Brendan Power
373 posts
Aug 02, 2013
11:51 PM
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Check out Christelle Berthon playing this beautiful version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah":
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Stevelegh
822 posts
Aug 03, 2013
2:32 AM
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The girl has got some tone. Great stuff.
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harp-er
439 posts
Aug 03, 2013
7:25 AM
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Christelle is consistently, for me, one of the most emotionally powerful and moving players ever. Here we are gifted with another virtually breath taking performance. Thank you.
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Grey Owl
227 posts
Aug 03, 2013
10:23 AM
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A very nice demonstration of the Sub 30 X-reed with some lovely expression on the bending capabilities of the harp. Christelle is pretty handy at overblows but this harp produces a smoother more fluid alternative.
Having invested a lot of time in trying to overblow then endeavouring to make them sound nice I am reluctant to give up the chase but this has certainly whetted my appetite!
On a side note I think that aside from Christelle's many accomplishments on the harp her 4 draw vibrato is something special - I don't think I have heard better esp in a ballad setting.
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Sarge
334 posts
Aug 03, 2013
10:49 AM
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Wonderful!
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lumpy wafflesquirt
734 posts
Aug 03, 2013
2:33 PM
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Must be just me, but I didn't think that was one of Christelle's better recordings. Not quite sure why, it does doesn't grab me like some of her other ones.
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JInx
476 posts
Aug 03, 2013
4:23 PM
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I agree with squirts, this one got away from her somewhere around the middle.....and for me, .never got back on track. 444
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TheoBurke
445 posts
Aug 03, 2013
4:37 PM
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Her tone and technique are always flawless, but there is an academic quality to this performance, an over concentration on intonation and positions that rob this music of the verve it might have had. Part of the problem is that while Cohen's song has a wonderful melody,it is simple and repetitive, intended to serve the singer as they intone the lyrics, which are the attraction for Cohen's music. His melodies have always been serviceable. This restricts what a a player can do over the changes, or the lack of them. By the third interation of the theme and chorus, you're ready for her to cut loose, which does not come. Christelle is a fabulous technician , but she could do with some more funk and grit . This has neither.
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Tweedaddict
83 posts
Aug 03, 2013
5:40 PM
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Killer stuff.
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Gipsy
23 posts
Aug 03, 2013
11:43 PM
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A technical tour de force, but IMHO over elaborate. Very often less is more. Sometimes music is much more about what you leave out, not how much you cram in.
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Pistolcat
484 posts
Aug 04, 2013
1:47 AM
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That is very nice. I really liked that! I think that you can 'cram a lot of notes' in a piece but it need to be effortless cramming... Even few notes can feel crammed if you are off your timing. Christelle is a master at effortless cramming here IMHO. However I think this song need the vocals. Both Cohen and Jeff Buckly, who made the cover I think christelle was inspired by (?) have beautiful voices that bring the song together.
On a side note I'd like to say that I enjoy christelle's overblow tone more than the bends here...
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sustaireblues
36 posts
Aug 04, 2013
6:40 AM
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Bravo!!!
Full range of emotion and plenty of grit.
Very moving rendition, you did it proud!
Hallelujah!
Last Edited by sustaireblues on Aug 04, 2013 6:41 AM
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The Iceman
1067 posts
Aug 04, 2013
7:31 AM
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My kind of playing.
Let the melody tell the story.
Starts simple, builds nicely, melodic line embellished as it unfolds, some of the improv is not rooted in the tempo, but floats over the time, and the wind down is well executed.
Yes.
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Kingley
2967 posts
Aug 04, 2013
8:01 AM
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I think that Christelle is an astonishingly good player, but I have to agree with TheoBurke here. I think his conclusions are right on the money.
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Stevelegh
823 posts
Aug 04, 2013
8:22 AM
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I don't know if its an age thing, but I find soloing very redundant to my ears. Sure, I'm wowed by technical prowess, speed etc, but it doesn't really move me. The thing I love about Christelle (and I think this is where The Iceman is coming from) is that she plays the melody and when the opportunity arises, she cuts loose, but never so much that the listener forgets what the song they're listening to.
I think there's a lesson there.
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robbert
225 posts
Aug 04, 2013
8:46 AM
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I always find Christelle's playing inspirational. How a piece is interpreted is always up for discussion, I guess, but her dedication, craft and artistry never fail to move me.
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The Iceman
1068 posts
Aug 04, 2013
9:06 AM
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@stevlegh....
I prefer to think of it as a maturity thing rather than one of age.
hack, cough, cough, eh?
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Stevelegh
824 posts
Aug 05, 2013
12:51 AM
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@Iceman:
I prefer age. It implies that we've paid our dues.... ;)
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