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In September 2005 Centaur Records released “Peter Fletcher plays Erik Satie.” It is an all-Satie project, and features Mr. Fletcher’s guitar transcriptions. Steven Rings from The American Record Guide wrote, “The works all sit very nicely on the guitar, and Fletcher’s performances are taut and incisive, counteracting the common tendency to play Satie’s music like sleepy New Age.”
In 2007 “Music of Four Centuries” was released, featuring music of Jean-Baptiste Besard, Jean-Philippe Rameau, François and Louis Couperin, Fernando Sor, Francisco Tárrega, Antonio Lauro, Jorge Gomez Crespo, and Alexandre Tansman’s entire Suite in modopolonico.
His current release, “Peter Fletcher Plays Baroque Music for Guitar,” appeared in October 2008 on Towerhill Recordings.
His next recording project for Centaur is an all-Grieg album, for which he is writing the guitar transcriptions. Its release is scheduled for fall 2009.
Peter Fletcher believes in carrying on the Segovia tradition of expanding the comparatively small classical guitar repertoire. He plans to do this by transcribing from other instruments (mainly the piano) and by commissioning new music.
Mr. Fletcher’s interests outside of music include reading and cross-country running. He lives in New York City.