Machaut/ Guerber - Messe de Nostre DameGuillaume de Machaut was born around 1300 in the environs of Reims, which at that time was a flourishing royal city with a population of almost 20,000, famous throughout Europe for it's textile workshops and trade fairs. Like most cathedrals of Western Europe, Reims is built on the site of an earlier edifice. The Rouelle altar, on the left in the nave, adjacent to the choir screen, was dedicated to the Holy Spirit. But in 1343 a magnificent statue of

and acrobats fall

Tampa Red's Pretty Baby and the Chuck Willis hit My Story

The idea of a "best-of" project with a difference

Cheryl Bentyne is a voice that transcends genres

and Howard Griffiths

including the promising amorous duo of Anders Dahlin and Emöke Barath

to go along with their extrovert "church-wrecking" style of 'live' performances

as well as an entertaining showcase for his distinctive talent

two composers whose periods and universes seem so remote from each other

feature photographs by great (Magnum Cooperative) contemporary artists adorning the covers and a strong 'queen of colors' scheme

David returns from the battle bearing the head of the giant Goliath - as a reward

an expert on the saz lute and also a percussionist