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In Ms Minogue's garish book of weird and wonderful portraits of herself, Kylie, there is one which stands out: it is a simple and beautiful picture of a violin. It turns out that Kennedy has called his violin "Kylie", and so it was deemed worthy of a place in the book. This in-yer-face silliness could go either way, and translate into a trashy populist crossover approach to music--or be the mark of someone who genuinely wants to break down musical barriers and make waves. This album of short concert items proves it to be the latter, for each of the pieces included is not only played with phenomenal stylistic accuracy but with intelligence and wit too. From Bach to Joni Mitchell by way of Gershwin, the pieces spring into life under his fingers. Even the hackneyed chestnuts (Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, Monti's Czardas) feel as if you haven't heard them before--and as if the English Chamber Orchestra haven't played them before, which is a real achievement. Also included are his own arrangements of some folk songs, and one of his own compositions: vaguely Riverdancey in style but with more bite and less blandness. A treat. --Warwick Thompson
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CD W/English Chamber Orchestra
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9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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Haunting,Soothing,Exciting, the full gamut of emotions stirred by this album. Made me want to buy a violin and learn to play it.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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how do you rate a man who is so brilliant at his craft he brings you a lot of enjoyment with each cd great artist
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By Senta
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This is a wonderfully varied collection of short pieces from traditional tunes, popular violin favourites, arrangements of piano works (Chopin, Satie), Gershwin, Joni Mitchell to finally a piece written by the man himself.
Nigel Kennedy brings something new and special to each of these pieces. He plays the Meditation from Thais as my heart would play it! I confess that when I saw 'Danny Boy' and 'Ave Maria' on the list I thought 'Oh no!', but had to hear these only once before my reaction changed dramatically to a positive. What beautiful pieces these are!
The amazing virtuosity of his playing of The Flight of the Bumble Bee, Banjo and Fiddle etc is much, much more than 'just' that. He adds feeling and spirit from the heart of the music and yet he never gets in the way. Nigel Kennedy's own composition, Melody in the Wind, is a lovely, wistful, jazzy, piece.
He makes me hear things afresh, makes me really listen! I thought this might be a good background listening CD. Forget it! There's something about Nigel Kennedy's playing that makes me give him full attention and this CD is no exception.
Nigel Kennedy brings something new and special to each of these pieces. He plays the Meditation from Thais as my heart would play it! I confess that when I saw 'Danny Boy' and 'Ave Maria' on the list I thought 'Oh no!', but had to hear these only once before my reaction changed dramatically to a positive. What beautiful pieces these are!
The amazing virtuosity of his playing of The Flight of the Bumble Bee, Banjo and Fiddle etc is much, much more than 'just' that. He adds feeling and spirit from the heart of the music and yet he never gets in the way. Nigel Kennedy's own composition, Melody in the Wind, is a lovely, wistful, jazzy, piece.
He makes me hear things afresh, makes me really listen! I thought this might be a good background listening CD. Forget it! There's something about Nigel Kennedy's playing that makes me give him full attention and this CD is no exception.
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Classic Kennedy - when he was young?
When I first heard Kennedy I thought he was a rank amateur. I'd never heard of him at the time and I assumed it was some youth being given the chance to play with a proper... Read more
Published 7 months ago by lockeyb
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Definitely Classic Kennedy
Definitely a must listen to compilation for all Kennedy fans - hit the replay over and over. This is part of a collection of Kennedy CDs I own and one of the best.
Published on 11 July 2010 by Sal
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Sweet, sweeter, sweetest
Twenty pieces from as many composers or nearly (two author repeats) from baroque times to modern times, from Italy to the United States, though only from the Western world. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2008 by Jacques COULARDEAU
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