Goodwin was one of the principal guest conductors with the Kammerorchester Basel, where he performed a wide range of repertoire from J. S. Bach to Mark Anthony Turnage, on both modern and period instruments.
Goodwin was the Principal Guest Conductor of the English Chamber Orchestra for six years, collaborating with artists such as Kiri Te Kanawa, Joshua Bell, Maria João Pires, Mstislav Rostropovich and Magdalena Kožená.
Goodwin has also recorded CDs of Amy Beach and Elgar's Nursery Suite for Harmonia Mundi, France.
He has recorded Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf and Chappell's Paddington Bear with the Munich Radio Symphony Orchestra.
As a conductor, Goodwin has recorded CDs of Handel's operas Lotario and Riccardo Primo, and his oratorio Athalia, as well as discs of Schutz, Britten, Elgar, John Tavener, Richard Strauss, Mozart, J. S. Bach, Kozeluch and Amadeus Hartmann.