Liverman Sanchez - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers [COMPACT DISCS] USA import

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Liverman Sanchez - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers [COMPACT DISCS]

Artist: Liverman Sanchez

Title: Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers

Condition: New

Format: COMPACT DISCS

Release Date: 2021

Label: Cedille

UPC: 735131920025

Genre: Classical

Album Tracks

1. 1. I Dream a World
2. 5 Songs on Poems By Laurence Hope
3. 2. No. 1. Worth While
4. 3. No. 2. the Jungle Flower
5. 4. No. 3. Kashmiri Song
6. 5. No. 4. Among the Fuchsias
7. 6. No. 5. Till I Wake
8. 7. Amazing Grace
9. 3 Dream Portraits
10. 8. No. 1. Minstrel Man
11. 9. No. 2. Dream Variation
12. 10. No. 3. I, Too
13. 11. Riding to Town
14. 2 Black Churches
15. 12. No. 1. Ballad of Birmingham
16. 13. No. 2. the Rain
17. Mortal Storm, Op. 29
18. 14. No. 1. a House in Taos
19. 15. No. 2. Little Song
20. 16. No. 3. Jaime
21. 17. No. 4. Faithful One
22. 18. No. 5. Genius Child
23. 19. Birmingham Sunday (Arr. L. Will for Voice and Piano)

Fast-rising American operatic baritone Will Liverman, tapped for major roles at principal opera houses across the country, makes his Cedille Records debut as a featured artist with Dreams of a New Day, an intimate, heartfelt recital he calls "a passion project... years in the making." Praised for his "unique combination of eloquence and unpretentiousness" (Opera News), Liverman has assembled a program of songs that portray the trials, tribulations, and triumphs of the African American experience through poignant texts and expressive musical settings. His new album, with pianist Paul Sanchez, highlights Black composers across generations, from early 20th-century pioneers Henry Burleigh, Margaret Bonds, and Thomas Kerr to Robert Owens, Leslie Adams, and contemporary composers Damien Sneed and Shawn E. Okpebholo. Liverman commissioned Okpebholo's Two Black Churches, which he recently performed to great acclaim at his Kennedy Center recital in conjunction with his winning the 2020 Marian Anderson Vocal Award. The Washington Post review called the set "absolutely devastating, and one of the most beautiful pieces of music I've heard all year." This is it's world-premiere recording. "One of the most versatile singing artists performing today" (Bachtrack), Liverman concludes the album with his own powerful arrangement of American folk singer-songwriter Richard Fariña's "Birmingham Sunday." Dreams of a New Day was recorded by the multiple-Grammy-nominated team of producer James Ginsburg and engineer Bill Maylone.