track | song min.:sec.
2:56
02 | Amore per Tutti - (from Juliette of the Spirits)- Nino Rota 2:06
03 | Amarcord Theme / "The Harem" (from 8&1/2) -Rota 4:03
04 | Napolitana - Stravinsky 1:31
05 | Cemetery Scene (from 8&1/2) - Rota 2:01
06 | Waltz (from La Dolce Vita) - Rota 2:33
07 | Once I Loved - Antonio Carlos Jobim 3:08
08 | Had Miles Met Maurice - Blanchette-Schneeweis 4:43
09 | Gymnopedie No. 1 - Eric Satie 3:06
10 | Andante (from Sonata for Viola da Gamba and Harpsichord) - J.S. Bach 2:29
11 | Gymnopedie No. 3- Eric Satie 2:03
12 | Basse Danse, "La Roque" / Branles des Villages - Attaignant / Besard 6:06
13 | Packington's Pound /Pavana- Francis Cutting / Luis Milan 7:23
14 | Remember the Alhambra - Blanchette after Francisco Tarrega 3:29
15 | Polonaises I & II (from Suite II for Orchestra) - J.S. Bach 3:45
16 | Si Beag, si Mohr - Turlough O'Carollan 2:18
17 | Lady Rich's Galliard / The Fairy Round - John Dowland / Anthony Holborne 4:13

Had Miles Met Maurice features some of the music heard on NPR's All Things Considered profile of Peter Blanchette and the Virtual Consort. Listeners sent over 500 enthusiastic emails inquiring about these distinctive arrangements. The CD also includes the pieces played on live broadcast appearances of NPR's A Prairie Home Companion.

Elegant themes from Fellini's great films, impressionist, light-hearted trios of early music along with Spanish and Brazillian romances: this CD has a very soft and sophisticated sound. If it were a car it would be a Cadillac. Get in the back and get comfortable with The Virtual Consort! DORIAN recordings liscensed this CD, which Peter Blanchette originally released as Gymnopedie.
With Charlie Schneeweis, trumpet and Jean Chiane, bass.

Right: a review of Had Miles Met Maurice by Alan Bunin.
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Click on the song titles to hear excerpts from Had Miles Met Maurice
Had Miles Met Maurice
Peter Blanchette • The Virtual Consort
Pearls of personal, musical mastery..." -
Jorgen Falck, NPR's All Things Considered
Backstage after a live broadcast appearance on NPR's
A Prairie Home Companion with Garrison Keillor.
L-R: Jean Chiane, Charlie Schneeweis, Peter Blanchette and Garrison Keillor
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