"A completely fresh take on The Four Seasons ... Integral to the Kennedy approach is the drum programming of Massive Attack's Damon Reece, which adds a mesmerizing rhythmic pulse underneath the crisply-articulated playing of Kennedy's Orchestra of Life. So it's Vivaldi's Four Seasons, but not as we've known them ... The introduction of voices and electricity clearly move the piece into a different dimension. But creativity means change, and the last thing Nigel Kennedy will ever do is stand still"

"In place of the English Chamber Orchestra he deploys his own band plus a phalanx of guest artists spanning the jazz and rock worlds; and in a mash-up that takes no hostages, he thrashes the Baroque notions of instrumental embellishment and continuo improvisations to within an inch of their lives"

"Wer Kennedy schon immer kritisierte für unsauberes Spiel und stereotype Artikulation, dem wird es diese CD vielleicht leichter machen, darüber hinwegzusehen"

"Kennedy in his New Four Seasons surprises by succeeding with excess. Not that there 's wholesale recomposing here; as always, Kennedy is respectful of the score. But by (presumably improvising) anachronistically modern links between the movements and ... luminaries from rock, jazz, blues and various other popular and worldmusic genres, he actually gets closer to the spirit of Vivaldi's rambunctious bucolic sound canvases ... in this utterly exhilarating recording"

"Den gode nyhed er, at attituden og den rasende energi i Kennedys spil er intakt. Den dårlige nyhed er - ja, dem er der en hulens masse af. Det vi hører er ikke Vivaldis fire violinkoncerter, men et sammenklip af dem med nye lyde: talte, sungne, improviserede, elektroniske. Fint nok ... Problemet er, at hans album er så svært at lytte til. Vivaldis musik kommer sjældent op at køre grundet den besynderlige frasering, som Kennedy og hans orkester vælger ... og fordi det så ofte mangler momentum. Al energien ... tabes, mens konflikten fyldes af ikke-musikalske afbrydelser"