WARD, NICHOLAS

Nicholas Ward was born in Manchester in 1952, the son of parents who had met as members of the Hallé Orchestra. In consequence, music played an important part in his life from childhood, allowing him, after less successful attempts as a pianist, to learn the violin, and at the age of twelve, to form his own string quartet. This last continued for some five years, until he entered the Royal Northern College of Music in Manchester, where he studied with Yossi Zivoni and later, in Brussels, with André Gertler. In 1977 Nicholas Ward moved to London, where he joined the Melos Ensemble and the Royal Philharmonic, when the orchestra worked under Antal Dorati as its Principal Conductor. He became co-leader of the City of London Sinfonia in 1984, a position followed by appointment as leader of the Northen Chamber Orchestra, of which he became Music Director two years later, directing from the violin. In this form the orchestra has won high regard for its work both in the concert hall and the broadcasting studio.

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20 KLASSISKA FAVORITER (20 Classical Favorites)	8.570566
A LA DECOUVERTE DU CLASSIQUE	8.550037-38
ADAGIO - The Ultimate Collection	8.570015-16
ADAGIO 1	8.550994
ALBINONI / BACH / CORELLI / CIMAROSA / HANDEL: Baroque Oboe Concertos	8.571003
AVE MARIA - Les plus beaux Ave Maria et chants a la Vierge (The Most Beautiful Ave Marias and Songs to the Virgin)	8.570886-87
BACH (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552103-04
BACH, J.S.: Favourite Cantatas	8.554042
BAROQUE FAVOURITES	7173
BAROQUE FOR MEDITATION	8.557792
BECK / GOSSEC: Symphonies	8.553790
BOCCHERINI: Cello Concertos, Nos. 9-12	8.557589
British Antiques Roadshow (Sweden only)	8.555100
CAFE CLASSICS (AUSTRALIA ONLY)	8.555258-59
Cavatina - Highlights from the Guitar Collection	8.554400
CAVATINA AND OTHER CLASSICAL GUITAR FAVOURITES	8.570066
CHILL WITH HANDEL	8.556787
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES	8.550521
CLASSICAL FAVOURITES (Den Klassiske Onskekonserten)	8.503129
CLASSICAL MOMENTS 6: Classical Music to Study to	8.555362
Classics at the Movies: Comedy 2	8.556812
DISCOVER CLASSICAL MUSIC	8.550008-09
Discover Music of the Baroque Era	8.558160-61
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 1	8.550035-36
DISCOVER THE CLASSICS, VOL. 3: The Concerto	8.554486-87
DISCOVER THE SYMPHONY (2008 edition)	8.558208-09
ENKELIN AANIN (Angel's Voices)	8.503147
GUITAR MOMENTS	8.557712
HANDEL (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552109-10
HANDEL: Oboe Concertos Nos. 1- 3 / Suite in G Minor	8.553430
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 6 (Nos. 26, 35, 49)	8.550721
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 7 (Nos. 6, 7, 8)	8.550722
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 8 (Nos. 23, 24, 61)	8.550723
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 9 (Nos. 22, 29, 60)	8.550724
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 10 (Nos. 30, 55, 63)	8.550757
HAYDN: Symphonies, Vol. 20 (Nos. 77, 78, 79)	8.553363
HOFMANN: Five Symphonies	8.553866
HOFMANN: Violin Concertos	8.554233
Italian Oboe Concertos, Vol. 1	8.553433
Italian Oboe Concertos, Vol. 2	8.554772
LATIN AMERICAN GUITAR CLASSICS	8.570163-64
MEDITATION	8.571075
Meditation: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556614
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, Vol. 1	8.553161
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, Vol. 2	8.553162
MENDELSSOHN: String Symphonies, Vol. 3	8.553163
MOZART - Fran underbarn till mastare	8.503181
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 1 - 5	8.550871
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 11 - 14	8.550873
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 15 - 18	8.550874
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 19, 20 and 37	8.550875
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 21 - 24 and 26	8.550876
MOZART: Symphonies Nos. 6 - 10	8.550872
OBOE (THE ART OF THE) - Famous Oboe Concertos (Camden)	8.553991
POPULAR GUITAR MUSIC	8.571085
RODRIGO / VILLA-LOBOS / CASTELNUOVO-TEDESCO: Guitar Concertos	8.550729
Romanza: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556618
Sanctus: Classical Music for Reflection and Meditation	8.556704
Sarabande: Classics for Relaxing and Dreaming	8.556613
SPANISH GUITAR	8.557122-23
STAMITZ, J.: Symphonies, Vol. 2	8.554447
STOR MUSIK FOR SMA ORON (Big Music for Little Ears) - Children's Music Compilation	8.503156
STRAVINSKY (THE BEST OF)	8.556685
STRAVINSKY: Igor Stravinsky - A Portrait (NICE)	8.558186-87
STRAVINSKY: Soldier' s Tale (The) / Dumbarton Oaks	8.553662
TELEMANN (THE BEST OF)	8.556689
TELEMANN: Changeante (La) / Les Nations Anciens et Modernes	8.553791
TELEMANN: Don Quixote / La Lyra / Ouverture in D Minor	8.554019
THANKSGIVING - A Classic Thanksgiving: We Gather Together	8.555293
THE ART OF ANTHONY CAMDEN	8.554907DX
THE ART OF NORBERT KRAFT	8.550147DX
The Best of Naxos 8	8.551201
The Best of Oboe	8.557323DX
VIVALDI (THE VERY BEST OF)	8.552101-02
VIVALDI: Dixit Dominus / Gloria / Nulla in mundo pax sincera	8.571072
VIVALDI: Gloria / BACH: Magnificat	8.554056
VIVALDI: Gloria, RV 589 / Beatus Vir, RV 597	8.550767
World of the 18th Century Symphony (The)	8.554761
ZAUBER DER OBOE (The Magic of the Oboe)	8.571108