The Birth of a Nation (1930 Sound Reissue With Trailer)BEFORE HOLLYWOOD, THE WAS FORT LEE, NJ produced by Thomas Hanlon and narrated by Phil Tonken. Sound by Robert E. Lee. Not a silent film, but a tribute to the silent films produced in New Jersey during the pioneering days of cinema. Using clips, stills and complete short films, Fort Lee's unique contribution to the motion picture is chronicled in loving detail. The great stars, the directors and even the studios (some still standing at the time this

" There is also a sampling of Davis' own excellent harp playing

Ward Thomas (John Hodiak)

Howard/ Desalvo - Modern Piano Music

Mute is excited to announce the release of Phantasmagoria in Blue

Do It For The Love

and some great guests

Betsy Jolas

Andris Nelsons and the Gewandhausorchester Leipzig add Tchaikovsky's Fourth to their cycle featuring the symphonic works of this outstanding composer

Milcho Leviev (piano)

the Canary Islands

two composers with quite similar musical styles and ideas are on the programme: Maurice Ravel with his highly daunting concert rhapsody Tzigane and Claude Debussy with his tender Clair de Lune

the performers of this splendid album - violinist Elmira Darvarova