Like most people, I was moved to tears within the first few notes Susan sang. I have followed with interest the comments of those with voice training and vocal experience. I have neither, and could certainly hear nothing amiss in her delivery. What did strike me, though, in both her BGT and "Cry Me a River" recordings was the difficulty any singer has singing to recorded music. Much of the magic, I think, occurs in the emotional and stylistic "dialogue" and interchange between a singer and her back-up band or orchestra. Singing, as Susan has, to a recording seems a lot like an actor performing a dialogue scene with a tape recorder, or like high-tech Karaoke. I can only imagine how rich and nuanced her voice and performance can be when she is responding to (and being responded to) by a live orchestra. I hope such a CD isn't long in coming!
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