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The Very Best of Nigel Kennedy

Nigel Kennedy

English Chamber Orchestra, Berliner Philharmoniker, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Polish Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate, Sir Simon Rattle, Jacek Kaspszyk

This release includes a digital booklet

Contents

Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Major, Op. 8 No. 3, RV 293 "Autumn": III. Allegro "La caccia"

Work length3:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Nigel Kennedy
  • Recorded: 1989-03-14
  • Recording Venue: 28-29 November 1986 & 14 March 1989, St John-at-Hackney, London

Excerpt, Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26

Work length9:25
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Jeffrey Tate
  • Recorded: 1987-12-20
  • Recording Venue: 19-20 December 1987, Abbey Road Studios, London

Bach, J S: Violin Concerto No. 2 in E Major, BWV 1042: I. Allegro

Work length7:50
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • Berliner Philharmoniker
  • Nigel Kennedy
  • Recorded: 2000-01-01
  • Recording Venue: 29-31 January 2000, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem

Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending: excerpt

Work length17:37
Album only
Album only
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
  • Sir Simon Rattle
  • Recorded: 1997-07-10
  • Recording Venue: 8-10 July 1997, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

Brahms: 21 Hungarian Dances, WoO 1: No. 5 in G Minor (Orch. Kennedy, Lenehan, Messiter)

Work length2:52
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1998-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 18-25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead

Massenet: Meditation (from Thaïs)

Work length6:36
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin), Osian Ellis (harp)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1998-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 18-25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead

Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D Major, Op. 61: III. Rondo. Allegro (Cadenza by Kennedy)

Work length10:28
Album only
Album only
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • Polish Chamber Orchestra
  • Nigel Kennedy
  • Recorded: 2007-03-23
  • Recording Venue: 19 - 23 March 2007. Jesus Christus Kirche, Dahlem - Berlin, Germany.

Chopin: Nocturne No. 2 in E-Flat Major, Op. 9 No. 2 (Orch. Dębski)

Work length5:24
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • Polish Chamber Orchestra
  • Jacek Kaspszyk
  • Recorded: 2006-06-30
  • Recording Venue: 27th - 30th June 2006; Filharmonia Pomorska, Bydgoszcz, Poland

Rimsky Korsakov: The Tale of Tsar Saltan, Act 3: Flight of the Bumblebee (Orch. Kennedy, Lenehan, Messiter)

Work length1:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1998-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 18-25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead

Sarasate: Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20

Work length9:38
$1.30
$1.70
  • Greg Knowles (percussion), Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1998-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 18-25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead

Kroll: Banjo and Fiddle (Orch. Kennedy, Lenehan, Messiter)

Work length3:06
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • English Chamber Orchestra
  • Recorded: 1998-06-25
  • Recording Venue: 18-25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, Hampstead

Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue

Work length5:09
$1.30
$1.70
  • Danny Sadownick (percussion), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Lucky Peterson (hammond organ), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Ron Carter (double bass)
  • Recorded: 2005-11-30
  • Recording Venue: 26th-27th, 29th-30th November 2005, Studio C, Avatar Studios, New York.

Jerzy Bawol, Nigel Kennedy, Tomasz Kukurba, Tomasz Lato: Kukush

Work length4:42
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • The Kroke Band
  • Recorded: 2005-11-30
  • Recording Venue: 26th-27th, 29th-30th November 2005, Studio C, Avatar Studios, New York

Drake: River Man

Work length4:58
$1.30
$1.70
  • Boy George (vocals), John Themis (guitar)
  • The Nigel Kennedy Quintet
  • Recorded: 2002-12-31
  • Recording Venue: May 2002 to January 2003 at NLD Studio, Kraków; Studio S-5, Radio Kraków; Town House, London; & No.2 Studio, Abbey Road, London

Silver, H: Song for my Father

Work length7:31
$1.30
$1.70
  • Danny Sadownick (percussion), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Joe Lovano (saxophone), Kenny Werner (piano), Nigel Kennedy (violin), Ron Carter (double bass)
  • Recorded: 2007-11-30
  • Recording Venue: 22nd-30th November 2007, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth

Jerzy Bawol, Nigel Kennedy, Tomasz Kukurba, Tomasz Lato: Lullaby for Kamila

Work length3:26
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin)
  • The Kroke Band
  • Recorded: 2009-11-01
  • Recording Venue: Novemeber 2009. Recorded at Rockfield Studios.

Kennedy, N: Carnivore of the Animals

Work length9:16
$1.30
$1.70
  • Xantoné Blacq (congas)
  • The Nigel Kennedy Quintet
  • Recorded: 2005-11-30
  • Recording Venue: 26th-27th, 29th-30th November 2005, Studio C, Avatar Studios, New York

Jerzy Bawol, Nigel Kennedy, Tomasz Kukurba, Tomasz Lato: One Voice

Work length4:56
$1.30
$1.70
  • Nigel Kennedy (violin), Aboud Abdul Aal (violin), Miles Bould (percussion)
  • The Kroke Band, Kraków Philharmonic Orchestra
  • Recorded: 2007-11-30
  • Recording Venue: 22nd-30th November 2007, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth

Kennedy, N: The Empty Bottle

Work length2:37
$1.30
$1.70
  • The Nigel Kennedy Quintet

Kennedy, N: Nice Bottle of Beaujolais, Innit?

Work length6:21
$1.30
$1.70
  • Sylwia Wòjcik (cello)
  • The Nigel Kennedy Quintet

Kennedy, N: Maybe In Your Dreams

Work length7:30
$1.30
$1.70
  • Jack DeJohnette (drums), Joe Lovano (saxophone), Kenny Werner (piano), Ron Carter (double bass), Nigel Kennedy (violin)

Kennedy, N: Boo Boooz Blooooze

Work length10:34
Album only
Album only
  • The Nigel Kennedy Quintet