Whether you like rap, rock, classical or country, you’ll find your favorite music at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy, MA.
Posted in Symphonies on May 6th, 2010
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“Few can deny Bernstein’s lasting importance in promoting Mahler’s cause, for in the 1960s and early ’70s there was only a handful of conductors of comparable magnitude who specialized in this music, and his work…certainly caught the attention of the world.” –All Music Guide
Posted in Classical, Symphonies on Oct 27th, 2009
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“This 2009 release of Anton Bruckner’s “Symphony No. 5 in B flat major”…delivers a remarkably clear and cogent reading of Bruckner’s most skillfully wrought symphony, along with a moving account of how Zander came to conduct this work so late in his career. Zander’s grasp of the music is secure throughout, and this [...]
Posted in Classical, Symphonies on May 15th, 2009
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“It works its magic on a deep emotional level: with the unsurpassed Berlin strings surging through the rich, plangent harmonies of the final Adagio, it is the kind of music-making that leaves you feeling drained, even distraught by the end - as it should.”–Daily Telegraph
Posted in Chamber, Classical, Orchestral Music, Symphonies, Vocal on Dec 15th, 2008
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Celebrated as the musical poet of the English landscape, Vaughan Williams was also a visionary composer of enormous range: from the pastoral lyricism of The Lark Ascending and the still melancholy of Silent Noon to the chilly grandeur of the Sinfonia Antartica and the noisy ceremonial of All people that on earth do [...]
Posted in Classical, Symphonies on Oct 20th, 2008
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Posted in Classical, Symphonies on Oct 20th, 2008
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Georges Enescu (1881-1955) was an extraordinary musician–one of the great violin virtuosi of the twentieth century, whose performing prowess was eventually overshadowed by his compositional talent. He is the most famous Romanian composer of all time. At the beginning of World War I, after two years of work, Enescu finished his Second Symphony. [...]
Posted in Choral, Classical, Symphonies on Oct 20th, 2008
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The outstanding English composer working in the mid-20th century, Benjamin Britten won a significant international reputation, whilst remaining thoroughly English in inspiration. Britten’s compositions appeal to all ages, from the delightful “Simple Symphony”, composed for a school orchestra, and “The Young Person’s Guide to the Orchestra” written for an educational film, to [...]
Posted in Classical, Symphonies on Oct 17th, 2008
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Gustavo Dudamel presents his highly anticipated second album. Again with the forces of the Simón Bolívar Youth Orchestra of Venezuela, the disc features another symphonic masterpiece - Mahler’s captivating Symphony No. 5. With its energetic outbursts, expressive cantilenas and constant changes of mood, Mahler’s Symphony no. 5 is the ideal repertoire [...]