Hello, everybody

This is my original Christmas song.
A few years ago, our music circle held the recording session with the amateur orchestra circle of the university I had graduated from.
6 members came there. (1st violin x 2, 2nd violin x 2, viola x 1, cello x 1)
Now I would like to introduce it to you.
Comments encouraged.
Have at it.

Best Regards.

Shigeki Adachi

Link:
https://soundcloud.com/animarorecords/lovers_xmas-eve

Title: 聖夜（イヴ）の恋人たち (Translation: Young Lovers on Christmas Eve)
Vocal: TAKAKO (our local jazz vocalist)
Accompanied with baroque ensemble and rhythm section

Style is ST_ELMO.STY
Piano(1) assigned to Harpsichord played with Kontakt
Fretless Bass (36) assigned to Fretles Bass played with Kontakt
MIDI Drums played with Groove Agent
Baroque ensemble scored by me
Oboe played with Miroslav Philharmonik
4 part strings played by the amateur orchestra
(overdubbed with Miroslav Philharmonik slightly)

Summary of lyrics:

Rushed by the snow fall
We are hurrying on the way to the station

Many illuminated trees in the sapphire sky
There are angel wings white and white on your shoulder

How sweet our young love is
We are groping for our dreams awkwardly

You love me tenderly and make me so happy
Please heal me more and don’t let me feel painful
You are always so close to me
But why do I always feel so alone?

I’ll say good night to you because I can see you again tomorrow
Please hold my hands to keep them from freezing.

I want to tell you my shivering feeling
Becoming stardust and flying in the wind

When I quietly stop and look up the stars on my way home
A clean bell sounds on holy night

Another beautiful song. Excellent vocal

Fantastic production, gorgeous strings and a beautiful vocal.
In fact it is all perfect. This could easily be from a film.

Great work,
Jez

We completely agree with Scott.

Rob and Anne-Marie

Shigeki Adachi,

Beautiful! The strings really move. The vocal is so very nice.

A terrific listen.

floyd

I always love listening to your stuff Shigeki!! It soars with a touch of melancholy. Strings are beautiful and melody is so moving. Difficult to sing for sure. BEAUTIFUL!!! Take care. Greg

Hello, Scott, Jez, Rob & Anne-Marie, floyd and Greg

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your continuous supports and your kind comments every time.
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed TAKAKO's vocal and my string arrangement.
I have loved Christmas season very much from my childhood.

Greg,
Difficult to sing for sure. Yes, you are right.
I very much appreciate TAKAKO for singing this song.
Singer first.

Thanks again to all and merry christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi

Shigeki
Beautiful. A superb piece of music - lovely vocal.
Merry Christmas from Australia.

Peter

Hello, Peter

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your continuous supports and your kind comments every time.
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed TAKAKO's vocal.
In December, Christmas songs are running throughout town in Japan as well.

Merry Christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi

Jez has it right, could be a French film.

Shigeki,

This is wonderful! Such a sophisticated melody and your string arrangement really adds texture behind the vocals- most enjoyable.

Robert

Shigeki, this production is wonderful and mesmerizing! a lot of musical talent is on display here. This was very good! Thanks, Torrey

Very pretty, Shigeki. Nicely done!

Very nice and melodic.
Good for Christmas feeling.

Sergio

Lovely song and a very strong vocal range. Well produced and I also think this could have been from a film. Nice orchestration.

Cheers.
Mike.

Hello, Marty, Robert, Curt, Torrey, Sergio and Mike

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your kind comments.
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed TAKAKO's vocal and my arrangement.
I have loved Christmas songs very much from my childhood.

Marty and Mike,
I have loved French music, especially Michel Legrand since when I was young.
I was strongly influenced by them.

Thanks again to all and merry christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi

Hi, Shigeki again a nice song you arranged with a wonderfull singer. Beautifull strings as usual.
Thanks from the Netherlands

Excellent....and the strings work so well with the fine vocal. They are a bit more complex
than I expected (before listening) but they weave a wonderful texture for the vocalist and
the entire song. Very nice.

We always enjoy reading about how you put your productions together. You are a master
of this and as so many mention your songs should be in film.

We enjoyed it!

J&B

Greetings AnimaroRecords! Excellent work on this! I really enjoy the string lines and the vocals! Keep it up!

Very beautiful. I enjoyed this immensely.

Hello, Rob, Janice & Bud, Joe and David

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed TAKAKO's vocal and my strings arrangement.

Janice & Bud
I love French music, especially Michel Legrand.
It was a very enjoyable experiment for me to collaborate with the amateur orchestra.

Thanks again to all and merry Christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi

Shigeki,

You are so lucky to be surrounded by some excellent musicians, and you are a talented arranger.
Beautiful, absolutely beautiful.

Alyn

Hello, Alyn

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your continuous supports and your kind comments every time.
It is so helpful for me that our music circle makes various plans every year.

Merry Christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi

Absolutely agree with Greg. Enjoyed this.

Hello, Charlie

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your kind comments.
I sometimes write a melody that is difficult to sing unintentionally with piano.
I always much appreciate vocalists for singing my songs.

Merry Christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi

Wonderful song and the singer is absolutely fabulous!
Beautiful sound from start to finish.

Hello, Josie

Thank you very much for taking the time to listen and comment.
I much appreciate your kind comments every time.
I am so glad to hear you enjoyed TAKAKO's vocal and this tune.
The streets of Japan will soon be wrapped up in Christmas color on Eve.

Merry Christmas to you from Japan.

Shigeki Adachi