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 […]

Amadeus and brothers Haydn

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 […]

A Hidden DSD Treasure

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” […]