Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits
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Performer: Julie PriceComposer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Claude Debussy
Composer: Hamilton Harty
Composer: Nigel Kennedy
Composer: Fritz Kreisler
Composer: Jules Massenet
Composer: Vittorio Monti
Composer: Erik Satie
Composer: English Traditional
Composer: Ralph Vaughan Williams
Composer: Antonio Vivaldi
Conductor: Simon Rattle
Performer: Rory McFarlane
Performer: David C. Heath [AKA D.C. or Dave Heath]
Performer: Doug Boyle
Performer: Osian Ellis
Performer: Nigel Kennedy
Performer: Janice Knight
Performer: John Anderson
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-01-07
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Vivaldi: Spring, Allegro (The Four Seasons)
- Massenet: Meditation (Thais)
- Satie: Gymnopedie No. 1
- Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending
- Debussy: The Girl With the Flaxen Hair
- Bach: Sonata for Solo Violin in C, Allegro assai
- Kreisler: Praeludium and Allegro
- Bach: Es ist genug, so nimm, Herr
- Danny Boy
- Scarborough Fair
- Melody in the Wind
- Monti: Scardas
- Vivaldi: Autumn, Allegro (The Four Seasons)
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Free Music Review: Wow!
Hit: 5 Stars
When I got this CD to use for my "music appreciation" class that I teach to a small group of homeschooled students, I thought I might use just a few of these songs to listen to in class. But we will definitely be spending more time on the whole album--this is one of the best violin solo albums I've heard for a while, and Nigel Kennedy is one of the best violinists I've heard, ever. One can hear the energy and emotion in each song played. The arrangements are beautiful, and the choice of songs on the album are wonderful. This is one to actively "listen to". And yes, I'd love to see a live concert DVD!
Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits Poster
Violinist Nigel Kennedy long stopped annoying or surprising concertgoers and disc buyers with his looks and manners--the cover of this CD pictures him with red and blue paint on his face, and he's biting his violin. If that irritates you, his playing certainly will not. Here, two movements from Vivaldi's Four Seasons act as bookends to, among other pieces: a Satie Gymnopédie, exquisitely played, with lovely embellishments near its close; Vaughan Williams's floating Lark Ascending; a stunning, virtuosic Bach solo (never before released); a soft-edged Bach chorale; a soupy, sentimental "Danny Boy"; a slightly overwrought "Scarborough Fair"; a piece by Kennedy himself; and a few other surprises. Kennedy's tone is lush and warm, and his emotionalism almost never overwhelms the music. Greatest hits? More like greatest encores. But definitely a terrific 71 minutes of fiddling. --Robert LevineClassical Music CDs
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