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Last year I praised the album of works by “Herbert Howells” performed by Gloriae Dei Cantores which I find myself returning to quite often. This […]
Bill Dodd on May 19, 2017
It’s always a pleasure to discover wonderful performances. But it’s really wonderful to discover unfamiliar composers. Tabea Zimmermann (violin) and Kirill Gerstein (piano) come together […]
Bill Dodd on Apr 14, 2017
Bach’s Art of the Fugue! I love this music no matter what instruments are involved. Check out Lynx, a quartet of Japanese flute players, traveling […]
Bill Dodd on Mar 17, 2017
Detlev Glanert (1960) is a contemporary composer, known for his operas and other works. He was commissioned to write Requiem for Hieronymus Bosch by ‘Hieronymus Bosch 500’ and the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra. Just released, the recording is remarkable!
Bill Dodd on Jun 15, 2017
I love Debussy. I think he was a giant among composers. And I suspect that some or all of the Preludes, Books 1 and 2, […]
Bill Dodd on Feb 17, 2017
Transcriptions, reductions, and orchestrations can be quite enjoyable. Stokowski got a lot of mileage out of orchestrating Bach organ pieces. Ravel orchestrated many of his […]
Bill Dodd on Jan 20, 2017
To me there is no musical instrument that captures the range of human emotion as well as the cello. Here are three works for the […]
Bill Dodd on Dec 16, 2016
Music can take you to times and places. Music can show you the heart of a culture. Music can make you feel you’ve been there, and you know the people.
Bill Dodd on Dec 02, 2016
Here’s one I’m very excited about: an album featuring music by a composer I’d never heard of, performed by an ensemble I’d never heard of. […]
Bill Dodd on Nov 01, 2016
Jaap van Zweden, the newly named Music Director of the New York Philharmonic, conducts the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra in a dynamic and emotional performance […]
Bill Dodd on Oct 13, 2016
Some out of the way yet close to us in the classical music composing history discoveries today… Contemporary Classical 20th and 21st Century Masterpieces in […]
Bill Dodd on Aug 12, 2016
I talk about discoveries, and this album, “Herbert Howells” with Gloriae Dei Cantores is full of them. Howells is is a 20th century British composer […]
Bill Dodd on Jul 22, 2016
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