Nominated for a GRAMMY® award in 2022, Dreams of a New Day – Songs by Black Composers features baritone Will Liverman and pianist Paul Sánchez performing music of Leslie Adams, Margaret Bonds, Henry Burleigh, Thomas Kerr, Shawn E. Okpebholo, Robert Owens, and Damien Sneed.
“Performed with beauty, poise and conviction… a powerful tribute to a sea of talent too often neglected and sounds a call for social justice.”
— BBC Music Magazine
“The new album by the baritone Will Liverman… and pianist Paul Sánchez should be obligatory listening.”
— The Guardian
“Liverman and the pianist Paul Sánchez perform the diptych with clarity, sensitivity, and barely contained heartbreak.”
— The New Yorker
“...pianistic sensitivity and power.”
–– blogcritics.org
“Sánchez shines…”
— Blackgrooves.org
TRACK LISTING
1. I Dream a World
2. Five Songs of Laurence Hope: I. Worth While
3. Five Songs of Laurence Hope: II. The Jungle Flower
4. Five Songs of Laurence Hope: III. Kashmiri Song
5. Five Songs of Laurence Hope: IV. Among the Fuchsias
6. Five Songs of Laurence Hope: V. Till I Wake
7. Amazing Grace
8. Three Dream Portraits: I. Minstrel Man
9. Three Dream Portraits: II. Dream Variation
10. Three Dream Portraits: III. I, Too
11. Riding to Town
12. Two Black Churches: I. Ballad of Birmingham
13. Two Black Churches: II. The Rain
14. Mortal Storm, Op. 29: I. A House in Taos
15. Mortal Storm, Op. 29: II. Little Song
16. Mortal Storm, Op. 29: III. Jaime
17. Mortal Storm, Op. 29: IV. Faithful One
18. Mortal Storm, Op. 29: V. Genius Child
19. Birmingham Sunday
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