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Nigel Kennedy: English Chamber Orchestra
12+ albums
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Nigel Kennedy was born in Brighton, England, and comes from a musical lineage. His grandfather was Lauri Kennedy, a British-born musician and principal cellist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra[1] who played with Fritz Kreisler, Jascha Heifetz, Arthur Rubinstein and others. His grandmother was Dorothy Kennedy, a pianist, who accompanied John McCormack and taught Enrico Caruso's children. Lauri and Dorothy settled in Australia where their son, the cellist John Kennedy, was born. He was principal cellist with Sir Thomas Beecham's Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. John had a relationship with an English piano teacher, Scylla Stoner. John left Scylla (they were unmarried) to return to Australia. He did not know she was pregnant by him at the time, and for many years he was unaware of the existence of his son, Nigel Kennedy, whom he met for the first time when Nigel was 11.[2] Nigel Kennedy has about 30 close relatives in Australia, whom he visits whenever he tours Australia.[3] A boy prodigy, as a 10-year-old Kennedy would pick out Fats Waller tunes on the piano after hearing his stepfather's jazz records.[4] A pupil at the Yehudi Menuhin School under Yehudi Menuhin himself, Kennedy later studied at the Juilliard School in New York under Dorothy DeLay. Career At the age of 16, Stéphane Grappelli invited Kennedy to appear with him at New York's Carnegie Hall, under the threat from his teachers at the Juilliard that it would ruin his classical career.[5] He made his recording debut in
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Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In E, Op. 8/1, RV 269, "The Four Seasons (Spring)" - 1. Allegro
1,2602Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In E, Op. 8/1, RV 269, "The Four Seasons (Spring)" - 2. Largo
9603Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV 315, "The Four Seasons (Summer)" - 3. Presto
9424Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In F, Op. 8/3, RV 293, "The Four Seasons (Autumn)" - 1. Allegro
9315Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In E, Op. 8/1, RV 269, "The Four Seasons (Spring)" - 3. Allegro
8996Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV 315, "The Four Seasons (Summer)" - 1. Allegro Non Molto
8887Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In G Minor, Op. 8/2, RV 315, "The Four Seasons (Summer)" - 2. Adagio
8858Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In F Minor, Op. 8/4, RV 297, "The Four Seasons (Winter)" - 2. Largo
8399Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In F, Op. 8/3, RV 293, "The Four Seasons (Autumn)" - 3. Allegro
83510Vivaldi: Violin Concerto In F Minor, Op. 8/4, RV 297, "The Four Seasons (Winter)" - 3. Allegro
831albums
Vivaldi: The Four Seasons
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Classic Kennedy
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The Classic Experience [Disc 1]
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The Best Classical Album In The World [Disc 1]
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The Best Classics ...Ever!
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Classic Experience 2 [Disc 2]
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The Best Classical Album In The World... Ever [Disc 2]
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The Best Classical Album In The World...Ever! [Disc 1]
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classical ever! one [Disc 2]
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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons, Etc.
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Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits [Disc 1]
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Nigel Kennedy's Greatest Hits