Handel/ Lewek/ Corti - Apollo E DafneIl pomo d'oro and Francesco Corti present Handel's Apollo e Dafne and Armida abbandonata, together with two outstanding vocalists: soprano Kathryn Lewek (Armida & Dafne) and baritone John Chest (Apollo). Handel composed these two cantatas shortly after his Italian sojourn (1706 1709), and they demonstrate his acquaintance with and aptitude for Italian operatic music. Compared to opera, supporting roles are left out of these relatively compact

Granados/ De Falla/ Ravel/ Cassado/ Gismonti - La Vida Breve

3-CD set) Top notch collection of three guitarists from the Famous Door record label

The A-side was a stunning cover version of the Burt Bacharach-Hal David classic "Walk On By" - first made famous by Dionne Warwick in 1964

"Happy Days" and "Merry-Go-Round"

and a touching choral cycle praising the environment

Jovino Santos Neto

APRIL FOOL and MOONSHINE and are presented here for the first time in their complete form

Photocard + Mini Postcard

aptly titled Dance Without Me

slated to be released by BMG in June 022

and does not duplicate any titles which appear on the Fabulous label's existing Bessie Smith 2-CD set "Bessie Smith Greatest Hits" (FADCD2004)

Performed by pianists like Count Basie and Meade Lux Lewis