Style Brise (The Broken Style) - Peter Blanchette
Peter Blanchette featured on the 11-string archguitar. Style Brise is a term that describes the characteristic style of lute music in the 17th century: in this style the playing of bass notes and melody occur not simultaneously, but rather the one slightly after the other or "broken." //// 01 | Prelude 2:46 02 | Allemande (Bach 'Cello Suite I) 4:24 03 | Courante (Bach 'Cello Suite I) 3:03 04 | Sarabande (Bach 'Cello Suite I) 3:40 05 | Menuets I & II (Bach 'Cello Suite I) 3:09 06 | Gigue (Bach 'Cello Suite I) 2:27 07 | Sarabande (from Aylesford Pieces for Harpsichord) - George Frederic Handel 3:42 08 | Menuet (from Aylesford Pieces for Harpsichord) - Handel 1:29 09 | Gigue (originally for Lute) - Sylvius Leopold Weiss 3:43 10 | Sarabande, "La Folia" and Variations - G.F. Handel / P. Blanchette 13:49 11 | Mr. Dowland's Midnight - John Dowland 1:30 12 | Basse danse; "La Magdalena" Recoupe-Tourdion - Pierre Attaignant 4:54 13 | Solveig's Song - Edvard Grieg 2:57 14 | Spagnoleta - Michael Praetorius 2:51 15 | Two Courantes - Michael Praetorius 3:27 16 | Kyrie (from La Messe de Nostre Dame) - Guillaume de Machaut 2:19
Format: Audio CD
{"Package Dimensions": "5.55 x 4.97 x 0.54 inches; 2.82 Ounces", "Date First Available": "March 30, 2012"}