APRIL IN PORTUGAL

DECCA - DL 8881

Side One

Sempre Que Lisboa Canta (Rocha) - Fora De Portas (Piedade) - Tudo Isto É Fado (Carvalho) - Fado De Vila Franca (Nobre) - Por Deus Te Peço (Coelho Filho) - April In Portugal (Raul Ferrão/Jimmy Kennedy)

Side Two

Petitcoats Of Portugal (Durso/Mitchell/Kahn) - Rosa Engeitada (Ferrão) - Fado De Santarém (Loureiro) - Les Lavandières Du Portugal (Popp/Lucchesi) - Nem Às Paredes Confesso (Trindade) - Fadistas De Bairro Alto (Aleixo)

This album comprises a collection of some of the most popular and delightful music of and about Portugal... authentically interpreted in the lush orchestral style of Bert Kampfert and his orchestra.

To the encyclopedist, Portugal is a republic in the south-west part of the Iberian Peninsula - the world's largest producer of cork; according to the travel bureaus, it'a a tourist mecca; to the Portuguese themselves, it's home sweet home.

Songwriters, on the other hand, like to expound on the traffic-stopping appeal of "The Petticoats Of Portugal". They find a special appeal in "Les Lavandieres Du Portugal" ("The Washerwomen Of Portugal") and the elegant "Fadistas" (men-about-town). In essence, this sparkling collection magnificently captures the flavor of "April In Portugal".

Bert Kampfert, the well-known European composer-conductor-attagner, was born in Hamburg, Germany. An outstanding instrumentalist, he plays with equal skill the clarinet, saxophone, piano and accordion (his favorite). Early in his career, Mr. Kampfert joined the then-popular Hans Busch band. He then worked in the capacity of conductor and accordion soloist for the Danzig and Northwest Germanu broadcasting stations. Recently, he has contributed the arrangements and accompaniment for several of world-famous Freddy's latest spectacular hits.

And now, if you'll close your eyes and listen... it's April In Portugal.

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