尼格尔·肯尼迪 Nigel Kennedy，英国小提琴演奏家，就学于梅纽因学校、美国朱丽亚德学院，80年代开始成名，与各大乐团合作，在世界各地巡回演出。其演奏有高超的技巧，又有浓烈的抒情气息。其录制的维瓦尔第的《四季》，引起轰动，销量超百万张，载入吉尼斯纪录。他演奏的贝多芬、布拉姆斯、柴科夫斯基的协奏曲，都显示出相当高的水平。 　　Just in case you thought Nigel Kennedy--fresh from his Hendrix tribute album--had left the classical music repertoire for good, think again. On Classic Kennedy, the fiddler is situated with the English Chamber Orchestra in a program that spans from Bach to Satie. (Yes, you also get a Joni Mitchell tune; Scarborough Fair; and the fiddler's own forgettable Melody in the Wind,too.) The sequencing is a bit disjointed--the summer storm from The Four Seasons is followed by Massenet's blissful Meditationfrom Thaïs--and Kennedy's performances range from good to fair. The English Chamber Orchestra does an admirable job on these diverse works (it deserves a lot of credit here), but it'll be up to the listener to decide whether he or she wants to hear Air on the G String followed by Kennedy's version of Danny Boy. As with most Kennedy discs, you'll either love it or hate it. --Jason Verlinde