Andrew Kennedy
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Haydn: The Seven Last Words of Our Saviour on the Cross, Hob XX/2 (Choral version)
Lisa Milne (soprano), Ruxandra Donose (mezzo soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Christopher Maltman (baritone)
London Philharmonic Orchestra and Choir, Vladimir Jurowski
[Jurowski shows] a vital sense of motion in presenting this music - an essential challenge, given its predominant slowness - as well as pointing up the work's intensity and revealing its inner... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2011, Shortlisted - Choral
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Special offer. Berlioz: Benvenuto Cellini
Gregory Kunde (Cellini), Laura Claycomb (Teresa), Darren Jeffery (Balducci), Andrew Kennedy (Francesco), Isabelle Cals (Ascanio), John Relyea (Pope Clement VII), Peter Coleman-Wright (Fieramosca), Jacques Imbrailo (Pompeo)
London Symphony Chorus & London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Colin Davis
The combination of technology and the conductor's unimpaired élanmakes for glowing textures and shattering climaxes. —
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Gramophone Magazine, August 2008, Editor's Choice
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Liszt Abroad
Rebecca Evans (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Matthew Rose (baritone) & Iain Burnside (piano)
The 20 songs recorded here cover a vast range of language and expression… Burnside is a faultless guide along this journey, exhibiting power when required but never forcing either tone or pace;... —
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BBC Music Magazine Awards, 2010, Vocal Finalist
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Gramophone Magazine, October 2009, Editor's Choice
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Special offer. Britten: The Turn of the Screw
Andrew Kennedy (Prologue, Peter Quint), Sally Matthews (Governess), Michael Clayton-Jolly (Miles), Lucy Hall (Flora), Catherine Wyn-Rogers (Mrs Grose) & Katherine Broderick (Miss Jessel)
London Symphony Orchestra, Richard Farnes
Britten's opera makes its usual harrowing impact...Broderick's darker-toned Miss Jessel contrasts well with [Matthews]...while Catherine Wyn-Rogers's Mrs Grose is faultlessly secure and vivid.... —
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Andrew Kennedy is an eager, bright-eyed lover: the bloom and the tenderness of the middle range of his voice, in particular, knows just how to bring a luxuriant Straussian intimacy to a song... —
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On Buying a Horse
The songs of Judith Weir
Ailish Tynan (soprano), Susan Bickley (mezzo), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Iain Burnside (piano)
Andrew Kennedy's light tenor sails pleasingly through the dark deeds of Scotch Minstrelsy —
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Record Review, December 2006, Critics Disc of the Year
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…Kennedy… proves himself a rising start with performances keenly sung if occasionally rather mannered, supported by Simon Crawford Philips and the Dante players. —
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Building a Library, September 2018, Recommended Recording
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Handel: Esther
Rosemary Joshua, James Bowman, Susan Bickley, Christopher Purves, Rebecca Outram & Andrew Kennedy
London Handel Choir, Laurence Cummings
Lawrence Cummings emphasises the music's dramatic quality and generally paces it well… Rosemary Joshua in the title role sings the text as vividly as she does the notes. Christopher Purves... —
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Gramophone Magazine, January 2008, Editor's Choice
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Edward Elgar - The Spirit of England
Susan Gritton (soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor), Iain Farrington (organ)
BBC Symphony Orchestra, BBC Symphony Chorus, David Lloyd-Jones
Lloyd-Jones conducts a powerful performance, bitingly dramatic in 'The Fourth of August', with the chorus in superb form...Susan Gritton sings brightly and with clarity...a fascinating disc,... —
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Gramophone Awards, 2007, Finalist - Choral
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Special offer. Mozart: Requiem
Elizabeth Watts (soprano), Phyllis Pancella (mezzo-soprano), Andrew Kennedy (tenor) & Eric Owens (bass-baritone), & Robert Nairn (double bass obbligato)
Handel and Haydn Society, Harry Christophers
[Owens's] instrument sounds magisterial as it rolls along, matching well with the three remaining soloists. Elizabeth Watts is a luminous soprano. Phyllis Pancella can rely on the almost contralto-like... —
