Luke Nguyen, acclaimed owner and chef of the Sydney (Australia) restaurant ‘The Red Lantern’, returns to the country of his heritage – this time to take a culinary journey through the northern regions of Vietnam. Starting in Hue, Luke travels through the country’s spectacular northern countryside, visiting the natural wonders of Ha Long Bay; stopping at the bustling and French-inspired Hanoi; and making his way to the beautiful mountains of Sapa. Along the way, he prepares dishes in locations that represent an authentic Vietnam – in all its chaotic vibrancy.

Luke Nguyen, acclaimed owner and chef of the Sydney (Australia) restaurant ‘The Red Lantern’, returns to the country of his heritage – this time to take a culinary journey through the northern regions of Vietnam. Starting in Hue, Luke travels through the country’s spectacular northern countryside, visiting the natural wonders of Ha Long Bay; stopping at the bustling and French-inspired Hanoi; and making his way to the beautiful mountains of Sapa. Along the way, he prepares dishes in locations that represent an authentic Vietnam – in all its chaotic vibrancy.

Luke Nguyen, acclaimed owner and chef of the Sydney (Australia) restaurant ‘The Red Lantern’, returns to the country of his heritage and prepares dishes in locations that represent the real Vietnam, in all its chaotic vibrancy. On the journey we meet many of Luke’s relatives, who share with him the secrets of Vietnamese cuisine, and help him discover the tiny cottage industries that have been creating vital ingredients for many centuries. With his expert culinary knowledge and simple cooking skills, Luke prepares recipes for the home cook and anyone who wants to try this magnificent cuisine in an easy to follow style that he displays with confidence and passion.

Luke Nguyen, acclaimed owner and chef of the Sydney (Australia) restaurant ‘The Red Lantern’, returns to the country of his heritage and prepares dishes in locations that represent the real Vietnam, in all its chaotic vibrancy. On the journey we meet many of Luke’s relatives, who share with him the secrets of Vietnamese cuisine, and help him discover the tiny cottage industries that have been creating vital ingredients for many centuries. With his expert culinary knowledge and simple cooking skills, Luke prepares recipes for the home cook and anyone who wants to try this magnificent cuisine in an easy to follow style that he displays with confidence and passion.

JAZZ is a ten-part nearly nineteen-hour documentary series that celebrates America's greatest original art form a music whose improvisational spirit perfectly reflects the nation that gave it birth. It is the first television series ever to tell the story of jazz. Beginning with the birth of jazz at the dawn of the Twentieth Century the film incorporates the wide range of American culture and historical events that interact directly with the music: among them the harsh racial polarization of the 1890s; the artistic and political ferment of the Harlem Renaissance; the exuberance of the Jazz Age; the Great Depression and the New Deal; the Second World War; the emergence of a youth culture in the 1950s and 1960s; the hope anger and expectations of the civil rights movement; and the search for identity and authenticity in the 1970s 1980s and 1990s.

Approximately coinciding with the release of the "Free as a Bird" single and Anthology 1 album (the first of three double-CD albums), The Beatles Anthology series of documentaries was broadcast on ITV in the United Kingdom and ABC television in the United States in 1995. The Anthology series takes a form similar to that of the Anthology book, by being a series of first-person accounts by the Beatles themselves, with no linking, external "objective" narration. Footage in the Anthology series features voice-over recordings of all four Beatles to push the narrative of the story, with contributions from their producer, road manager and others. As well as telling their story through archival footage, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and George Harrison appear in interview segments recorded exclusively for the series itself; John Lennon appears only in historic archival footage. The Beatles' wives past and present do not appear.

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Amazon.com Ry Cooder has done some of the best soundtracks in the last 20 years or so (I wouldn't live without The Long Riders or the two-disc Music By Ry Cooder compilation, either)--most of them superior to the movies. (Sorry about that, Walter Hill--but it's true.) His lonesome, steel-guitar music for Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas is one of those cases where the movie and its music are equally great. I can't imagine one without the other. Every time I hear Cooder's opening theme, I see those wide western spaces and Travis (Harry Dean Stanton) wandering through them; and every time I see a still from the movie, I can hear Cooder's music playing in my head. Jim Emerson

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In 1997, this recording became the most successful first-year release in Collegium history. Mastered from an original 1981 digital tape, once thought lost forever, it is actually the first-ever recording by The Cambridge Singers. It contains 22 Christmas songs, including The Christmas Song, written by Mel Tormé.

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The repertoire for this recording was collected over the first thirteen years of Helicon's annual Winter Solstice Concert. This CD represents the only recording in Dorian's catalogue of over 300 titles to have won an "Indie" for Best Seasonal Recording in 2000. The first of these annual concerts in 1986 featured a double bill with Metamora and Helicon. NPR was on hand for several national re-broadcasts of the show. Helicon began this tradition by inviting various guests including a return of Metamora, Doc Watson (with NPR once again), John McCutcheon, members of The Paul Winter Consort, Hesperus, Patrick Ball, Jay Ungar and Molly Mason, Laura Risk, Freyda Epstein and others. Over the years, Helicon moved to presenting the concert without guest artists. The members of Helicon now look forward to this magical annual concert as a reunion. Helicon has played its 17th Winter Solstice Concert at the Myerhoff Symphony Concert Hall in Baltimore. Gathering together seasonal music from around the world, traditional Christmas favorites, and Helicon's own unique blend of international traditional dance music. This is not your typical Seasonal recording but it is widely loved by all those who hear it.

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Amazon.com This lovely CD features Renée Fleming singing religious music in an unaffected, lovely manner. Many favorites are here: both the Bach/Gounod and Schubert versions of "Ave Maria," each offered with long breaths and soft tone; "Rejoice Greatly" from Messiah, delivered with virtuosity and gleaming sound, and "He Shall Feed His Flock," also from Messiah, sung in a smooth, laid-back manner. Bits of the Fauré Requiem and Poulenc Gloria are welcome, as is the gorgeous "L'Adieu des Bergers" from L'Enfance du Christ. In the prayer from Humperdinck's Hansel und Gretel, Fleming is joined by the splendid Susan Graham. Two excerpts from Mozart's Mass in C Minor, pieces by Reger and Franck, and a few surprises round out this devotional CD. Robert Levine

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