CloisteredFlame
El Cazador de la Yuki
It hasn't yet been shared here, so thanks for sharing it. Great to see Yuriko in a centre-stage, solo context outside of FictionJunction, for a large event with a full orchestra, not just a small acoustic thing.
The song is not easy to sing, obviously.
I think aspects of the song stayed around her register bridges so she was constantly lightening her breath pressure to navigate which was not easy to do in a steady moving song with lots of lyrics too.
She didn't sing the lines of the chorus legato, so she had to take a lot of quick breaths in between each phrase (I am not familiar with the original). She also had to do a lot of continuous register and placement changes, and the song had key changes as well.
I do think the style in she usually sings doesn't lend itself to this kind of song for her, even though the entire song is completelyl within her range. She's not someone that sings consistently in her chest/mix range and in a lead situation. For Kajiura's music, she's always changing resonance and register, and spends a lot of time in head voice, and is also quiet for long sections, then comes in and goes silent again or does little additions often in head voice.
the song melody is nothing special too. It feel like the orchestra is disconnected from the vocals.
