M. Ward
A Wasteland Companion [ Universal Music International / CD - released 12/Apr/2012 ] Ward's honey-soaked vocals, deft finger-picking, innate sense of melody and beguiling lyrics have already cemented his reputation as one of America's true musical treasures... |
GUSTAV HOLST
Holst: Orchestral Works (Incls 'St Paul's Suite') Andrew Watkinson (violin) & Nicholas Ward (violin) Duke Dobing (flute) & Christopher Hooker (oboe) / City of London Sinfonia, Richard Hickox [ Chandos The Hickox Legacy / CD - released 28/Jul/2017 ] This 1994 recording is one of the first Holst collections made by Hickox and the City of London Sinfonia. An orchestra he conducted for thirty seven years, until his death. Having brought neglected works by Holst to a more deserved fame in the early... |
CORELLI / BELLINI / CIMAROSA / FIORILLO / etc
Italian Oboe Concertos Vol 1 Anthony Camden (oboe) / Peter Lloyd (flute) / City of London Sinfonia / Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Dec/2001 ] More beautiful music for the oboe |
PLATTI / SALIERI / BESOZZI / ROSETTI
Italian Oboe Concertos Vol 2 Anthony Camden (oboe) Peter Lloyd (flute) / City of London Sinfonia / Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 1/Jan/2002 ] More beautiful music for the oboe |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL
Handel: Oboe Concertos Nos.1-3 / Air & Rondo / etc Anthony Camden (oboe) / City of London Sinfonia, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Oct/1996 ] "First-rate sound from All Saints, East Finchley." Penguin Guide |
EDWARD ELGAR / FRANK BRIDGE
Elgar: Cello Concerto / Bridge: Oration Gabriel Schwabe (cello) / ORF Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] "..That plaintive quality is much in evidence in the Elgar, and I admire so much Schwabe's approach to this work, surely one of the most recorded concertos in the catalogue." MusicWeb Recommended Jan 2022 |
ANDRE PARFENOV / PYOTR Il'yich TCHAIKOVSKY
Parfenov/Tchaikovsky: Aachener Walzer - Orchestral Works Ioana Cristina Goicea (violin) André Parfenov (piano) / Aachen Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Tchaikovsky stayed in Aachen for six weeks in 1887, during which time he orchestrated his Mozartiana. He also left behind 16 bars of music from his diary, and the Aachener Walzer is André Parfenov's completion of this otherwise unknown mini-waltz. |
Jennifer Ward-Lealand
Falling in Love Again [ JWL Music / CD - released 21/Sep/2006 ] This is the highly regarded NZ actress / singer, Jennifer Ward-Lealand's studio recording of her touring cabaret show. As stage and screen legend Marlene Dietrich, Jennifer sings 23 wonderfully evocative songs... |
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Stravinsky: The Soldier' s Tale / Dumbarton Oaks Jonathan Keeble (narrator) Benjamin Soames (narrator) David Timson (narrator) / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Jan/2008 ] 1001 Classical recordings you must hear before you die (1901-1950) - The Soldier's Tale is scored for an instrumental ensemble of seven players, violin, double bass, clarinet, bassoon, cornet, trombone and percussion, the last including two... |
M Ward
More Rain [ Liberation / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] M. Ward returns with a stunning new album, More Rain, out on Bella Union.. Ward has released a string of acclaimed solo albums over the past several years, along with five LPs with Zooey Deschanel as She & Him and a 2009 collaborative album with My... |
GEORG FRIDERIC HANDEL, arr. Paul Mills
MARBECKS COLLECTABLE: Handel's Young Messiah Matthew Ward, Cynthia Clawson, First Baptist Church, Norkolk, Virginia, Young Messiah Orchestra, with Barry McGuire (narrator) [ WLIW / CD - released 11/Nov/2006 ] THE YOUNG MESSIAH gives Handel's choral masterpiece an exciting modern interpretation - predominantly gospel in tone, and also integrating soul. |
GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Don Quixote [Don Juan] / La Lyra / Ouverture in D Minor Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 25/Sep/2006 ] "This disc, delivered with great aplomb by Nicholas Ward and his Northern Chamber Orchestra, is a showcase of the composer's versatility and his gift for writing vivid and picturesque music. Each of the works in this program is delightful in its... |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Five Symphonies Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward |
MENDELSSOHN
String Symphonies, Vol. 3 Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 1/May/2011 ] |
FRANZ IGNAZ BECK
Beck: Symphonies Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Feb/2003 ] "tidy, alert readings of these symphonies....At a fiver you wont seriously go wrong" - Gramophone |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 11 - 14 Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] "The Northern Chamber Orchestra's performances are persuasive in their warmth" - Classic CD |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 15 - 18 Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] "the performances of the Northern Chamber Orchestra under Nicholas Ward are consistently stylish and engaged. This is well worth anyone's fiver!" - Classic CD |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 19, 20 and 37 Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] "Ward and the Northern Chamber Orchestra give a robust performance of the outer movements of the E flat Symphony, phrase the graceful Andante with taste, and contrast the minuet's different characters effectively." - Gramophone - May 1996 |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 21-24 and 26 Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 15/May/2001 ] "This is good Mozart - lithe, detailed, delicately poised, sparkling, nicely sprung and full of life... At Naxos's low prices, its value is unexcelled" - American Record Guide - May/June 1996 |
W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos. 6 - 10 Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 5/Dec/2005 ] "These are indeed splendid performances and, with the vivid recordings... Naxos here offer an enthralling concert at a price you simply cannot refuse" - Gramophone |