Track Listing 1. Concerto for Violin in G minor, Op. 8 no 2/RV 315 "L'estate": Presto 2. Thaïs: Meditation 3. Scarborough Fair 4. Hungarian Dances (21) for Piano 4 hands, WoO 1: no 5 in F# minor 5. Nocturne for Piano in C sharp minor 6. Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 2, Lent et triste 7. Preludes (3) for Piano: no 1 in B flat major, Allegro ben ritmato e deciso 8. Suite for Orchestra no 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air 9. Danny Boy "Londonderry Air" 10. Csárdás 11. Solomon, HWV 67: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 12. Ave Maria 13. La fille aux cheveux de lin 14. Gymnopédies (3) for Piano: no 1, Lent et douloureux 15. Preludes (3) for Piano: no 2 in C sharp minor, Andante con moto e poco rubato 16. Tale of Tsar Saltan: Suite, Op. 57 - Flight of the bumblebee 17. Banjo and Fiddle 18. Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 19. Urge for Going 20. Melody in the Wind
| Details | | Playing Time: | 79 min. | | Contributing Artists: | Andrew Crowley, Dave Heath, David Thomas, Doug Boyle, John Anderson, Liam O'Flynn, Osian Ellis | | Distributor: | EMI Music Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | ADD |
Album Notes Taking playful license with the classics, embracing rock tunes, rock fashions and rock attitudes, Kennedy was once considered a mold-breaking maverick. Nowadays, however, when nearly every young violinist with a photo opportunity has a black leather jacket, mixing Joni Mitchell covers with old Fritz Kreisler and Jascha Heifetz encore favorites would seem the norm. In CLASSIC KENNEDY he is out to charm and entertain rather than to overwhelm or provoke, treating such tunes as 'Danny Boy' or 'Scarborough Fair' with engaging simplicity while proving himself to be a fairly carefree rather than intense gypsy in Sarasate's 'Zigeunerweisen.' The selection is geared for relaxed listening, with some of the arrangements on the romantic film score side, though there is enough fire, in the form of such rousers as the Brahms Hungarian Dance No. 5 or Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee," to keep things from getting too cool.
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