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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 |
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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 |
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JOSEPH HAYDN
Haydn: Symphonies Vol 10 (Nos. 30, 55 "Schoolmaster" & 63 "La Roxelane") Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 20/Feb/2012 ] "Alert and vivacious playing from all concerned; admirable pacing and first-class sound…" (Penguin Guide) |
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GEORG PHILIPP TELEMANN
Telemann: Overtures / Suites: La Changeante / Les Nations anciens et modernes Northern Chamber Orchestra. Nicholas Ward (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 11/Oct/2004 ] Telemann was among the most distinguished composers of his time, a rival to his friend Johann Sebastian Bach in reputation, and the certain preference of the Leipzig authorities for the position of Cantor at the St Thomas Choir School, where Bach was... |
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W.A. MOZART
Symphonies Nos 1-5 Northern Chamber Orchestra / Nicholas Ward (conductor) [ Naxos / CD - released 30/Apr/2006 ] "warm, vigorous and rhythmically strong" - Classic CD |
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STAMITZ / BECK / CANNABICH / GOSSEC / CPE BACH / JC BACH / HOFMANN / DITTERSDORF / VANHAL / KRAUS
The World of the 18th Century Symphony Northern Chamber Orchestra ; Nicholas Ward, conductor ; Failoni Orchestra ; Uwe Grodd, conductor [ Naxos 18th Century Symphony / CD - released 2/May/2003 ] The symphony in its various guises was cultivated by composers of every nation, state and principality during the eighteenth century. |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Symphonies.Nos 1-6 Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 2/Feb/1995 ] "Nicholas Ward and the Northern Chamber Orchestra match rivals at whatever price. Warmly recommended to everyone." Penguin Guide |
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FELIX MENDELSSOHN
Mendelssohn: String Symphonies, Vol. 2 Northern Chamber Orchestra, Nicholas Ward [ Naxos / CD - released 4/Feb/1997 ] "The music is delightful, the recorded sound is vivid and full, the playing is wonderful. Enjoyable listening at a real budget price. The booklet is informative. Highly recommended." - L. Wilborn, Arkiv Music |
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OLIVER DAVIS
Davis: Solace Oliver Davis (Piano and Vocals), Kerenza Peacock, Jonathan Hill (Violins), Katherine Jenkinson, Nicholas Holland (Cellos) [ Signum / CD - released 12/Mar/2021 ] Recorded at the height of the international Covid lockdown, Oliver Davis's sixth album for Signum is a feat of both technological as well as artistic achievement. Following from draws together artists from across the globe for a selection of moving... |
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MICHAEL HURD
The Aspern Papers / The Night of the Wedding [chamber operas] Owen Gilhooly, Pippa Goss, Clare McCaldin, Nicholas Morton, Garry Humphreys / Ulster Orchestra, George Vass [ Lyrita / 2 CD - released 1/Jul/2015 ] Michael Hurd was born in Gloucester on 19 December 1928. He studied at Pembroke College, Oxford (1950-53) with Sir Thomas Armstrong and Dr Bernard Rose and became President of the University Music Society. In addition, he took composition lessons... |
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Peter MAXWELL DAVIES
Suite from 'The Boyfriend', Suite from 'The Devils' & Other Works Peter Maxwell Davies (piano) / Aquarius, Nicholas Cleobury [ Naxos / CD - released 28/Mar/2014 ] All the works on this recording have connections with the stage or theatre. The two suites are derived from scores that Maxwell Davies wrote for films by Ken Russell and could not be more different. |
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G F HANDEL
Water Music (complete) Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, Nicholas McGegan [ Harmonia Mundi Gold / CD - released 29/Sep/2008 ] "This is a very attractive account of the three suites which comprise Handel's Water Music. The Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra are a San Francisco-based ensemble whose members play period instruments or copies of them. Nicholas McGegan has been their... |
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HANDEL
Handel: Messiah Rachel Redmond (soprano), Damien Guillon (counter tenor) Nicholas Mulroy (tenor), Capella Reial de Catalunya, Concert des Nations, Jordi Savall [ Alia Vox / 2 CD - released 6/Dec/2019 ] All the wonderfully diverse features of Baroque expression and vocal and instrumental declamation are present in Handel's Messiah. It is a sublime musical meditation which transcends simple narrative, going beyond the reality of Jesus to the mystery... |
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Vol. 1 Rv 398, 399, 404, 406, 410, 412 & 419 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "With performances of this calibre, and in demonstration quality sound, one marvels that Naxos can offer so much for so little! A triumphant debut for what seems destined to become one of the legendary recording projects of the decade." - BBC Music... |
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ANTONIO VIVALDI
Vivaldi: Cello Concerti Vol. 2 Rv 400, 401, 408, 413, 422 & 531 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "performances which revel in the vitatlity of Vivaldi's music and which are sensible to its beguiling but all too often overlooked fantasy" - Gramophone |
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Vol. 4 Rv 405, 411, 414, 416, 417, 420 & 421 Raphael Wallfisch (Cello) / City Of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (Director And Harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "Wallfisch's playing has extraordinary precision, and both he and the accompanying group continually communicate their enthusiasm for this endlessly inventive music" - Penguin Guide |
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VIVALDI
Cello Concerti Volume 3: RV 402, 403, 407, 409, 418, 423 & 424 Raphael Wallfisch (cello) / City of London Sinfonia / Nicholas Kraemer (director and harpsichord) [ Naxos Vivaldi Collection / CD - released 12/Jul/2008 ] "..one marvels that Naxos can offer so much for so little! A triumphant debut for what seems destined to become one of the legendary recording projects of the decade" - BBC Music Magazine |
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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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HARRISON BIRTWISTLE
The Moth Requiem / etc Roderick Williams (baritone), BBC Singers & Nash Ensemble, Nicholas Kok [ Signum / CD - released 1/May/2014 ] BBC Music Magazine Award Nomination 2015 - Choral |