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Dreams Of A New Day / Various- Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers

SKU: 735131920025
¥140.00
the album cover for Dreams Of A New Day / Various - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers
the album cover for Dreams Of A New Day / Various - Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers

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.

Tracklist:

  2. I Dream a World
  3. 5 Songs on Poems By Laurence Hope
  5. No.
  6. Worth While
  8. No.
  9. the Jungle Flower
  11. No.
  12. Kashmiri Song
  14. No.
  15. Among the Fuchsias
  17. No.
  18. Till I Wake
  20. Amazing Grace
  21. 3 Dream Portraits
  23. No.
  24. Minstrel Man
  26. No.
  27. Dream Variation
  28. 1
  29. No.
  30. I, Too
  31. 1
  32. Riding to Town
  33. 2 Black Churches
  34. 1
  35. No.
  36. Ballad of Birmingham
  37. 1
  38. No.
  39. the Rain
  40. Mortal Storm, Op. 29
  41. 1
  42. No.
  43. a House in Taos
  44. 1
  45. No.
  46. Little Song
  47. 1
  48. No.
  49. Jaime
  50. 1
  51. No.
  52. Faithful One
  53. 1
  54. No.
  55. Genius Child
  56. 1
  57. Birmingham Sunday (Arr. L. Will for Voice and Piano)
Format: New CD/Classical

Dreams Of A New Day / Various- Dreams of a New Day: Songs by Black Composers

SKU: 735131920025
¥140.00

Release Date: 02.12.2021

 
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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.

Tracklist:

  2. I Dream a World
  3. 5 Songs on Poems By Laurence Hope
  5. No.
  6. Worth While
  8. No.
  9. the Jungle Flower
  11. No.
  12. Kashmiri Song
  14. No.
  15. Among the Fuchsias
  17. No.
  18. Till I Wake
  20. Amazing Grace
  21. 3 Dream Portraits
  23. No.
  24. Minstrel Man
  26. No.
  27. Dream Variation
  28. 1
  29. No.
  30. I, Too
  31. 1
  32. Riding to Town
  33. 2 Black Churches
  34. 1
  35. No.
  36. Ballad of Birmingham
  37. 1
  38. No.
  39. the Rain
  40. Mortal Storm, Op. 29
  41. 1
  42. No.
  43. a House in Taos
  44. 1
  45. No.
  46. Little Song
  47. 1
  48. No.
  49. Jaime
  50. 1
  51. No.
  52. Faithful One
  53. 1
  54. No.
  55. Genius Child
  56. 1
  57. Birmingham Sunday (Arr. L. Will for Voice and Piano)