Dream (new album 2024)

[Luckdragon]

Most popular song on previous albums (Source: YouTube, includes video views with same audio track).

Libera (1999) - Salva Me (942K)
Free (2004) - Be Still, My Soul (4.5M)
Visions (2005) - Locus iste (Sanctus, 12M)
Angel Voices: Libera in Concert (2007) - Going Home (5.3M)
Angel Voices (2007) - Far Away (13M)
New Dawn (2008) - Ave Maria (Caccini, 4.5M)
Eternal: The Best of Libera (2008) - Far Away (13M)
Luminosa (2010) - Ave Maria (Caccini, 1.1M)
Peace (2010) - Time (4.2M)
Libera: The Christmas Album (2011) - Carol of the Bells (10M)
Song of Life a Collection (2012) - Sanctus (12M)
Angels Sing - Christmas in Ireland (2013) - God Rest You Merry Gentlemen (2.8M)
Angels Sing - Libera in America (2015) - The Prayer (2.2M)
Libera at Christmas (EP, 2016) - Carol of the Bells (31M)
Hope (2017) - Angel (20M)
Christmas Music with Libera (2017) - Ave Maria (11M)
Beyond (2018) - In Paradisum (1M)
Christmas Carols with Libera (2019) - Carol of the Bells (31M)
Libera - Apart but Together (EP, 2020) - Joyful, Joyful, we adore Thee (255K)
If (2021) - Cum Dederit (674K)
Forever (2023) - Ave Verum (Albinoni, 3.1M)

[Citlec]

I'm liking the idea of twilight. It's back on the song rotation, and in October it will have been exactly 20 years since the album that it was first on, was released.

Love it!

Like it, Mrs Kielty had better look out!

Genuine question here. Is there any point me doing the above properly? I mean that was a 15 min job, and I clearly stole the figures from a previous album, so I'd want to redraw them. But does Mrs Kielty have that all sown up, or do you think there is a vague chance of a look in for someone else? I mean, I'd do it for free, if my art actually got used as a cover...

[Surpinto]

I'm liking the idea of twilight. It's back on the song rotation, and in October it will have been exactly 20 years since the album that it was first on, was released.

Love it!

Like it, Mrs Kielty had better look out!

Genuine question here. Is there any point me doing the above properly? I mean that was a 15 min job, and I clearly stole the figures from a previous album, so I'd want to redraw them. But does Mrs Kielty have that all sown up, or do you think there is a vague chance of a look in for someone else? I mean, I'd do it for free, if my art actually got used as a cover...

My initial instinct is to encourage you to create the artwork because I think it would be great for you to do so. But my next, and contradictory, instinct would be to advise you to save your time and energy because we know that they like to stick to their own people for such things; understandably so. I wouldn't be surprised if they already had the album cover either designed or being designed as we speak.

So unless you're doing it solely for the fun/thrill of making it, I would advise against it; as aside from making it and sharing it here it's not likely to go beyond that.

[Citlec]

So unless you're doing it solely for the fun/thrill of making it, I would advise against it; as aside from making it and sharing it here it's not likely to go beyond that.

Yeah, that's kind of what I figured, thanks.

[Luckdragon]

Are we sure it's not going to be a Christmas album? This is the longest they've gone without one since 2011.

[fan_de_LoK]

Are we sure it's not going to be a Christmas album? This is the longest they've gone without one since 2011.

Not exactly,

• Christmas Carols with libera - 2019
  https://libera.org.uk/music/christmas-c ... th-libera/
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• Libera At Christmas (EP) - 2016
  https://libera.org.uk/music/libera-at-christmas-ep

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Everything is possible but the three new songs known so far don't sound particularly Christmassy. ('Sea Bird,' 'The Lark's Last Song,' 'One Small Voice')

[Luckdragon]

Not exactly...

I know. What I meant was that it's been 5 years, whereas they were doing one every 2 to 3 years before.

But it would also make sense to have a regular album to release around the time of their Japan tour.

[fugalharmony]

The Japanese Libera fan club site has some information regarding the upcoming album. It seems that the title of the album is "Dream". Anyways, I'm happy to see them doing some arrangement of "Dido's Lament". We'll also get to hear a composition by Liam Connery for the first time.

https://liberafc.jp/s/n75/news/detail/10191?ima=1423

[Luckdragon]

A post by Libera Records (Japan) with info about special editions with notebook, sticker sheet, and mega jacket. However, no images are yet available.

https://libera-records.com/news/2024/08/26/5264/

[filiarheni]

Thank you for the information and the links, fugalharmony and Luckdragon!

I'm extremely happy to see Ben Crawley among the composers and of course also Liam Connery and, once more, Josh Madine. And Raoul Neumann.

As they explicitly mark Twilight as a remake, what do you think will Going Home be, the old version drawn to the new album or a new recording?

And the Purcell will be most interesting.

[Surpinto]

I've changed the thread title to reflect this new information!

So what will the next album be called? Here is a starter list for you but feel free to suggest some of your own and we can add them in:

Single word titles:

Ascent, Celestial, Divine, Dream(s)/Dreaming, Dusk, Echoes, Enchanted/Enchantment/Enchanting, Ethereal, Fantasy, Gloria, Grace, Harmony, Imagine, Innocence, Inspire/Inspiring, Light, Paradise, Pure, Radiance, Reflection(s), Reverie, Sacred, Salvation, Sanctuary, Sanctus, Secret, Serenity, Sing, Tranquille/Tranquillity, Twilight, Voice(s)

I could put together some multiple-word titles but given that the only albus from Libera to contain two words or more in their titles are either Live recordings or Christmas albums I think it unlikely they will go with that.

Looks like our Yorkie nailed this one with one of his options!

Tracklist as per Libera Records (new songs highlighted):

1. The Lark's Last Song (Liszt: Liebestraum) (Composer: Liszt, Lyrics and Arrangement: Joshua Madine)
2. One Small Voice (Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 "Pathétique", 2nd Movement) (Composer: Beethoven, Lyrics and Arrangement: Sam Coates)
3. Going Home (Dvorak: Symphony No. 9, 2nd Movement) (Composer: Dvorak, Lyrics: David Downs)
4. Dido's Lament (Composer: Henry Purcell, Lyrics: Nahum Tate)
5. Sea Bird (Lyrics and Composition: Katie Hill & Chris Hill)
6. Lullay (Lyrics and Composition: Ben Crowley)
7. Dream You Of (Lyrics and Composition: Joshua Madine)
8. Always There (Composer: Takatsugu Muramatsu, Lyrics: Robert Prizeman)
9. Veni Sancte (music and lyrics: Raoul Newman)
10. Twilight (music: Robert Prizeman, lyrics: Cecil Francis Alexander) *REMAKE
11. Resurrectio (music and lyrics: Liam Connelly)
12. Happy Christmas (War Is Over) (lyrics and music: John Lennon and Yoko Ono)
13. Once (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence) (music: Ryuichi Sakamoto, lyrics: Sam Coates)

Libera Records states there may be other songs on the album they haven't listed yet .

And that's a LOT of new songs at 10 so this is REALLY great. I'm not counting "Always There" as new as it was on one of the Angel Voices albums (assuming it's the same song). And of those 10 only 3 have actually been performed in concert, so we have MUCH to look forward to at release. Some of the new arranged songs like the John Lennon and Ryuichi Sakamoto pieces are more crossover types, while the Purcell I'm very curious about as it's originally more operatic. I'm further impressed by the number of original works (as opposed to arrangements) but those we can't speculate about whatsoever at this time.

This could be an amazing album we've got coming!

[fan_de_LoK]

There is an additional song listed on some sites like Tower Records.
I redo the list of the 14 songs known so far
In blue are the 12 new songs.
'Always There' cannot be the same song from the Angel Voices era as the composer is not the same.

• The Lark’s Last Song
  Composer: Liszt
  Lyrics & Arrangement: Joshua Madine
   
• One Small Voice
  Composer: Beethoven
  Lyrics & Arrangement: Sam Coates
   
• Going Home
  Composer: Dvořák
  Lyrics: David Downes
   
• Dido’s Lament
  Composer: Henry Purcell
  Lyrics: Nahum Tate
   
• Sea Bird
  Composer & Lyrics: Katie Hill & Chris Hill
   
• Lullay
  Composer & Lyrics: Ben Crawley
   
• Dream You Of
  Composer & Lyrics: Joshua Madine
   
• Always There
  Composer: Takatsugu Muramatsu
  Lyrics: Robert Prizeman
   
• Veni Sancte
  Composer & Lyrics: Raoul Neumann
   
• Twilight
  Composer: Robert Prizeman
  Lyrics: Cecil Frances Alexander
  (remake)
   
• Resurrectio
  Composer & Lyrics: Liam Connery
   
• Happy Christmas (War Is Over)
  Composer & Lyrics: John Lennon & Yoko Ono
   
• Once (Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence)
  Composer: Ryuichi Sakamoto
  Lyrics: Sam Coates
   
• Music was Born (from 'Rhapsody in Blue')
  Composer: Gershwin,
  Lyrics: Leslie Bricusse,
  Arrangement: Sam Coates

[fugalharmony]

If their rendition of Dido's Lament is led by a soloist, I would have a hard time imagining anyone other than Freddie M. on the solo. If that's the case, then they probably recorded it in 2023.

[Yorkie]

Surely 'Dream you of' is a translation issue and the actual title will be 'Dream of you'?

[fan_de_LoK]

'Rhapsody in Blue' plays from 15 to 17 minutes.
We can guess that 'Music was born' is a part of it.