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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

  • Release Date: 8th Nov 2010
  • Catalogue No: 6315142
  • Label: Warner Classics
  • Series: The Very Best of...
  • Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

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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

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