Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Max Bruch, Nick Drake, Edward William Elgar, Edward Kennedy ‘Duke’ Ellington, George Gershwin, Mieczyslaw Karlowicz, Nigel Kennedy, Antonio Vivaldi
Performer: Nigel Kennedy, Daniel Stabrawa, Mitzi Meyerson, Olaf Maninger, Taro Takeuchi, Danny Sadownick, J D Allen, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Werner, Ron Carter, Beata Urbanek-Kalinowska, Howard Alden, Rolf Bussalb, Tomasz Kupiec, Nigel Kennedy Quintet
Orchestra: English Chamber Orchestra, Members of the Berliner Philharmoniker, Polish Radio Chamber Orchestra, London Philharmonic Orchestra, NDR Sinfonieorchester
Conductor: Nigel Kennedy, Jeffrey Tate, Jacek Kaspszyk, Vernon Handley, Klaus Tennstedt
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Warner
Catalogue: 9029667494
Release: 2021
Size: 850 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: cover
01. Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Spring, RV269
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons: Summer, RV315
02. II. Adagio
03. III. Presto
Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 8 ‘Con due Violini obligati’, RV 522
04. II. Larghetto e spiritoso
Vivaldi: Concerto, Op. 3 No. 6 ‘Con Violino Solo obligato’, RV 356
05. I. Allegro
06. Bach: Violin Concerto No. 1 in A minor, BWV1041: II. Andante
Bach: Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV1043
07. II. Largo ma non tanto
08. III. Allegro
Bruch: Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
09. I. Prelude. Allegro moderato
10. II. Adagio
11. III. Finale. Allegro energico
Karlowicz: Violin Concerto in A major, Op. 8
12. II. Romanza (Andante)
Elgar: Violin Concerto in B minor, Op. 61
13. I. Allegro
14. II. Andante
15. Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77: III. Allegro giocoso
Beethoven: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61
16. II. Larghetto (Live)
17. III. Rondo (Allegro) [Cadenza by Kennedy]
18. Brix E. Smith, Nigel Kennedy, Stephen Duffy: From Adam to Eve
19. Kennedy: Fallen Forest
20. Ellington: Ellington / Arr. Kennedy: Black, Brown and Beige Suite: V. Come Sunday
21. Kennedy: Stranger in a Stranger Land
22. Gershwin: The Man I Love
23. Kennedy: Nice Bottle of Beaujolais, Innit?
24. Caroline Lavelle, Dave Bottrill, Doug Boyle, Nigel Kennedy: Breathing Stone
25. Dave Bottrill, Nigel Kennedy: Soleil Levant Sur La Seine
26. Drake: River Man
Nigel Kennedy is releasing his second book in autumn, titled Uncensored. Warner Classics are releasing a 3CD compilation to accompany the book, the track listing done by Nigel himself, with excerpts from his book in the liner-notes.
This is not an autobiography, but a journey through Nigel Kennedy’s sixty-four seasons played home and away. It begins on a freezing balcony in Brighton before taking in the Yehudi Menuhin School and New York’s Julliard School (of Artistic Mediocrity), various concert halls and recording studios, police forces around the world, Aston Villa and classical music as redefined by Nigel. Here are Nigel’s thoughts on boxing, composing, Aston Villa, Vivaldi, violins and much more, all told in Nigel’s inimitable voice and idiosyncratic fashion.