Nigel Kennedy - My World (2016)

Nigel Kennedy pays tribute in the Dedications, the first part of his new album, to his musical role models: to his teachers and mentors Yehudi Menuhin and Isaac Stern, the trans-genre violinist Stéphane Grappelli and Mark O’Connor, whom Kennedy rates as one of the most important violinists alive today. He also mentions jazz guitarist Jarosław Śmietana, whom Kennedy is close to as a result of his frequent visits to Cracow. The second half of the album is a suite Kennedy composed, entitled Three Sisters, based on Anton Chekhov’s play.

Tracklist:
01. Nigel Kennedy, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra & The Stella - Dedications: Dla Jarka (For Jarek Smietana) (7:05)
02. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Dedications: Fallen Forest (For Isaac Stern) (7:27)
03. Nigel Kennedy, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra & The Stella - Dedications: Melody in the Wind (For Stephane Grappelli) (5:09)
04. Nigel Kennedy, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra & The Stella - Dedications: Solitude (For Yehudi Menuhin) (5:30)
05. Nigel Kennedy, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra & The Stella - Dedications: Gibb it (For Mark o'Connor) (6:35)
06. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Intro - Tuzenbach - Solyony's Prophecy - Masha's Memory - Andrei Practising (4:51)
07. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Vershinin's Idealism - Irena (4:03)
08. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Rode's Pictures - Andrei's Love - Vershinin's View of Destiny - Solyony (4:14)
09. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Olga - Solyony's Possessiveness - Outro (4:01)
10. Nigel Kennedy, Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra & The Stella - Three Sisters: Link Acts 2 - 3 (Fire) - Chebutykin's Despair - The Sisters' Fate (7:23)
11. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Link Acts 3 - 4 (3:10)
12. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Hymn (0:58)
13. Nigel Kennedy & Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra - Three Sisters: Masha (2:31)