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Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators
Living The Dream [ Sony / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] |
IAN VENABLES
Venables: On the Wings of Love / Venetian Songs Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Richard Hosford (clarinet) / Iain Burnside (piano) [ Naxos English Song Series Vol 21 / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "[Venables] manages to create worthwhile new artefacts within his conservative idiom. Expertly crafted, the results offer something genuinely personal and at times profound." (BBC Music Choral & Song Choice - December 2010) |
KENNETH LEIGHTON
Leighton: Crucifixus & other choral works Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / The Choir of Trinity College, Cambridge, Stephen Layton [ Hyperion / CD - released 10/Apr/2015 ] The choral music of Kenneth Leighton is beloved of cathedral and collegiate choirs across the land: immersion in the Anglican tradition dates back to the composer's earliest years as a boy chorister and combines with a unique adult musical language... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel: Messiah (complete) Elizabeth Gale, Marjana Lipovsek, Werner Hollweg, Roderick Kennedy / Concentus musicus Wien, Nikolaus Harnoncourt [ Teldec Ultima / 2 CD - released 1/Sep/1997 ] Conducting a dazzling array of soloists and Concentus Musicus Wien, the groundbreaking ensemble he established in the early 1950s, Nikolaus Harnoncourt unfolds this narrative with his customary flair, precision and immediacy. |
FREDERICK DELIUS
Delius: Mass of Life / Prelude & Idyll Janice Watson (soprano) Catherine Wyn-Rogers (mezzo-soprano) Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Alan Opie (baritone) / Bournemouth Symphony, David Hill [ Naxos / 2 CD - released 20/Aug/2012 ] "a marvellous starting point for anyone new to Delius's unique but compelling art." Gramophone Magazine: Editor's Choice - July 2012 |
THE DOORS CONCERTO
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Riders On The Storm - The Doors Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Prague Symphony Orchestra, Peter Scholes, conductor [ Decca Records / CD - released 20/Oct/2000 ] Latest album from composer/arranger Jaz Coleman featuring violinist, Nigel Kennedy. |
JOSEF HAYDN
Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob XX/2 (Choral version) Lisa Milne / Ruxandra Donose / Andrew Kennedy/ Christopher Maltman / London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir / Vladimir Jurowski [ LPO Live / CD - released 11/May/2011 ] "[Jurowski shows] a vital sense of motion in presenting this music - an essential challenge, given its predominant slowness - as well as pointing up the work's intensity and revealing its inner parts." (BBC Music) |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons / Concertos for Two Violins [2003 recording] Nigel Kennedy (violin) Daniel Stabrawa (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra [ EMI / Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] |
FELIX MENDELSSOHN / MAX BRUCH
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Bruch/Mendelssohn: Violin Concertos Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra / Jeffrey Tate [ EMI / CD - released 20/Feb/1988 ] "Kennedy has shrewdly augmented the regular concerto coupling of Bruch and Mendelssohn with the rare Schubert work, and the result is a generous issue which on every front can be warmly recommended for exceptionally strong and positive performances" |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ EMI / CD - released 1/Apr/1984 ] Rosette (Highest Award) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
EDWARD ELGAR
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Elgar: Violin Concerto Nigel Kennedy (violin) London Philharmonic Orchestra / Vernon Handley [ EMI Red Line / CD - released 1/Apr/2000 ] Rosette (Highest Award) - Penguin Stereo Guide |
RUTLAND BOUGHTON
Boughton: The Immortal Hour (complete opera recording) Roderick Kennedy (bass) David Wilson-Johnson (baritone) Maldwyn Davies (tenor) Anne Dawson (soprano) / English Chamber Orchestra, Alan G Melville [ Hyperion Dyad / 2 CD - released 20/Jan/2010 ] 'This superb complete recording was a salutary shock: the opera is a kind of masterpiece, bleak, passionate and inspired ... Enthusiastically recommended' (BBC Music Magazine Top 1000 CDs Guide) |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (complete opera recorded in 2007) Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Andrew Kennedy / William Shimell / Laura Claycomb / Kazushi Ono (cond) [ Opus Arte DVD / DVD - released 21/Mar/2008 ] G - Recorded live at Théâtre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels on 26 and 28 April 2007. |
STEFAN WOLPE
String Quartet / Second Piece for Violin Alone / Trio in 2 Parts / Oboe Quartet Toby Appel / Theodore Arm / Aleck Karis / Daniel Kennedy [ Naxos American Classics / CD - released 15/Aug/2006 ] The surface of Wolpe's late music is deceptive. Herbert Brün observed that if you listen from the outside, it all sounds the same, but inside "everything is exploding. You are full of stuff". Wolpe limited himself to a relatively simple palette of... |
JOHANNES BRAHMS
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Brahms: Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77 Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Klaus Tennstedt [ EMI Music / CD - released 1/Jan/2000 ] Classic 1991 recording of the Brahms from Kennedy |
Sophia Kennedy
Monsters (Limited Edition Yellow Vinyl LP) [ City Slang / LP - released 28/May/2021 ] Sophia Kennedy's music sometimes sounds like a soundtrack to a world disintegrating, hanging on by a thread of memories. It combines the glamour and the morbid charm of tin pan alley show tunes from the 1960s or 70s, and yet it fully embraces the... |
RICHARD STRAUSS
The Complete Songs Vol. 3 Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Roger Vignoles (piano) [ Hyperion / CD - released 30/Apr/2008 ] 'The third volume of Hyperion's Strauss song series comes with a tenor riding the chromatic waves. Kennedy's young voice still has some growing to do in lieder, but his flexible tones and avoidance of the Precious Beautiful Voice give lots of... |
TRADITIONAL
Nigel Kennedy - East Meets East Nigel Kennedy (violin) and The Kroke Band [ EMI Music / Warner / CD - released 16/Jun/2003 ] Brimming with beautiful haunting melodies, lush harmonies and pulsating dance rhythms! Recorded in Krakow with Polish folk trio Kroke |
ERIC WHITACRE
Whitacre: Light & Gold Grace Davidson (sop) Stephen Kennedy (bar), Christopher Glynn (piano), Eric Whitacre Singers, Laudibus, King's Singers, Pavao Quartet, Eric Whitacre [ Decca Universal / CD - released 26/Oct/2010 ] "Their collective intonation is stunning, and they sing with conviction and enjoyment...Simply glorious!" Recording of the Month Gramophone Magazine Dec 2010 |
JACQUES OFFENBACH
Offenbach: Robinson Crusoe / Vert-Vert / Entre Nous John Brecknock, Yvonne Kenny, Roderick Kennedy, Marilyn Hill Smith, Toby Spence, Thora Einarsdottir, Jennifer Lamore / Alun Francis, David Parry (cond [ Opera Rara / 7 CD Box Set - released 17/Feb/2023 ] 'All but dedicated misanthropes will find this set entrancing. Highly recommended' Gramophone |
GEORGE GERSHWIN
Kennedy Meets Gershwin Nigel Kennedy (violin) with Rolf Bussalb (guitar), Sonja Schebeck (violin), Tomasz Kupiec (double bass) [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Jun/2018 ] Classical superstar Nigel Kennedy returns with a critically acclaimed programme of the music of George Gershwin, hailed by The Guardian as "rip-roaring and exquisitely tender", spirited and playful gypsy jazz arrangements inspired by his friendship... |
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Kafka [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |
VIVALDI / BRUCH / ELGAR / BACH / BRAHMS / BEETHOVEN / ELLINGTON / GERSHWIN / etc
Nigel Kennedy - Uncensored Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra, Jeffrey Tate / Berliner Philharmoniker [ Warner Classics / 3 CD Box Set - released 25/Nov/2021 ] This is not an autobiography, but a journey through Nigel Kennedy's sixty-four seasons played home and away. |
EDWARD ELGAR
Elgar: Violin Concerto / Introduction and Allegro for strings (Rec 1983 & 1984) Nigel Kennedy (violin) / London Philharmonic Orchestra, Vernon Handley [ Warner Classics Masters / CD - released 1/Dec/2017 ] "Kennedy's first recording of the Elgar Concerto is aflame with a young man's passionate inspiration, though never lacking subtler nuance, while Handley simply breathed Elgar like no-one else." BBC Music |
RAVEL / KODALY / BACH / HANDEL
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Duos for Violin and Cello Nigel Kennedy (violin) Lynn Harrell (cello) [ EMI Music / CD - released 30/May/2000 ] "..the closing performance of the Bach E major two-part Invention is something to treasure for its own sake - if you want a quick definition of chamber-music-making, this tiny gem will do." BBC Music |
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS / ELGAR / BLISS / FINZI / SIBELIUS / etc
Icon - Vernon Handley: Champion of British Music Vernon Handley (conductor) with Nigel Kennedy (violin), Piers Lane (piano) & Tasmin Little (violin) [ Warner Classics / 5 CD Box Set - released 12/Feb/2017 ] Vernon George Handley was born in Enfield, London, in 1930. He disliked his first names and preferred to use the nickname Tod, given to him as a baby because he toddled along with his toes turned inwards. |
IVOR GURNEY / DENIS BROWNE / EUGENE GOOSENS
The Dark Pastoral Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Julius Drake (piano) & Simon Russell-Beale (actor) [ Altara / CD - released 5/Oct/2009 ] "Andrew Kennedy sings devotedly and with skill, Julius Drake's playing is always responsive, and together they often perform memorably: Goossens's Hardy settings are fine, and contrasted, examples." Gramophone Magazine, October 2008 |
W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Apollo et Hyacinthus Andrew Kennedy (tenor) Klara Ek (soprano) Sophie Bevan (soprano) Lawrence Zazzo (counter-tenor) / Classical Opera, Ian Page [ Linn SACD / Hybrid SACD - released 20/May/2012 ] "Melia is the lovely soprano Klara Ek, and her duet with Apollo that ends Part 2, in which she spurns him and he pleads his case, is a high point of the score. A highly recommendable bauble." (10/10 ClassicsToday July 2012) |
JOHN STAINER
Stainer: The Crucifixion Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Neal Davies (bass) & Darius Battiwalla (organ) / Huddersfield Choral Society / Joseph Cullen (conductor) [ Signum / CD - released 20/Oct/2009 ] John Stainer's The Crucifixion is duly regarded as one of the nation's favourite choral works, so it is fitting that it should be performed on this disc by one England's leading musical establishments: The Huddersfield Choral society |
GLUCK / MOZART / BERLIOZ
Andrew Kennedy sings Arias By Gluck, Mozart & Berlioz Andrew Kennedy (tenor), The Southbank Sinfonia, Simon Over [ Signum / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] Andrew Kennedy has established himself as one of the best and brightest young tenors performing today; as a leading exponent of song (winning the song prize at the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition in 2005), and by performing regularly in... |
Bap Kennedy
Let's Start Again [ Proper / 2 CD - released 31/Jan/2014 ] This Deluxe Edition comes with a bonus CD containing classic Bap recordings and he says of it, "this CD is bookended by my first solo recording 'Long Time a Comin' when another chapter began, with Steve Earle producing my album 'Domestic Blues'. The... |
MARTIN SHAW
Shaw: Songs - The Airmen Sophie Bevan (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano) [ Delphian / CD - released 6/Feb/2012 ] "This attractive selection benefits from having three excellent singers, all with good diction. With persuasive performances like these it looks as if there's a case for making room for another English song composer." Gramophone |
Brian Kennedy
The Very Best of Brian Kennedy [ Borough Music / CD - released 26/Jul/2010 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Saint Nicolas / Hymn to St Cecilia / etc Andrew Kennedy (tenor) / Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Stephen Cleobury [ King's College / 2 CD - released 15/Nov/2013 ] "This new recording on King's own label does it superb justice...The disc includes equally polished performances of two of Britten's most popular choral works, Hymn to St Cecilia and Rejoice in the Lamb." (Financial Times) |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
The NMC Songbook (4 CD set) Claire Booth, Ailish Tynan, Elizabeth Atherton, Susan Bickley, Loré Lixenberg, Jean Rigby, Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Norman, Benjamin Hulett, etc [ NMC / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Oct/2009 ] Gramophone Award WINNER 2009: Contemporary - "…anyone listening to these discs will find many things to savour… It is, inevitably an eclectic mix, but, as in any well-planned song recital, the progressions and juxtapositions are continually... |
Dermot Kennedy
Sonder (LP) [ Interscope / LP - released 18/Nov/2022 ] Irish superstar Dermot Kennedy's second studio album includes tracks 'Something To Someone', 'Better Days' and 'Dreamer'. 'Sonder', the encapsulating phrase for "the realisation that each random passer-by is living a life as vivid and complex as... |
Dermot Kennedy
Without Fear [ CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini (complete opera) Gregory Kunde, Laura Claycomb, Darren Jeffery, Andrew Kennedy / London Symphony Chorus & Orchestra / Sir Colin Davis [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 16/Jun/2008 ] 'Conductor and tenor are the joint heroes of this exhilarating release...Davis remains the supreme Berliozian of our day, brilliantly evoking the mercurial wit of the comic repartee...anyone who doesn't own this fabulous score should snap it... |
VIVALDI
Orlando Furioso RV728 Anne Desler, Nicki Kennedy, Marina De Liso, Lucia Sciannimanico / Coro da Camera Italiano & Modo Antiquo / Eico Maria Sardelli [ CPO / 3 CD Box Set - released 28/Jun/2008 ] Orlando Furioso is one of Vivaldi's most important operas. The story goes back to the epic of the same name by Ludovico Ariosto, set on an island ruled by the sorceress Alcina, and tells of Orlando's unhappy love for Angelica. Composed in 1727, the... |
Kennedy
Life Is A Party [ Rykodisc / Cordless / CD - released 29/Jun/2010 ] |
