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Daydream
Various composers

Naama Liany

Daydream

Price: € 19.95
Format: CD
Label: Origin Classical
UPC: 0805553302829
Catnr: OC 33028
Release date: 02 June 2023
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Origin Classical
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0805553302829
Catalogue number
OC 33028
Release date
02 June 2023
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For French-Israeli Mezzo-Soprano Naama Liany, every song is an opportunity for connection. Liany’s life story bridges continents, leading from her native Israel to New York City to Paris to her current home in Luxembourg. Her acclaimed programs of 20th century repertoire span styles and decades, finding common ground between Milhaud and Gershwin, Mompou and Bernstein. Most importantly, her performances and supernal voice vividly communicate the emotional heart of the music with audiences across the world. Daydream is a stunning example, as Liany and pianist Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez bring together works on the subject of dreams by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Federico Mompou and Albena Petrovic. This work was developed with the support of the prestigious Philharmonie Luxembourg and recorded at their magnificent facilities with the help of an award from the country’s Ministry of Culture.
Für die französisch-israelische Mezzosopranistin Naama Liany ist jedes Lied eine Gelegenheit zur Kommunikation. Lianys Lebensgeschichte überspannt Kontinente und führt von ihrer Heimat Israel über New York City und Paris bis zu ihrem derzeitigen Zuhause in Luxemburg. Ihre gefeierten Programme mit dem Repertoire des 20. Jahrhunderts umspannen Stile und Jahrzehnte und finden Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen Milhaud und Gershwin, Mompou und Bernstein. Vor allem aber vermitteln ihre Darbietungen und ihre himmlische Stimme dem Publikum auf der ganzen Welt das emotionale Herz der Musik. Daydream ist ein beeindruckendes Beispiel dafür, wie Liany und die Pianistin Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez Werke zum Thema Träume von Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Federico Mompou und Albena Petrovic zusammenbringen. Dieses Werk wurde mit Unterstützung der renommierten Philharmonie Luxemburg entwickelt und in deren großartigen Räumlichkeiten mit Hilfe eines Preises des luxemburgischen Kulturministeriums aufgenommen.

Artist(s)

Naama Liany (mezzo soprano)

For French-Israeli Mezzo-Soprano Naama Liany, every song is an opportunity for connection. Hailed as “One of today’s most promising singers” by Dutch media site Jonet.nl, Liany’s life story bridges continents, leading from her native Israel to New York City to Paris to her current home in Luxembourg. Her acclaimed programs of 20th-century repertoire span styles and decades, finding common ground between Milhaud and Gershwin, Mompou, and Bernstein. Most importantly, her performances and “heavenly voice” (Yediot Aharonot America) vividly communicate the emotional heart of the music with audiences across the world. Liany’s new album, Daydream, is a stunning example, bringing together works on the subject of dreams by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Federico Mompou, and Albena Petrovic. The album was developed with...
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For French-Israeli Mezzo-Soprano Naama Liany, every song is an opportunity for connection. Hailed as “One of today’s most promising singers” by Dutch media site Jonet.nl, Liany’s life story bridges continents, leading from her native Israel to New York City to Paris to her current home in Luxembourg. Her acclaimed programs of 20th-century repertoire span styles and decades, finding common ground between Milhaud and Gershwin, Mompou, and Bernstein. Most importantly, her performances and “heavenly voice” (Yediot Aharonot America) vividly communicate the emotional heart of the music with audiences across the world.
Liany’s new album, Daydream, is a stunning example, bringing together works on the subject of dreams by Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, Federico Mompou, and Albena Petrovic. The album was developed with the support of the prestigious Philharmonie Luxembourg and recorded at their magnificent facilities with the help of an award from the country’s Ministry of Culture.
Dreaming is an apt subject for Liany, whose parents recall her waking up at the age of four and recalling a dream where she sang in front of a crowd of joyful listeners. She’s since lived that dream many times over, singing at the Alcalá Clásicos Para Todos Festival in Madrid, the De la Musique Avant Toute Chose Festival in Paris, and the New Year’s Festival in Gstaad, Switzerland; and performing as a featured soloist in classic works from Bach’s Magnificat to Beethoven’s Mass in C Major. She also serves as musical director and master class program director of the Nuits Musicales in Forterre festival in Bourgogne.
Liany’s globe-spanning success is hardly surprising given the fierce commitment and tireless dedication with which she’s pursued her art from an early age. Attending concerts with her mother as a child in Israel, Liany was captivated by a performance by Tel Aviv’s Moran Choir and determined to join them. While her parents encouraged a more modest approach via her school choir, Liany insisted that she wanted to sing with this magnificent professional choir. A year later, following a successful audition and months of training, she was on stage with the very same ensemble. She went on to study Voice and Piano at the globally renowned Thelma Yellin High School of the Arts. She won first prize in the Buchman-Heiman competition and is a recipient of scholarships from the Ronen Foundation and the Shlomit Ben Zvi Foundation.
After graduating she set her sights on the United States, where she studied at the Mannes School of Music and the Conservatory of Music of Brooklyn College. New York remains another home for the nomadic singer. While residing there she performed at Carnegie Hall, the Everson Museum of Art and the DiMenna Center for Classical Music; and she was a soloist with the Columbia University Bach Society in Bach’s Magnificat and Janacek’s The Cunning Little Vixen. Liany continues to be mentored by legendary Mezzo-Soprano Viorica Cortez and Maestro Tamir Chasson.
Europe beckoned when Liany was one of only six vocalists chosen worldwide to participate in the Gstaad Menuhin Festival & Academy, directed by legendary opera singers Cecilia Bartoli and Silvana Bazzoni. She settled in Paris, where her performance career truly began. Perhaps the concerts that most reveal Liany’s deeply personal connection with the music that she sings are her uniquely curated recitals of 20th century and contemporary repertoire. Daydream is her most recent, comprising Samuel Barber’s "Despite and Still"; Leonard Bernstein’s "I Hate Music: A Cycle of Five Kid Songs"; Federico Mompou’s "Combat del somni"; and Albena Petrovic’s "The Piano Blue." The program came together during the COVID-19 lockdown, as the notion of being a singer without an audience took on surreal and dreamlike proportions.
Liany’s experiences in Paris and New York were reflected in her recital Metro (Paris) ⇆ Subway (NYC), which included pieces by Bernstein, George Gershwin, Darius Milhaud and Kurt Weill written in those two thriving metropolises. GAÏA – Walking the ancient paths featured songs conjuring images of ancient Greece and Mother Earth, including works by Maurice Ravel, Reynaldo Hahn, Manuel de Falla, Claude Debussy and Marc Lavry. The program UNA FOLÍA! met with great success and critical acclaim, with dozens of performances from Paris to London to Madrid to the Netherlands and the United States. The evening for voice and piano weaves together pieces by Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Federico García Lorca, Joaquín Rodrigo, and Xavier Montsalvatge into a tale of wild passion and impossible love. Liany currently resides in Luxembourg with her young family. She describes her performances as a matter of, “taking music that I love and that speaks to me, and finding my own voice in it. I want to create a new experience for the audience as we go on a musical journey together.”
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Composer(s)

Samuel Barber

The American composer Samuel Barber is one of the most celebrated 20th-century composers. He was never a part of the musical avant-garde, and wrote instead pieces in a Romantic idiom, characterized by rich harmonies and complex rhythms. His most beloved work is het lyrical Adagio for Strings, an arrangement of the slow movement of his String Quartet, that can be heard in both concerts and films. His Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for soprano and orchestra is also regularly performed. Barber became interested in music at an early age, and was very talented indeed. At the age of seven he wrote his first composition, a short piece for piano. Two years later he knew that he was meant to be a composer....
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The American composer Samuel Barber is one of the most celebrated 20th-century composers. He was never a part of the musical avant-garde, and wrote instead pieces in a Romantic idiom, characterized by rich harmonies and complex rhythms. His most beloved work is het lyrical Adagio for Strings, an arrangement of the slow movement of his String Quartet, that can be heard in both concerts and films. His Knoxville: Summer of 1915 for soprano and orchestra is also regularly performed.
Barber became interested in music at an early age, and was very talented indeed. At the age of seven he wrote his first composition, a short piece for piano. Two years later he knew that he was meant to be a composer. During his studies he wrote a number of successful compositions which put him into the spotlight of the American musical life. He made his international breakthrough during his travels through Europe in 1935-1936 with his colleague and partner Gian Carlo Menotti.
Barber’s compositions were performed by leading conductors such as Dimitri Mitropoulos, George Szell and Leopold Stokowski. He also received commissions by famous artists and authorities. Barber was commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera to compose a new opera for the opening of its new building in 1966. The premiere of this work, Antony and Cleopatra, was plagued with technical problems that overshadowed Barber’s music. The critics rejected the work, which sent the composer into a depression. After his recovery he continued to compose till the end of his life.

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Leonard Bernstein

Leonard Bernstein was one of the most iconic American composers and conductors of the 20th century, and was among the first American musicians who gained worldwide recognition. He actually made his breakthrough as a conductor by chance, when he suddenly had to stand in for the ailing Bruno Walter for a concert by the New York Philharmonic in 1943. The concert, which was broadcast live on radio, received critical acclaim from the press. Bernstein would soon become a sought-after guest conductor. From 1958 till 1969, Bernstein was principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic, with which he performed amongst others the complete symphonies of Mahler, which sparked a renewed interest in the music of the Austrian composer in the United States. He...
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Leonard Bernstein was one of the most iconic American composers and conductors of the 20th century, and was among the first American musicians who gained worldwide recognition.
He actually made his breakthrough as a conductor by chance, when he suddenly had to stand in for the ailing Bruno Walter for a concert by the New York Philharmonic in 1943. The concert, which was broadcast live on radio, received critical acclaim from the press. Bernstein would soon become a sought-after guest conductor.
From 1958 till 1969, Bernstein was principal conductor of the New York Philharmonic, with which he performed amongst others the complete symphonies of Mahler, which sparked a renewed interest in the music of the Austrian composer in the United States. He was also an advocate of the music of American composers, in particular that of his close friend Aaron Copland. Bernstein recorded nearly all of his orchestral works, and paid much attention to his music in his popular television series Young People’s Concerts, in which he introduced a young audience to classical music.
As a composer, Bernstein is primarily known for his accessible theatre works such as Wonderful Town, Candide and The West Side Story, which still is his most popular work. He also composed three symphonies and several shorter chamber works. In his music he fused elements of Jewish music, theatre music and jazz with those of composers like Copland, Stravinsky and Gershwin.

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01.
The Piano Blue: I. Alexandru Bloku
03:38
(Albena Petrovic) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
02.
The Piano Blue: II. Heimlich zur Nacht
03:28
(Albena Petrovic) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
03.
Combat del Somni: I. Damunt de tu només les flors
03:36
(Frederic Mompou) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
04.
Combat del Somni: II. Aquesta nit
02:51
(Frederic Mompou) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
05.
Combat del Somni: III. Jo et pressentia com la mar
01:59
(Frederic Mompou) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
06.
Despite and Still: I. A Last Song
02:18
(Samuel Barber) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
07.
Despite and Still: II. My Lizard
01:09
(Samuel Barber) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
08.
Despite and Still: III. In the Wilderness
03:12
(Samuel Barber) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
09.
Despite and Still: IV. Solitary Hotel
02:34
(Samuel Barber) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
10.
Despite and Still: V. Despite and Still
01:33
(Samuel Barber) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
11.
I Hate Music!: I. My Name Is Barbara
00:50
(Leonard Bernstein) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
12.
I Hate Music!: II. Jupiter Has Seven Moons
01:17
(Leonard Bernstein) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
13.
I Hate Music!: III. I Hate Music!
01:36
(Leonard Bernstein) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
14.
I Hate Music!: IV. A Big Indian and a Little Indian
00:55
(Leonard Bernstein) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
15.
I Hate Music!: V. I'm a Person Too
02:04
(Leonard Bernstein) Naama Liany, Rosalia Lopéz Sanchez
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