Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol.#22 ~precious pieces~ 4th July - 9th August 2026

[CloisteredFlame]

Kalafina (as individuals and as an entity) are free to move on from their musical relationship with Kajiura and FBM, and are as well free to perform the music (since they have full performance rights) in any order, with any set of musicians (selected by their MD), but it shouldn't be OK for ardent fans of theirs to belittle or dismiss Kajiura's or FBM's heavy and defining investment for a decade into the group's entire music catalogue, by pretending that they don't exist or insinuating that they were holding Kalafina back, or whatever other fantastical ideas they may come up with.

 

[grunty]

We could all learn to care less.

 

[esteban82]

It's more music for us, that's the way I see it.

I guess it's the good way to see it.

Kalafina can sing Kalafina's songs composed by Kajiura because they are the original singers. Yuki Kajiura can use Kalafina's songs composed by herself with any singers she like or wants to perform because she is the original composer. And they can do it both when they want. More great versions of great songs for us.

 

[grunty]

(Akagi is high up in my view)

Completely off topic but in case you're not familiar (since I remember your entrance to YK was via lives), here's a version of Honoh no Tobira with Rie solo that I omitted from the other thread ('cause I wasn't including instrumentals unless there were years inbetween recordings):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIL6dKDjcM

Edit: And yes, I'm on a Honoh no Tobira high atm.

 

[CloisteredFlame]

composed by herself

Yeah. Composed, and arranged, and she was also the sole lyricist! Creating the music, while supported by her musicians to complete the full picture.

 

[CloisteredFlame]

Completely off topic but in case you're not familiar (since I remember your entrance to YK was via lives), here's a version of Honoh no Tobira with Rie solo that I omitted from the other thread ('cause I wasn't including instrumentals unless there were years inbetween recordings):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfIL6dKDjcM

Edit: And yes, I'm on a Honoh no Tobira high atm.

This was a nice rendition.

Akagi was the features soloist in this version. Since I am not intimately familiar with much of Kajiura's discography, and especially instruments, are there other examples of tracks with Akagi being in this full-on soloistic mode for the entire song?