Lucy Ward
Adelphi has to Fly [ Navigator Records / CD - released 1/Aug/2011 ] Lucy is talented young singer-songwriter from Derbyshire. "One of Brit folk's most vibrant and forthright new young talents"-MOJO. |
LUIGI BOCCHERINI
Boccherini: Cello Concertos Vol 3 No. 9-12 Raphael Wallfisch, cello / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward, conductor [ Naxos / CD - released 6/Mar/2005 ] "Completists will want all 12 of Boccherini's cello concertos and the bargain-priced Naxos series is the most obvious choice... this new offering would certainly be my recommendation for a single sampler." - MusicWeb March 2005 |
Shayne Ward
Breathless [ Bmg / CD - released 17/Apr/2007 ] |
BENJAMIN BRITTEN
Albert Herring Peter Pears, Sylvia Fisher, Sheila Rex, John Noble, Catherine Wilson, Joseph Ward / English Chamber Orchestra, Benjamin Britten [ Decca Operas / 2 CD - released 1/Aug/2014 ] "Pears was not at his best, but in Britten's hands it is clear that, without losing any pathos, Albert Herring was first and foremost a superior piece of theatrical fun." (BBC Music) |
MALCOLM ARNOLD
Arnold: Cello Concerto / Saxophone Concerto / Fantasy for Recorder and String Quartet / etc Raphael Wallfisch (cello) John Turner (recorder) / Northern Chamber Orchestra & Manchester Sinfonia, Richard Howarth & Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Sep/2011 ] "The disc is a hands-down winner in the Naxos catalogue and slips nicely into the same rank occupied by Penny's symphonies." (MusicWeb Recording of the Month Sept 2011) |
Clara Ward & The World Famous Ward Singers
In Memory Of Willa Ward-Royster [ Gospel Friends / CD - released 2/Sep/2016 ] In 1953, an American magazine reported that …when Clara Ward's big voice delivers a gospel song, she transforms a quiet audience of 10.000 or more men and women into a pandemonium of screaming, shouting and crying. Apart from outdrawing contemporary... |
RODRIGO
Concierto de Aranjuez (with works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco & Villa-Lobos) Norbert Kraft (guitar) / Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 10/Aug/2009 ] "Norbert Kraft is not yet a household name but if his publicity ever matches his quality he certainly should attain that status" - Gramophone |
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... |
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 |
Clifford T. Ward
Escalator [ CD ] |
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... |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Five Symphonies Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 24/Feb/2011 ] Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward |
FORCES' SWEETHEART / HEART-THROBS OF WWII
Forces' Sweetheart & Heart-Throbs of World War II Judy Garland, Vera Lynn, Connee Boswell, Frank Sinatra, Perry Como, The Andrew Sisters, Helen Ward, Peggy Lee, Mary Martin, etc [ Retrospective / 2 CD - released 25/Jul/2011 ] The definitive album of wartime nostalgia: 20 forces' sweethearts and 21 of their heart-throb male counterparts sing 50 great songs, mostly on the theme of parted lovers. For all the soldiers, sailors and airmen parted from their loved ones during... |
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 |
Northern C.O/Ward
Haydn:symps.23, 24, 61 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Ward/Northern Co
Haydn:syms.22, 29, 60 [ Naxos / CD ] |
Ward/Northern Co
Haydn:syms.26, 35, 49 [ Naxos / CD ] |
HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies, Volume 7 Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD ] "Throughout these works the wind players obviously relish their solos, the flutes chirp merrily...it is the intimate scale of these performances that is so attractive." - The Penguin Guide |
LEOPOLD HOFMANN
Hofmann: Concertos Tim Hugh (cello) Lorraine McAslan (violin) / Northern Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Ward, conductor [ Naxos 18th Century Concerto / CD - released 1/May/2004 ] Leopold Hofmann was regarded by his contemporaries as one of the most gifted and influential composers of his generation. Although a church musician by profession, Hofmann was also an important and prolific composer of instrumental music . |
M Ward
Hold Time [ 4Ad / CD - released 16/Feb/2009 ] |