music from the great Francesco of Bosnia, c. 1503. Hear music by the greatest baroque lutenist, Sylvius Leopold Weiss.
Read more about this great performer who lost a thumb to a jealous rival!
 Archguitar Duo III is all about great Italian Baroque music. Enjoy Scarlatti's Keyboard Sonatas beautifully played and marvelously free of cliché on the archguitar. "Mangia!" Special until February, 2010t
download for only $8.99.

Beloved carols and stunning European songs will delight on this present of Christmas spirit! Read more about how this best-seller was a labor a love.

 Peter Blanchette plays a lovely and relaxing program of archguitar solos from Bach's Cello Suite I, Dowland, Weiss, Praetorius and Attaignant Guillaume de Machaut.
 Excellent for Children!

- A Family Song Book
Jane and Nell Bryden sing children's and folk songs arranged by Peter Blanchette for two archguitars. Excellent music for children.

 Explore the enchanting ethnic music of Eastern Europe. Hear Bartok, Stravinsky and Tchaikovsky plus original compositions inspired by the Gypsy Roma sound.