Bach Suite VI for 'Cello Solo, by Peter Blanchette, archguitar

Bach Suite VI for 'Cello Solo

by Peter Blanchette, archguitar

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1.	Prelude, Suite BWV 1012 06:18	buy track
2.	Allemande, Suite BWV 1012 05:00	buy track
3.	Courante, Suite BWV 1012 03:20	buy track
4.	Sarabande, Suite BWV 1012 04:01	buy track
5.	Gavottes I&II, Suite BWV 1012 04:33	buy track
6.	Gigue, Suite BWV 1012 05:03	buy track

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In 1717, Prince Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen hired thirty-four year old J.S. Bach as court composer after hearing Bach perform at his sister’s wedding. Prince Leopold adored Bach and was his patron for the creation of the Brandenburg Concertos, the Well-Tempered Clavier, the Sonatas and Partitas for violin solo and the Six Suites for cello solo, along with many of Bach’s most important secular works.

Bach composed the suites for cello, arguably the most perfectly expressive music ever written, over the period in which he suffered the tragic death of his first wife and subsequently met and joyfully married Anna Magdalena. In 1723, Prince Leopold was forced to dissolve his court music for financial reasons, and Bach’s later employment was fraught with chronic hardship. Bach wrote of the Köthen period, “There I had a gracious Prince as master, who knew music as well as he loved it, and I hoped to remain in his service until the end of my life.”

The Third Suite is one of the most beloved Bach pieces, as transcribed for the guitar, (along with the First Suite, BWV 1001). Andrés Segovia's 1950 and 60s Bach recordings brought a huge audience to these pieces, in a fresh and worthy interpretation. Blanchette's arrangements are closer to lute versions, exploring a lower tessitura, and the tonal advantages of the 11-string instrument he designed.

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released November 15, 2016

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Peter Blanchette, archguitar Northampton, Massachusetts

Guitarist, composer, arranger and conductor: Peter Blanchette is known around the world as the inventor of the 11-string archguitar.

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