Nigel Kennedy - Vivaldi: The Four Seasons - 25th Anniversary Edition on CD

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25 years of Vivaldi Mania: Nigel Kennedy's seasons as anniversary edition The classical world stood head, millions suddenly became Vivaldi fans, classic concerts were at once as trendy as acts of Madonna or Michael Jackson. The reason: a young violinist with punk hairstyle and matching outfit played Vivaldi's masterpiece as if it were a rock classic. Twenty-five years ago, the Four Seasons appeared in the recording with Nigel Kennedy and the English Chamber Orchestra. The album became one of the most successful classical recordings in history and has long been considered a legend. Now the anniversary edition appears - expanded by fascinating video material on DVD. Did someone in England or elsewhere know then, in 1989, that record history was written here? One of the great maestros had just died with Herbert von Karajan. The young generation moved to the concert podiums. Nigel Kennedy, master student of the great Yehudi Menuhin was one of them--and became an icon of a classical popularization that continues to this day and would be unthinkable without the phenomena such as Vanessa-Mae or David Garrett. At the same time, with his captivating and highly emotional interpretation of the seasonal concerts, the Vivaldi mania that is still unbroken to this day: the baroque composer stormed the charts. The album's anniversary edition also documents the phenomenon visually: the supplementary DVD contains Kennedy interviews and commentaries and an interesting insight into the rehearsal work, in which soloist and chamber orchestra worked out the revolutionary sound of the classic.