Jest to drugi album Artysty z serii "The best of". Pierwszy album "Greatest Hits" miał premierę w 2002 r i obejmował tylko katalog z muzyką klasyczną i otrzymał status platynowej płyty.

 

Najnowsza  kompilacja będzie miała dwa krążki z podziałem na gatunki .

 

Na pierwszym krążku znajdzie muzyka klasyczna, na drugim natomiast jazz & pop.

 

 

 

Tracklista:

 

CD 1

 

1. Vivaldi: Allegro from Concerto No.3 in F major Op8 No3 RV293 'Lautumno'

 

28 – 29 November 1986 & 14 March 1989*  St John-at-Hackney, London

 

Nigel Kennedy & English Chamber Orchestra (The Four Seasons)

 

2.  Bruch: Adagio  from Concerto for Violin and Orchestra No1 in G minor Op26

 

19 – 20 December 1987, Abbey Road Studios, London

 

Nigel Kennedy; English Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jeffrey Tate (Mendelssohn Bruch)

 

3. JS Bach: Allegro from Violin Concerto in E BWV1042

 

29 – 31 January 2000

 

Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Berlin-Dahlem

 

Nigel Kennedy; Berliner Philharmoniker (Nigel Kennedy Plays Bach)             

 

4. Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending (Romance for violin and orchestra)

 

8 – 10 July 1007, Symphony Hall, Birmingham

 

Nigel Kennedy; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle (Elgar: Violin Concerto; Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending)

 

5. Brahms arr & orch by Kennedy with John Lenehan & Malcolm Messiter: Hungarian Dance No.5   

 

18 – 25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London

 

Nigel Kennedy & English Chamber Orchestra (Classic Kennedy)

 

6. Massenet: Meditation from Thais

 

18 – 25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London

 

Nigel Kennedy & English Chamber Orchestra (Classic Kennedy)

 

7. Beethoven: Larghetto from Violin concerto in D major Op61 Cadenza - Kennedy

 

19 – 23 March 2007, Jesus-Christus-Kirche, Dahlem – Berlin

 

Nigel Kennedy & Polish Chamber Orchestra (Beethoven/Mendelssohn Violin Concertos)

 

8. Chopin arr. Krzesimir Debski: Nocturne Op9 no2 Andante

 

27 – 30 June 2006, Filharmonia Pomorska, Bydgoszcz, Poland

 

Nigel Kennedy ; Polish Chamber Orchestra conducted by Jacek Kaspszyk (East Meets East)

 

9. Rimsky-Korsakov arr & orch by Kennedy with John Lenehan & Malcolm Messiter: The Flight of the Bumble-Bee from The Tale of Tsar Saltan

 

18 – 25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London

 

Nigel Kennedy & English Chamber Orchestra (Classic Kennedy)

 

10. Saraste: Zigeunerweisen Op20

 

18 – 25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London

 

Nigel Kennedy & English Chamber Orchestra (Classic Kennedy)

 

11. Kroll arr & orch by Kennedy with John Lenehan & Malcolm Messiter: Banjo and Fiddle

 

18 – 25 June 1998, Lyndhurst Hall, Air Studios, London

 

Nigel Kennedy & English Chamber Orchestra (Classic Kennedy

 

 

 

CD 2

 

1. Kenny Burrell: Midnight Blue

 

26 – 30th November 2005, Studio 5, Avatar Studios, New York

 

Nigel Kennedy (violin), Lucky Peterson (Hammond B3), Ron Carter (Double Bass), Jack DeJohnette (drums), Danny Sadownick (Percussion) (The  Blue Note Sessions)      

 

2. Bawol/Kennedy/Kukurba/Lato: Kukush

 

May 2002 – January 2003, NLD Studio, Krakow;  StudioS-5 Krakow, Radio Krakow; Town House, London; Studio 2, Abbey Road London

 

Nigel Kennedy & Kroke (East Meets East)

 

3. Nick Drake: Riverman

 

November 2009, Rockfield Studios

 

Nigel Kennedy (electric violin & vocals & extra keyboard shhhit); Tomasz Grzegorski (tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet & vocals); Piotr Wylezol ( piano & Hammond); Adam "Szabas" Kowalewski (contrabass, electric bass & vocals); Krzysztof Dziedzic (drums & vocals); Xantoné Blacq (percussion) Boy George (vocals); John Themis (guitar) (SHHH!)

 

4. Horace Silver: Song for my Father

 

26 – 30th November 2005, Studio 5, Avatar Studios, New York

 

Nigel Kennedy (violin); Kenny Werner (piano); Ron Carter (Double Bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums); Danny Sadownick (Percussion); Joe Lovano (tenor saxophone) (The Blue Note Sessions)

 

5. Bawol/Kennedy/Kukurba/Lato: Lullaby for Kamila

 

May 2002 – January 2003, NLD Studio, Krakow;  StudioS-5 Krakow, Radio Krakow;

 

Town House, London; Studio 2, Abbey Road Londo

 

Nigel Kennedy & Kroke (East Meets East)

 

6. Kennedy: Carnivore of the Animals

 

November 2007, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth

 

Nigel Kennedy (Electric violin & piano); Nigel Kennedy Quintet; Xantoné Blacq – vocals, congas (A Very Nice Album)

 

7. Bawol/Kennedy/Kukurba/Lato: One Voice

 

May 2002 – January 2003, NLD Studio, Krakow;  StudioS-5 Krakow, Radio Krakow;

 

Town House, London; Studio 2, Abbey Road London Nigel Kennedy & Kroke; Aboud Abdul Aal (Violin II); Miles Bould (Percussion) (East  Meets East)

 

8. Kennedy: The Empty Bottle

 

November 2009, Rockfield Studios

 

Nigel Kennedy (electric violin & vocals & extra keyboard shhhit); Tomasz Grzegorski (tenor sax, soprano sax, bass clarinet & vocals); Piotr Wylezol (piano & Hammond); Adam "Szabas" Kowalewski (contrabass, electric bass & vocals); Krzysztof Dziedzic (drums & vocals); Xantoné Blacq (percussion); John Themis (guitar) (SHHH!)

 

9. Kennedy: Nice Bottle of Beaujolias, Innit?

 

November 2007, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth

 

Nigel Kennedy; Nigel Kennedy Quintet; Sylwia Wojcik  - cello (A Very Nice Album)

 

10. Kennedy: Maybe in your Dreams

 

26 – 30th November 2005, Studio 5, Avatar Studios, New York

 

Nigel Kennedy (violin); Kenny Werner (piano); Ron Carter (Double Bass); Jack DeJohnette (drums) (Blue Note Sessions)

 

11. Kennedy: Boo boooz blooooze

 

November 2007, Rockfield Studios, Monmouth

 

Nigel Kennedy; Nigel Kennedy Quintet (A Very Nice Album)