Description
Nigel Kennedy – My World / Edel:Kultur Audio CD 2016
UPC 885470008783
Product Details:
Label: Edel:Kultur – 885470008783
Format: CD, Album
Country: Europe
Released: 23 Dec 2016
Genre: Classical
Style: Contemporary, Modern
Editorial Review:
Arriving 32 years into the recording career of English violin virtuoso Nigel Kennedy, My World is his first album of original compositions. It comprises two multi-part works, Dedications and Three Sisters, with the former paying tribute to idols such as Yehudi Menuhin, Isaac Stern, and Stéphane Grappelli. Three Sisters is a suite inspired by the Anton Chekhov play. Expressive and staunchly melodic, the pieces land in an area of folky Romanticism that aims to please more than challenge, at least where listeners are concerned. My World features performances from the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, percussionist Orphy Robinson (Don Cherry, Wynton Marsalis), and guitarist Doug Boyle (Robert Plant, Caravan), among other contributors on guitar, bass, and drums.
Tracklist:
| Dedications | ||
| 1 | Dla Jarka (Für Jarek Šmietana) | 7:05 |
| 2 | Fallen Forest (Für Isaac Stern) | 7:26 |
| 3 | Melody In The Wind (Für Stéphane Grappelli) | 5:09 |
| 4 | Solitude (Für Yehudi Menuhin) | 5:29 |
| 5 | Gibb It (Für Mark O'Connor) | 6:35 |
|
Three Sisters |
||
| 6 | Intro - Tuzenbach - Solyony's Prophecy - Masha's Memory - Andrei Practising |
4:51 |
| 7 | Vershinin's Idealism - Irena | 4:03 |
| 8 | Rode's Pictures - Andrei's Love - Vershinin's View Of Destiny - Solyony | 4:13 |
| 9 | Olga - Solyony's Possessiveness - Outro | 4:00 |
| 10 |
Link Acts 2 - 3 (Fire) - Chebutykin's Despair - The Sisters' Fate | 7:22 |
| 11 | Link Acts 3 - 4 | 3:10 |
| 12 | Hymn | 0:58 |
| 13 | Masha | 2:31 |
More Details:
- Accordion – Bartek Glowacki
- Bass – Tomasz "Insomina" Kupiec
- Composed By [All Music Composed By] – Nigel Kennedy
- Coordinator [Mastering Coordinator] – Alvin Collins
- Design – Büro Dirk Rudolph
- Drums – Adam "Galonka" Czerwiński
- Engineer – Mike Horner
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer, Monnow Valley] – Curtis Elvidge
- Engineer [Assistant Engineer, RAK] – Isabel Gracefield Grundy, Rob Brinkman
- Engineer [Recording Engineer, Monnow Valley] – Liam Ross
- Executive-Producer – Christian Kellersmann, Sven Schuhmann
- Guitar [Guitars] – Julian "das Kid" Buschberger, Rolf "die Kobra" Bussalb
- Guitar [Guitars], Co-producer [Assistant Producer] – Doug "Allergic" Boyle
- Leader – Yuri Zhislin
- Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – Tim Young
- Oboe – Joseph Sanders
- Orchestra – Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra
- Photography By [Cover Photo:] – Henryk Pietkiewicz
- Photography By [Number Plate Photo] – Nigel Kennedy
- Photography By [Three Sisters Photo] – Kim Hardy
- Vibraphone [Vibes], Percussion – Orphy Robinson
- Violin – Nigel Kennedy
About the Artist:
Nigel Kennedy (born 28 December 1956) is an English violinist and violist. He made his early career in the classical field, and has more recently performed in jazz, klezmer and other music genres.
