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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
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
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— […]
Bill Dodd on Jul 01, 2016
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: […]
Bill Dodd on May 27, 2016
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 […]
Bill Dodd on May 05, 2016
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 […]
Bill Dodd on Apr 15, 2016
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 […]
Bill Dodd on Mar 04, 2016
Here’s a great idea: Next time you have a party, hire a group of wind players to play arias and other bits from famous Mozart […]
Bill Dodd on Feb 20, 2016
Native DSD is a treasure trove of great music, but you may not be familiar with some of it. My goal is not to “teach” […]
Bill Dodd on Feb 17, 2016
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