Dream (new album 2024)

[fugalharmony]

I can't say I love this particular track, but it's just good enough that I won't skip over it. I felt like the introduction could've been different. It just didn't click with me. I do like the how the momentum and volume build in the latter part of the song, and the low voices in the middle part. Overall, I wouldn't use this track if I was trying to interest a non-Libera fan in their music, but it's okay.

[fugalharmony]

I keep thinking that the soloist on "Dido's Lament" has to be a late-stage treble voice and not Joseph. I could be wrong since I haven't been to any concerts, but it just sounds too different to me. You could imagine the soloist saying not to forget them when their treble voice dies. Just kidding!

[gingerthedog1]

I keep thinking that the soloist on "Dido's Lament" has to be a late-stage treble voice and not Joseph. I could be wrong since I haven't been to any concerts, but it just sounds too different to me. You could imagine the soloist saying not to forget them when their treble voice dies. Just kidding!

Actually, when I first listened to the tracks, I thought Nathan might be the soloist for Dido's Lament... but the voice sounds a bit different from the Going Home soloist, and I am more certain that one is Nathan. I am still not sure it is Joseph, but I guess we will see!

[justin]

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With thanks to Yumiko-san for the picture.

[fugalharmony]

I keep thinking that the soloist on "Dido's Lament" has to be a late-stage treble voice and not Joseph. I could be wrong since I haven't been to any concerts, but it just sounds too different to me. You could imagine the soloist saying not to forget them when their treble voice dies. Just kidding!

Actually, when I first listened to the tracks, I thought Nathan might be the soloist for Dido's Lament... but the voice sounds a bit different from the Going Home soloist, and I am more certain that one is Nathan. I am still not sure it is Joseph, but I guess we will see!

We'll see I guess. Joseph shows a pretty strong low range voice in "One Small Voice". So, I suppose it's reasonable that he could be the soloist on this piece.

[Luckdragon]

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With thanks to Yumiko-san for the picture.

We totally whiffed on Thomas, but I think the group did pretty well despite Joseph's rapid voice development.

[fan_de_LoK]

Thanks to Yumiko-san for the photo.
It comes from the new fan club yearbook obviously.

I write here the soloists list in text for convenience.

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• 01 - Sea Bird
  Luca Brugnoli
   
• 02 - One Small Voice
  Julian Heitmann
  Joseph Hill
  Oskar Hanstveit
  Frederick Howarth
   
• 03 - Dream You Of
  Morgan Wiltshire
  Benjamin Hill
   
• 04 - The Lark's Last Song
  Joseph Hil
   
• 05 - Always There
  Morgan Wiltshire
   
• 06 - Twilight
  Morgan Wiltshire
  Pietro Vergani
   
• 07 - Once
  Thomas Mushrafi
   
• 08 - When I Am Laid In Earth
  Joseph Hill
   
• 09 - Veni Sancte Spiritu
  no chorister listed
   
• 10 - Resurrectio
  Luca Brugnoli
  Frederick Howarth
   
• 11 - Going Home
  Lewis Quinn
  Edward Sargeant
  Theodore Wilson
  Benjamin Hill
   
• 12 - Lullay
  Benjamin Hill
  Morgan Wiltshire
  Pietro Vergani
  Joseph Hill
   
• 13 - Music Was Born
  Joseph Hill
   
• 14 - Happy Christmas
  Luca Brugnoli
  Caleb Slater
  Frederick Howarth
  Henry (Hal) Avery
  Benjamin Hill

[Cat-a-tonic]

Thank you for writing it out like that - I was really struggling to make out the picture. Very interesting and I'll say no more than that as I know some people may want to wait for the album.

[fan_de_LoK]

It's surprising that only one soloist is credited for 'Once'.
In the short audio clip available on the official site, two voices can clearly be heard singing in unison during parts of the second verse.

Perhaps it was decided that this wasn't enough to warrant an additional soloist credit?
Or could it be that the same soloist's voice has been technically doubled?

Hopefully the song will be performed live on stage someday, to clear it up.

[Cat-a-tonic]

It's surprising that only one soloist is credited for 'Once'.
In the short audio clip available on the official site, two voices can clearly be heard singing in unison during parts of the second verse.

Perhaps it was decided that this wasn't enough to warrant an additional soloist credit?
Or could it be that the same soloist's voice has been technically doubled?

Hopefully the song will be performed live on stage someday, to clear it up.

I have wondered about this in other cases where there are clearly 2 voices but no second soloist credited eg In Paradisum, Once An Angel, Far Away. Particularly with Far Away on Forever where they were otherwise very assiduous about crediting their soloists - Daniel gets mentioned for the harmony vocals on A Grateful Heart and he, Victor and Morgan are all for their part in the end quartet of Lighthouse. oist. The conclusion I came to was your last option - because it was recorded in the studio, the soloist was able to sing both melody and harmony. I've no idea if that's right or not but it does seem odd that they'd credit some harmony soloists and not others.

[Yorkie]

It's surprising that only one soloist is credited for 'Once'.
In the short audio clip available on the official site, two voices can clearly be heard singing in unison during parts of the second verse.

Perhaps it was decided that this wasn't enough to warrant an additional soloist credit?
Or could it be that the same soloist's voice has been technically doubled?

Hopefully the song will be performed live on stage someday, to clear it up.

Thanks for the list Patrick, much easier than the badly taken photo.

Re Once - surely that must be performed live. I'd think it would be perfect for the Japanese concerts.

[Yorkie]

It's surprising that only one soloist is credited for 'Once'.
In the short audio clip available on the official site, two voices can clearly be heard singing in unison during parts of the second verse.

Perhaps it was decided that this wasn't enough to warrant an additional soloist credit?
Or could it be that the same soloist's voice has been technically doubled?

Hopefully the song will be performed live on stage someday, to clear it up.

I have wondered about this in other cases where there are clearly 2 voices but no second soloist credited eg In Paradisum, Once An Angel, Far Away. Particularly with Far Away on Forever where they were otherwise very assiduous about crediting their soloists - Daniel gets mentioned for the harmony vocals on A Grateful Heart and he, Victor and Morgan are all for their part in the end quartet of Lighthouse. oist. The conclusion I came to was your last option - because it was recorded in the studio, the soloist was able to sing both melody and harmony. I've no idea if that's right or not but it does seem odd that they'd credit some harmony soloists and not others.

The soloist recording both parts would be my guess too. Not uncommon in pop songs to do it that way.

[dani]

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Morgan seems to be the main soloist for this album, so I think he must be 14? So I just hope his voice holds out until the Christmas concerts, as it would be a shame to not get to hear some of them live at least once.

[Surpinto]

Thanks to Yumiko-san for the photo.
It comes from the new fan club yearbook obviously.

I write here the soloists list in text for convenience.

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• 01 - Sea Bird
  Luca Brugnoli
   
• 02 - One Small Voice
  Julian Heitmann
  Joseph Hill
  Oskar Hanstveit
  Frederick Howarth
   
• 03 - Dream You Of
  Morgan Wiltshire
  Benjamin Hill
   
• 04 - The Lark's Last Song
  Joseph Hil
   
• 05 - Always There
  Morgan Wiltshire
   
• 06 - Twilight
  Morgan Wiltshire
  Pietro Vergani
   
• 07 - Once
  Thomas Mushrafi
   
• 08 - When I Am Laid In Earth
  Joseph Hill
   
• 09 - Veni Sancte Spiritu
  no chorister listed
   
• 10 - Resurrectio
  Luca Brugnoli
  Frederick Howarth
   
• 11 - Going Home
  Lewis Quinn
  Edward Sargeant
  Theodore Wilson
  Benjamin Hill
   
• 12 - Lullay
  Benjamin Hill
  Morgan Wiltshire
  Pietro Vergani
  Joseph Hill
   
• 13 - Music Was Born
  Joseph Hill
   
• 14 - Happy Christmas
  Luca Brugnoli
  Caleb Slater
  Frederick Howarth
  Henry (Hal) Avery
  Benjamin Hill

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I wonder why there are so many soloists for "Happy Christmas"?

I think I distinctly hear Freddie H and maybe the others have their own parts or harmonizing or vocalises? Since we don't have access to the full song yet, aside from the previews, this is all perfectly fine and even builds anticipation....but Luca? That's unexpected.

[fan_de_LoK]

Thanks! And my remarks:

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I wonder why there are so many soloists for "Happy Christmas"?

I think I distinctly hear Freddie H and maybe the others have their own parts or harmonizing or vocalises? Since we don't have access to the full song yet, aside from the previews, this is all perfectly fine and even builds anticipation....but Luca? That's unexpected.

 

My remarks to your remarks:
(for how long are we going to bother with those spoiler things?? )
 

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Yes, to have so many soloists listed is surprising

I repeat the names here;
Luca Brugnoli
Caleb Slater
Frederick Howarth
Hal Avery
Benjamin Hill
 
 

I think I distinctly hear Freddie H and maybe the others have their own parts or harmonizing or vocalises?
Since we don't have access to the full song yet, aside from the previews, this is all perfectly fine and even builds anticipation....but Luca? That's unexpected.

I second you that it could various parts for each, or it could be short descants, like Oskar and Freddie are credited for in 'One Small Voice'.
But I think it's more the former as the audio snipset on Libera Records allows to hear two different voices on verses 5 and 6.

About the full song, pardon me but you are wrong, we do have access to the full song
I mean the original one from John Lennon, it's everywhere on Youtube, like this version
I can't imagine Libera to have destructured the song, it is just too famous.
They can only perform it the same way the original song is, it would be sacrilegious otherwise.


About the name printed on the FC yearbook, the order they are printed is not alphabetical.
It could be just random but more likely it could reflect the order the boys sing the song.
 
If you combine all that, looking to the lyrics on the official libera site, listening to the two libera snipsets, listening to the original full song, taking the names in the given order, we can imagine how the song might be performed.


a - Intro
Vocalises
It correspond to the start of the audio snipset on the oficial site.

b - verse 1
So this is Christmas and what have you done?
Another year over, a new one just begun
It correspond to the end of the snipset on the official site.
Acording the names list, the verse 1 might be sung by Luca .
(By the sound of the voice I was almost sure it was Frederick H, I'm surprised... )

c - verse 2
And so this is Christmas, I hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones, the old and the young
No knowledge here, but according to the list of names, it might be performed by Caleb.

d - Chorus
A very merry Christmas and a happy new year
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear

e - verse 3
And so this is Christmas for weak and for strong
The rich and the poor ones, the road is so long
No knowledge here, but according to the list of names, it might be performed by Frederick H

f - verse 4
And so Happy Christmas, for black and for white
For the left and the right ones, let’s stop all the fights
No knowledge here, but according to the list of names, it might be performed by Hal

g - Chorus
A very merry Christmas and a happy new year
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear
We know there is a second chorus here according to the original song

h - verse 5
And so this is Christmas and what have we done?
Another year over and a new one just begun
This corresponds with the start of the snipset on the Libera Records site.
We can recognize the voice from the audio and it is probably Frederick H (or Luca ?)

i - verse 6
And so Happy Christmas, we hope you have fun
The near and the dear ones, the old and the young
This corresponds to the middle of the snipset on the Libera Records site.
For the last verse, the names list let understand that it could be Ben.
It would match with the voice sounding young on the scnipset.

j - Chorus
A very merry Christmas and a happy new year
Let’s hope it’s a good one without any fear
This corresponds to the end of the snipset on the Libera Records site.

k - final
War is over if you want it
War is over now