Will Liverman - Lord How Come Me Here - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Grammy Award-winning, Inchvelvet voicedInch (NPR) baritone Will Liverman presents a recital program honoring women in classical music, past and present, on Show Me The Way, his second Inchpassion projectInch recording for Cedille. Praised as Inchnothing short of extraordinaryInch (Opera News), Liverman has curated a moving and poignant recital celebrating American female composers from 20th-century trailblazers Florence Price, Margaret Bonds, and Amy Cheney Beach to present-day composers commissioned for this program. This new album, Liverman's second with longtime recital partner pianist Jonathan King, is inspired by and honors the singer's mother, gospel singer Terry Liverman, and their mutual love of song. The Livermans perform together on recording for the first time in their own arrangement of Alma Bazel Androzzo's cherished hymn If I Can Help Somebody. Two new song cycles serve as pillars of the recording Jasmine Barnes' A Sable Jubilee with a newly commissioned libretto by Tesia Kwarteng that celebrates Black Joy and Libby Larsen's three movement Machine Head Ted Burke Poems depicting everyday American life. Liverman premiered the cycles in an Inchextraordinary recital... as meaningful in content as it was rich with his resonant voice-both elements impressive for their rangeInch (Aspen Times). Liverman, Inchone of the most versatile singing artists performing today, Inch (Bachtrack) is joined by all-star special guests including J'Nai Bridges in a somber new work by Rene Orth and Renée Fleming in Sarah Kirkland Snider's mysterious and affecting Everything That Ever Was. He sings a duet from Amy Beach's rarely performed opera, Cabildo, with Nicole Cabell, featuring violinist Lady Jess and cellist Tahirah Whittington. Also featured on the album are Jonathan King's arrangement of Ella Fitzgerald and Chick Webb's You Show Me The Way originally performed by the du

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On his latest on Navona Records, WISDOM-LOVE-ETERNITY, composer Michael G. Cunningham presents a collection of his choral works, performed by the Kühn Choir of Prague conducted by Marek Vorlícek, which explore the spiritual element of the human condition, addressing the uncertainty of death, the inexpressible emotion of love, and humans' search for an understanding of God. Poetry plays a significant role in many of the works in the album. Poetry from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Shakespeare, C. P. Cranch, Francesco Petrarch, Robert Herrick, Robert Burns, P. B. Shelley, and others is introduced, inspiring contemplative, dramatic, and elaborate vocal harmonies, instrumental accompaniment, and musical imagery. Some of Cunningham's more austere writing is found in his setting of text from the Christian liturgy in works such as Come, Holy Spirit (1975) and The West Wind (1961). Audiophile Audition praises Michael G. Cunningham as Incha gifted and interesting composerInch Cunningham has written over 200 compositions, spanning virtually every medium. He is a respected educator and author, with more than ten books published focusing on the subjects of composition and music theory His works have been performed in Europe, Japan, Australia, and throughout the United States Cunningham's other albums - PARAGONIA, SONIC FLIGHT, GALLERY, and COLONNADE - are available through Navona Records His works are featured on the Navona compilations VOICES OF EARTH & AIR, QUADRANTS, and CONTINUUM