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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) |
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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 |
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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 |
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J.S. BACH
Magnificat BWV243 / Cantata 'Ich habe genug' BWV82 Scola Cantorum of Oxford / Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 22/Sep/2007 ] "These are really marvellous recordings...the music is fluid and uplifting" - Manchester Evening News (U.K.) |
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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 . |
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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... |
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W. A. MOZART
Mozart: Complete Symphonies Capella Istropolitana & Northern Chamber Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth & Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / 11 CD Box Set - released 29/Apr/2013 ] One of the supreme musical geniuses and most loved composers of all time, Mozart wrote prolifically and excelled in every genre to which he turned his hand. His symphonies are among his greatest achievements, a consummate blend of dazzling invention... |
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Lucy Ward
I Dreamt I Was A Bird [ Betty Beetroot / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] 'I Dreamt I Was A Bird' is the intimate and beautiful new record by Lucy Ward. It is an album about being earthed, grounded, and dreaming of what lies ahead; being of and for the landscape both urban and rural. All the stories are about real people... |
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Ward M.
Transfiguration Of Vincent [ CD ] |
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Ward/Northern Co
Haydn:syms.22, 29, 60 [ Naxos / CD ] |
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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 |
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Ward/Northern Co
Stamitz: symphonies 1,2,4&6 (Vol 2) [ Naxos / CD ] |