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Whither Must I Wander, baritone Will Liverman's debut recorded song recital, works on various levels. It is a collection of songs about wandering, a common enough theme in Romantic song for many decades. The program begins with Ralph Vaughan Williams' early Songs of Travel, on texts by Robert Louis Stevenson, and one of these gives the album its name. Liverman and pianist Jonathan King continue with the Three Salt-Water Ballads of James Frederick Keel, a much less well known representative of the pastoral school, and King David (1919) of Vaughan Williams' acolyte, Herbert Howells. So far, it is a fairly typical British song recital, but then the program takes a left turn into other kinds of journeys, perhaps more metaphysical. Liverman offers two traditional American songs, one harmonized by Aaron Copland and the other set anew by contemporary composer Steven Mark Kohn. The proceedings close with two German songs, one a fine setting by Nikolai Medtner of Goethe's Wandrers Nachtlied II, and the other, Mondnacht, from Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39. The effect is a deepening of the mood throughout, achieved in a wholly unexpected way. Liverman has a background in the gospel music of African American Pentecostal churches. This tradition is not heard directly in Liverman's singing, and the sole hymn, At the River (generally known as Shall We Gather at the River?), is not of African American origin. Yet the black tradition seems to be a component of the music in some indefinable way. An impressive release from the Odradek label, and one that inspires a desire to hear Liverman in core lieder repertory.
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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
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Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Ralph Vaughan Williams, Composer - Robert Louis Stevenson, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
John Masefield, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist - James Frederick Keel, Composer
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
John Masefield, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist - James Frederick Keel, Composer
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
John Masefield, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist - James Frederick Keel, Composer
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Herbert Howells, Composer - Walter de la Mare, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Aaron Copland, Composer - Robert Lowry, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Traditional, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Nikolai Medtner, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - J.W. von Goethe, Composer - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Robert Schumann, Composer - J. Von Eichendorff, Composer - Jonathan King, MainArtist - Will Liverman, MainArtist
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
Album review
Whither Must I Wander, baritone Will Liverman's debut recorded song recital, works on various levels. It is a collection of songs about wandering, a common enough theme in Romantic song for many decades. The program begins with Ralph Vaughan Williams' early Songs of Travel, on texts by Robert Louis Stevenson, and one of these gives the album its name. Liverman and pianist Jonathan King continue with the Three Salt-Water Ballads of James Frederick Keel, a much less well known representative of the pastoral school, and King David (1919) of Vaughan Williams' acolyte, Herbert Howells. So far, it is a fairly typical British song recital, but then the program takes a left turn into other kinds of journeys, perhaps more metaphysical. Liverman offers two traditional American songs, one harmonized by Aaron Copland and the other set anew by contemporary composer Steven Mark Kohn. The proceedings close with two German songs, one a fine setting by Nikolai Medtner of Goethe's Wandrers Nachtlied II, and the other, Mondnacht, from Schumann's Liederkreis, Op. 39. The effect is a deepening of the mood throughout, achieved in a wholly unexpected way. Liverman has a background in the gospel music of African American Pentecostal churches. This tradition is not heard directly in Liverman's singing, and the sole hymn, At the River (generally known as Shall We Gather at the River?), is not of African American origin. Yet the black tradition seems to be a component of the music in some indefinable way. An impressive release from the Odradek label, and one that inspires a desire to hear Liverman in core lieder repertory.
© TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 17 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:12
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Will Liverman Jonathan King
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Odradek Records
- Genre: Classical
(C) 2019 Odradek Records (P) 2019 Odradek Records
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