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 |
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 |
Nigel Kennedy (violin)
Kafka [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jan/2001 ] |
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 |
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... |
Kennedy Nigel
Plays Jazz [ Chandos / CD - released 1/Sep/1990 ] |
VARIOUS COMPOSERS
For Mother [4 CD set] Kyung Wha Chung, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Nigel Kennedy, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, English Chamber Orchestra, etc [ Decca / 4 CD Box Set - released 20/Jul/2014 ] A special collection of the world's most beautiful classics. Unforgettable and relaxing melodies by Rachmaninov, Mozart, Beethoven, Satie, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Bach, Rodrigo and many more. The line-up of great artists includes Joshua Bell, Georg... |
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 ] |
Vivaldi
Berliner Philharmoniker - Vivaldi ltd edition (CD+DVD) Nigel Kennedy [ EMI / CD - released 1/Jan/2003 ] |
NIGEL KENNEDY
The Four Elements Nigel Kennedy [ Sony Classical / CD - released 10/Oct/2011 ] The Four Elements, written for violin, orchestra, band and voices, is a suite of pieces which Kennedy conceived as his own 21st century response to Vivaldi's baroque masterpiece The Four Seasons, a work with which Kennedy is intrinsically linked. |
VIVALDI
The Four Seasons [20th Anniversary Luxury Edition] Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Classic / 2 CD/DVD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] EMI RELEASES THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY LUXURY EDITION OF A LANDMARK RECORDING - on CD and DVD in the one package! |
EDWARD ELGAR
Kennedy Plays Elgar Favourites Nigel Kennedy (violin) Peter Pettinger (piano) [ Chandos / CD ] Also with Steven Isserlis (cello) |
Nigel Kennedy
Recital [ Sony Classical / CD - released 18/Mar/2013 ] |
Nigel Kennedy
Vivaldi: The New Four Seasons [ Sony / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] In 1989 Nigel Kennedy made his breakthrough recording of Vivaldi's Four Seasons. In his sleeve notes to that famous release, Kennedy stressed that he had rejected the idea of playing Vivaldi's suite of violin concertos in either the "authentic"... |
J. S. BACH
Bach: Violin Concertos / Concerto for oboe and violin / Concerto for two violins in D minor Nigel Kennedy (violin) / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra, with Albrecht Mayer (oboe). [ Warner Classics / CD - released 1/Dec/2010 ] "Charismatic Bach playing from Kennedy and the strings of the BPO in performances that are built on live concerts." (Gramophone) |
BEETHOVEN
Violin Concerto (with Mozart-Violin Concerto No 4) Nigel Kennedy (violin & conductor) / Polish Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Classics / CD - released 4/Jun/2008 ] Fifteen years after recording the Beethoven Violin Concerto with the late great Klaus Tennstedt (1992), Nigel Kennedy has recorded a new version with the Polish Chamber Orchestra, directing the ensemble from the violin. |
ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons Nigel Kennedy (violin) / English Chamber Orchestra [ EMI Classic DVD / DVD - released 12/Oct/2009 ] Nigel Kennedy's recording was released on September 25, 1989 on vinyl, cassette and CD and went on to become one of the best-selling classical albums of all-time. |
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. |