[Album] Winter Acoustic “Kalafina with Strings”

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giffy said:
to be honest, i'm disappointed with Gin no niwa. it just like Kajiura get rid off drums, accordion and Yuriko Kaida voice and make it strings only. no tempo changes, no strings composition change. i'm hoping for some tempo change and different strings composition.
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I liked the acoustic version, but it was almost the same. I prefer the original, tbh. However, as Ritardando Wakana sounded almost like the old Wakana which is amazing, and at some point she really touched my heart ♥:plz:

Alleluia is REALLY pretty, I love the piano, I liked it as much as I did with the original. I agree Wakana's kajiurago sounds a bit off, but I really, really love her last Alleluias, she sounded so heavenly and sweet and perfect ;;___;;
I still prefer the live version, because the a capella part really lets Keiko voice shine at its fullest (but Keiko always shines, so it doesn´t matter at all) and the girls sounded much more relaxed and put lots of emotion.

Overall, I didn't totally fall in love with the samples, but can't complain at all either. Unfortuntely I won't be able to buy the album on the release, I hope at least I get some money on Christmas :comeback:
 
giffy said:
to be honest, i'm disappointed with Gin no niwa. it just like Kajiura get rid off drums, accordion and Yuriko Kaida voice and make it strings only. no tempo changes, no strings composition change. i'm hoping for some tempo change and different strings composition.

but yeah, i know that making music is not that easy. i'll enjoy this album whatever the conditions are
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This is exactly what I thought, weakest sample we got until now because is too similar to the original, nothing new.
 
Same. Got slowpost so it'll probably not arrive until January though.
 
couldn't wait for my copy (lol)...so i bought it digitally as well. LOVE it. i'm a huge xmas music fan...so these songs will be on my playlist for quite a while haha
 
i love all those christmas song. other kalafina's songs are just meh. nothing special


BUT...
Yasashii Uta was SO LOVELY OMG :love:
 
the album is up on vk :)

listening, and wow joy to the world was the best so far :) really awesome harmonies and arrangement

we wish you a marry christmass is i think my 2nd favourite :) jingle bells my 3rd fav, so nice strings :dote:

with that arrangement, from heaven above gives a Hikari Furu feel, and btw i wonder why that song didnt end up in the album since it totally fits.

for sprinter i really like the part after 3:47, where the strings play more aggressively !
 
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03. fairytale - KEIKO is totally missing her dark tone in this version... sob. Again, the volume of their voices really needs to be tuned... HIKARU and KEIKO are overpowering WAKANA's voice at times and it is very annoying. Great pronounciation of "in the dark", girls! Although the "r" was a bit exaggerated :XD: WAKANA sounds great in this especially at the end ... I think the best part WAS the end starting from "Kiri no mori wo nukete".... WOWWWW KEIKO GETS "IN THE LIGHT" TO HERSELF. WOWWWWW!! I'M ECSTATIC *o* I like that they kept the "jingling" in the background for this... was the jingling in the 2012 acoustic live track from the "Alleluia" single? The finale of this really saved the acoustic version for me. :3

08. ring your bell - Sorry, without WAKANA's "ahh" following "koufuku to...", it's just not as blissful :( <that's like my most favourite part of the damned song>. Boring up until the second verse; beautiful solo by HIKARU at "kimiga sonnani..."... and then when the three came back together at "shitteiru..", that was beautiful :) WOW WHAT AN INTENSE START TO THE BRIDGE! THOSE STRINGS :D ... bleh I'm sorry without YURIKO KAIDA's upper harmonisation throughout the entire bridge, it is somewhat incomplete. Why no YURIKO feature...? ;__; Lmao WAKANA kind of hurt my ears at "ring your ... bell" when she shot up to YURIKO's harmony ... LMAOOOOOOOOO there was nothing gentle about that!

01. from heaven above - The back and forth between the gentle piano and their voices..... and the very end.. WAKANA and KEIKO you sound so good ;__; If there's one thing I love about albums by Kajiura, it is the overture. Well done. WELL DONE!

10. have yourself a merry little christmas - The harmonizations are great and simple. That's all I have to say. Great job! Oh wait no - it was kind of anticlimactic to end the vocals with a WAKANA solo at "..night"....

11. dolce - Booooooring. I preferred the LIVE version from the 8th anniversary product thingie.

13. yasashiiuta - I'm reminded of FictionJunction YUUKA. KEIKO sounds great. WAKANA sounds great as well at the chorus. I kind of enjoy the chorus. And KEIKO's verses... OK WAKANA's "Kimini todoke!!!!" was a mood killer! Shoulda just let KEIKO wrap it up with "....yasashiiuta..."
 
agree with all point Atlas said. the best thing of the album is the variety of Keiko's tone. what a very warm and rich tone she has... her harmony in we wish you a merry christmas... love her voice in have yourself a merry little christmas and really love all her lines in Yasashii Uta. Wakana needs to stop singing Yuriko's notes in ring your bell omg she tried so hard on the original version and lmao she didn't need to sing higher using that very sharp-toned falsetto. love-hate Hikaru's voice in jingle bells. and of course all the christmas songs (except jingle bells) is Wakana-heavy.

one good thing that comes with this half-assed mixing is Keiko harmonies are really audible and I can focus listening to her voice.

tl;dr: the good thing about the album is Keiko.
 
Aside from the cliche Kajiura "watermark" at 1:15 and at the very end, yasashii uta barely sounds like a Kajiura production, which is actually pretty refreshing. I like it.
 
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