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Track Listings
| 1. On Sacred Ground |
| 2. The Flame Within |
| 3. Midnight Hymn |
| 4. November Sky |
| 5. With An Orchid |
| 6. Wishing Well |
| 7. A Walk In The Rain |
| 8. Highland |
| 9. If I Could Tell You |
| 10. In Your Eyes |
| 11. Reason For Rainbows |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Modest in both scale and sound, If I Could Tell You represents a less-elaborate, back-to-basics approach to music for an artist lately accustomed to staging Grand Statements (see Tribute). A straightforward, keyboard-based studio recording with minimal accompaniment, If I Could Tell You finds Yanni exploring a pleasant though largely unexceptional middle ground--less overtly romantic than his early 1990s bestsellers In My Time and Dare to Dream nor as boldly expressive as his rousing early releases. "Sacred Ground" opens the disc with a choir of electronically treated voices chanting ethereally over gentle rhythms and Native American flute, followed by the flamenco-tinged minor drama of "The Flame Within". Yanni's most interesting ideas arrive at mid-disc, starting with the harmonic tribal chanting on the rhythmic "Wishing Well", followed by a pair of agreeable romantic-dramatic forays on piano and keyboards ("A Walk in the Rain", "Highland"). Yet compared to Yanni at his expressive best, these selections and others that follow convey a surprising neutrality. Not that this music is objectionable. The stately romantic piano found on "In Your Eyes", for example, is graceful and appealing. Overall, though, the mood here is tame, reserved--and here's that word again--modest. After a three-year wait following the globe-girdling Tribute, this approach is a bit of a surprise. --Terry Wood
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
i dont know what all this fuss is about by some people saying that "If I Could Tell You" is not as great as his "Tribute" or "Live at Acropolis". I think "If I Could Tell you" is a marvelous piece of work by Yanni. agreed that it is not as dramatic as tribute or live at acroplis, but we are forgetting the fact that those were composed for and performed and recorded as a live performance and hence the music more 'loud' and dramatic. on the other hand "If i could tell you" is more like a man show by Yanni. anyway, the music is simply breathtaking....some of the tunes are so 'Yanni-like'...its relaxing, soothing, inspiring.....buy it, you wont regret it
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
When I reviwed the comments for those who bought this CD I just don't believe what they are saying? Acctually this work is one of the best work that has been done by Yanni, if it is not the best! This work just show who this man can preform a music that is related to any region on this world and that is what makes Yanni the most popular and greatest musician on the world.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I truly love anything by Yanni: it's beautiful music, soothing and relaxing while being profound and exciting. His sense of rhythm (appropriately from the Greek - "rhythmos") and cadence is incredible, the engendered result celebrates melody and harmony in a magnificent and splendid collection of compositions.
As stated in his blurb, this was Yanni's first studio album in seven years (released in 2000), an introspective and deeply personal project which came in the wake of a two-year sabbatical, a move to the east coast of the U.S., and other changes which refocused his life and life's work.
Again, as for all of Yanni's music, I found intense proof of his "Mozart Effect" (for this, see also The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind and Unlock the Creative Spirit) over and over: I felt relaxed, romantic, aroused, soothed, healed, vibrant, passionate, energised, alive!
As stated in his blurb, this was Yanni's first studio album in seven years (released in 2000), an introspective and deeply personal project which came in the wake of a two-year sabbatical, a move to the east coast of the U.S., and other changes which refocused his life and life's work.
Again, as for all of Yanni's music, I found intense proof of his "Mozart Effect" (for this, see also The Mozart Effect: Tapping the Power of Music to Heal the Body, Strengthen the Mind and Unlock the Creative Spirit) over and over: I felt relaxed, romantic, aroused, soothed, healed, vibrant, passionate, energised, alive!
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A Departure from Yanni's Last Two Albums
Potential purchasers of this album should first consider what their style preferences are with regards to Yanni's music. Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2001
Big disappointment
Sad to say but as an avid fan and proselytizer since "Live at the Acropolis", this eagerly anticipated release is a bitter disappointment. Read more
Published on 3 Nov 2000
Dull Dull Dull
I'm shocked. Having enjoyed so many of Yanni's previous CDs over the years, If I Could Tell You is destined to be played over and over again in small metal boxes that go up and... Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2000 by craig_wood@ntlworld.com
Boring, should have been titled "Choral Button"
Being an ardent fan of Yanni and regularly listening to the past two albums 'Live at the Acroplolis' and 'Tribute', I was very disappointed at the new album. Read more
Published on 26 Oct 2000
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