{"id":13373,"date":"2022-03-29T16:49:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-29T14:49:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.classical-music.com\/?p=164358"},"modified":"2022-03-29T17:02:15","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T15:02:15","slug":"nigel-kennedy-the-violinists-6-best-recordings","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/rss_feed\/nigel-kennedy-the-violinists-6-best-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigel Kennedy: the violinist\u2019s 6 best recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By BBC Music Magazine\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Tuesday, 29 March 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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It was Nigel Kennedy\u2019s 1989 recording of Vivaldi\u2019s Four Seasons<\/em> that catapulted him to international stardom, a disc that eventually sold in excess of three million copies. Nigel was heralded as \u2018a Liberace for the nineties\u2019 and since then the charismatic violinist has continued to produce chart-topping albums<\/span><\/h3>\n
Nigel Kennedy\u2019s loved recordings<\/h2>\n
The Four Seasons<\/span><\/h3>\n
English Chamber Orchestra<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Warner Classics 2564628814\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n
Kennedy\u2019s original still sounds as if it could have been made yesterday \u2013 sparky, energetic and tastefully different, it set the bar for others to try to reach. It is one of the best recordings of Vivaldi\u2019s Four Seasons ever<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n