Great Conductors

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 […]

Contemporary Classical Masterpieces

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 […]

Peace, Paris and Piano

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 […]

Orchestras, Oboes & Elbows

I’m beginning to really mistrust comparisons. People compare Mahler to Bruckner and Strauss. Except for speaking German and composing for big orchestras making big sounds— […]

Stravinsky on my mind & Musical forces of nature

I’ve got Stravinsky on my mind— No, hold on, I’m not talking about my 25th recording of Le Sacre. Here’s some different Stravinsky to enjoy: […]

Forces of Nature in DSD

Musical forces of nature: Ning Feng, Rosanne Philippens and Gerard Schwarz conducting The Colburn Orchestra. In this edition of Dodd’s Discoveries Bill included some of […]

Head-spinning DSD Discoveries

Mahler, Khachaturian, Take One Here’s something special: Mahler Symphony No. 1 (Hamburg, 1893 version) Jan Willem de Vriend conducts The Netherlands Symphony Orchestra in a […]

Music doing pirouettes in your head

There’s a myth that only French conductors and orchestras should perform French music, or only conductors and orchestras from the UK should be doing British […]