More By Artist: Kennedy
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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 |
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. |
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 |
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 |
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) |
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" |
J. S. BACH
Kennedy Plays Bach Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Irish Chamber Orchestra [ Emi Classics / CD - released 23/Oct/2000 ] Nigel Kennedy teams up with the renowned Irish Chamber Orchestra in a live performance of Bach violin concertos. Filmed at the stunning church in Dingle in County Kerry with its fine acoustics and great intimacy with the audience. Bonus features... |
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 |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress (Complete opera recorded in 2007) BLU-RAY Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, Brussels / Laura Claycomb, Andrew Kennedy, William Shimell / Kazushi Ono (conductor) [ Opus Arte Blu-Ray / Blu-ray Disc - released 20/Aug/2009 ] Blu-Ray - 'Lepage has forged a reputation as one of the most visionary theatre directors of our age… The Rake's Progress is heading our way, and it promises to be a highlight of the 2007/8 season.' Sunday Times |
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 |
Slash Feat. Myles Kennedy And The Conspirators
Living The Dream [ Sony / CD - released 21/Sep/2018 ] |
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... |
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Kafka [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
The Turn of the Screw Andrew Kennedy, Sally Matthews, Michael Clayton-Jolly, Lucy Hall, Catherine Wyn-Rogers & Katherine Broderick / London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Farn [ LSO Live SACD / 2 Hybrid SACD - released 29/Dec/2013 ] Released in the Britten anniversary year, Richard Farnes, the Music Director of Opera North who led their critically acclaimed production of 'The Turn of the Screw' in 2010, conducts an all-English cast in Britten's most ingeniously crafted opera,... |
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 |
