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 Performed at the Crane, Vocal, Vocal Pop on Mar 27th, 2012
Carrey and McMillan’s vivaciousness, perfect diction and seamless vocals captivated the crowd. Sentimental but not at all schmaltzy…by the end of the show’s final, title song, audience members were wiping tears and clapping madly”–Boston Herald, February 13, 2004 Check Our Catalog
Posted in Concertos, Solo Violin on Mar 12th, 2012
“Dmitry Shostakovich’s Violin Concerto No. 1 sets a keynote of gravitas and introduces us to the theme of the album, which is that the works presented here were influenced in one way or another by the culture and politics of the Soviet Union.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
“A dominant figure in American music throughout most of the twentieth century, composer Leon Kirchner wrote a large quantity of music which, although stylistically tied to the work of Arnold Schoenberg and the Second Viennese School, remains powerfully individual in expression, and free of the systematic use of 12-tone techniques. In addition, he proved himself [...]
Posted in Classical, Performed at the Crane, Solo Guitar on Feb 16th, 2012
“Superbly recorded and the playing throughout is exemplary with Sanchez taking great care with details such as tone and phrasing and he has a charming way of fashioning the melodic lines from his guitar. A most enjoyable new recording.”–Classical Guitar magazine Check Our Catalog
Posted in Classical on Feb 13th, 2012
“Jennifer Higdon is one of the leading American composers from the turn of the twenty first century era…she emerged as an important figure in the period of the new millenium with such orchestra works as blue cathedral (1999), City Scape (2002), and Concerto for Orchestra (2002). She has been prolific and versatile, producing music in [...]
Posted in Operas on Jan 27th, 2012
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Posted in Classical on Jan 27th, 2012
“Decca’s two-disc set, The Classical Album 2011, features 40 tracks of some of the world’s most popular and familiar classical music. The selections are widely varied and include vocal music (operatic arias and songs), chamber music, keyboard works (piano, harpsichord and organ), and a broad assortment of orchestral music. The album would make a terrific [...]
Posted in Classical, Solo Guitar on Jan 27th, 2012
“It’s an absolute tour de force for the guitar…The classical world is in need of its next star, and it just may have found him.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
“Violinist Lisa Batiashvili has developed a highly successful career both as a soloist appearing with the world’s leading orchestras and as a chamber player performing in duos or larger groups. A major recording artist, her vast repertory encompasses works from J.S. Bach and Beethoven to Prokofiev and Shostakovich and contemporaries.” –All Music Guide Check [...]
Posted in Vocal on Jan 27th, 2012
“Opening with an age-appropriate, sweetly sung rendition of “When You Wish Upon A Star,” the collection offers up duets with Barbra Streisand (“Somewhere”) and Susan Boyle (“A Mother’s Prayer”), a lovely cover of Sarah McLachlan’s “Angel,” a pair of Puccini arias (“Nessun Dorma,” “O Mio Babbino Caro”), and a handful of handcrafted originals from [David] [...]
Posted in Classical on Jan 27th, 2012
“Krystian Zimerman stands as one of the most sensitive and controversial concert pianists to emerge in the latter half of the twentieth century.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
“If ever there was an ideal candidate for a holiday album it’s Susan Boyle, the reality TV show contestant who caused a sensation with her pretty, old-fashioned performance of “I Dreamed a Dream” in 2009. If ever there was a genre that calls for old-fashioned prettiness it’s the holiday album. [The Gift] is an appropriately [...]
Posted in Operas on Aug 24th, 2011
“Parsifal is a demanding opera to pull off, and in this magisterial, broadly paced reading, Gergiev and his players make it sound gorgeously luminous while at the same time maintaining a sense of dramatic urgency.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
Posted in Classical, Solo Piano on Aug 24th, 2011
“Yundi Li is among the most acclaimed and popular Classical pianists of his generation, ranked behind only Lang Lang as the best-known pianist to have emerged from China. In time, however, he may well surpass his compatriot as the leading Chinese pianist of the twenty first century.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
Posted in Classical, Solo Piano on Jun 18th, 2011
“Nelson Freire is among the most admired pianists of his generation, having played with the leading orchestras and conductors in the most prestigious recital halls, and in collaboration with the finest violinists, cellists, and fellow pianists.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog
In Volume II of his seminal work on the O’Farrell collections, master uilleann piper Jerry O’Sullivan is joined by baroque cellist Audrey Sabattier Cienniwa and harpsichordist Paul Cienniwa to reveal the symbiotic affinity between the Irish pipes and 18th-century baroque music. Check Our Catalog
Posted in Classical, Performed at the Crane, Solo Stringed Instruments on May 17th, 2011
Bach’s complete Sonatas for Viola Da Gamba performed by Audrey Cienniwa (violoncello piccolo) and Paul Cienniwa (harpsichord). “These performances rarely disappoint…The Cienniwas are uncomplicated, instinctive musicians with a remarkable musical rapport.”–The Strad, Feb. ’09 Check Our Catalog
A recording of the 2009 live performance of Purcell’s beloved opera with Newport Baroque and Sine Nomine under the direction of Paul Cienniwa. Check Our Catalog
“Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was not only one of the greatest composers of the Classical period, but one of the greatest of all time. Surprisingly, he is not identified with radical formal or harmonic innovations, or with the profound kind of symbolism heard in some of Bach’s works. Mozart’s best music has a natural flow and [...]
“Sir Colin Davis became one of the world’s best-known conductors during the last four decades of the twentieth century. He is particularly well known for his recordings of Berlioz and Sibelius.” –All Music Guide Check Our Catalog