As one of the most successful classical performers of his time, violinist Nigel Kennedy's genre-defying music helped him achieve a level of fame typically reserved for pop stars. A native of Brighton, England, he studied music at the Yehudi Menuhin School and at Juilliard; his debut recording, Elgar Violin Concerto, appeared in 1984, shortly followed by Nigel Kennedy Plays Jazz. In the years to follow, Kennedy collaborated not only with the more traditional likes of Riccardo Muti and the Philharmonia Orchestra, the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, and Andre Previn, but also with pop figures including Paul McCartney and Kate Bush; his fame reached new heights with the 1989 release of his recording of Vivaldi's The Four Seasons, which went as high as number three on the U.K. pop charts and went on to sell well over a million copies. In 1992, neck surgery forced Kennedy to retire for several years; when he resurfaced with 1996's Kafka, he performed his own compositions for the first time, broadening his scope to include not only classical music but also elements of Celtic, rock, and jazz. The Jimi Hendrix tribute The Kennedy Experience followed in 1999.
by Jason Ankeny
TRACKLIST:Disc1:Vivaldi
Concerto No.1 in E major Op.8 RV 269 "La primavera"
1. I. Allegro
2. II. Largo
3. III. Allegro
Concerto No.2 in G minor Op.8 RV 315 "L'estate"
4. I. Allegro non molto
5. II. Adagio
6. III. Presto
Concerto No.3 in F major Op.8 RV 293 "L'autumno"
7. I. Allegro
8. II. Adagio molto
9. III. Allegro
Concerto No.4 in F minor Op.8 RV 297 "L'inverno"
10. I. Allegro non molto
11. II. Largo
12. III. Allegro
Disc2:1. Vivaldi: The Four Seaons - III. Presto from "Summer"
2. Massenet: Meditation from Thais
3. Trad: Scarborough Fair
4. Brahms: Hungarian Dance No.5
5. Chopin: Nocturne in C sharp minor Op.Posth.
6. Satie: Gymnopedie No.2
7. Gershwin: Prelude No.1
8. J. S. Bach: Air on the G String
9. Trad: Danny Boy
10. Vittorio Monit: Czardas
11. Handel: The Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
12. Bach/Gounod: Ave Maria
13. Debussy: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair
14. Satie: Gymnopedie No.1
15. Gershwin: Prelude No.2
16. Rimsky-Korsakov: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee
17. William Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle
18. Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen
19. Joni Mitchell: Urge for Going
20. Kennedy: Melody in the Wind
Disc3:Bruch: Violin Concerto No.1 in G minor Op.26
1. I. Vorspiel (Allegro moderato)
2. II. Adagio
3. III. Finale (Allegro energico)
4. Schubert: Rondo in A for violin and strings D438
Mendelssohn: Violin Concerto in E minor Op.64
5. I. Allegro molto appassionato
6. II. Andante
7. III. Allegretto non troppo - Allegro molto vivace
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