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Track Listings
| 1. Rainmaker |
| 2. Keys To Imagination |
| 3. Enchantment |
| 4. Standing In Motion |
| 5. On Sacred Ground |
| 6. Playtime |
| 7. Until The Last Moment |
| 8. If I Could Tell You |
| 9. For All Seasons |
| 10. The Storm |
| 11. Prelude |
| 12. Nostalgia |
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I had the privilege of attending an awesome Yanni Live concert in Florida in 2005. The concert contains old and new Yanni compositions but each musician, in Yanni's orchestra, is wonderfully talented and gives their own individual interpretation to Yanni's inique music.This CD leaves you feeling uplifted and energised and I'm looking forward to the future because now Yanni has teamed up with award winning producer Ric Wake so there is an exciting future ahead for all Yanni fans.
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Yanni produces fabulous New Age type music - neo-classical music to dream to and relax to. It takes you to far away places as the music is so romantic and sensuous. Having seen a live concert in the Royal Albert Hall, I felt it was the best ever concert I had seen. Yanni's musicians are top class, the music is wonderful - a real treat.
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27 of 28 people found the following review helpful
right in between Acropolis and Tribute.
16 Aug 2006
Format:Audio CD
Perhaps no new Yanni recordings can surpass Acropolis. But this CD comes close to it. When I was first introduced to Yanni through Acropolis, I thought Acropolis was THE kind of music he typifies. However, over the years, I found that Acropolis is more of an exception then the rule... most of his music is electronic instead of symphonic. And this CD is just that, an electronic explosion of music... and if you just take it at face value, this is a GREAT cd. Very energetic, rhythmic, and interesting to listen to.
However, for those Acropolic die-hard fans like myself, you might find some compositions to be just "too showy". Yes, we like solos, but there comes a point where the solos become close to being overbearing... playing just for playing's sake and sometimes, the solos don't quite match up to the mood of the song. Then the next problem is the "flatness" of every composition. Every song has the same structure. And maybe its a case of "the original is better", Keys to Imagination, Until the Last Moment, Nostalgia, and Standing in Motion here are a notch below their more expansive, and better executed, Acropolis version. I had hoped Yanni might edit parts of this concert, but since I was there at Mandalay Bay while this CD was being filmed, the same "problems" I hear in the CD were also present during the concert.
All in all four stars. Acropolis has the PERFECT blend of orchestration, synthetic instrument, and phenomenal solos. Where as this CD "merely" has a superb entertainment value.
However, for those Acropolic die-hard fans like myself, you might find some compositions to be just "too showy". Yes, we like solos, but there comes a point where the solos become close to being overbearing... playing just for playing's sake and sometimes, the solos don't quite match up to the mood of the song. Then the next problem is the "flatness" of every composition. Every song has the same structure. And maybe its a case of "the original is better", Keys to Imagination, Until the Last Moment, Nostalgia, and Standing in Motion here are a notch below their more expansive, and better executed, Acropolis version. I had hoped Yanni might edit parts of this concert, but since I was there at Mandalay Bay while this CD was being filmed, the same "problems" I hear in the CD were also present during the concert.
All in all four stars. Acropolis has the PERFECT blend of orchestration, synthetic instrument, and phenomenal solos. Where as this CD "merely" has a superb entertainment value.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Yanni Live Again!
4 Sep 2006
Format:Audio CD
It seems so long ago that I listened to and watched Yanni's Acropolis and Tribute albums that I was beginning to wonder if he'll ever come out with a new live album. This is it! This is the disc I've been waiting for. The sound quality is excellent, and mind you, I'm an audiophile freak. It says it was captured on 125 channels of digital audio and I'm not surprised at all. I hear it as though I was center stage at the Mandalay Bay in Vegas where this concert was recorded. The intensity of the music and the great melodies of the old and new tunes can be heard very vividly and I must say, all the musicians on the record are quite simply some of the best in their respective fields.
I'd highly recommend this disc to all Yanni or non Yanni fans and I can't wait for the DVD version to be released which will showcase probably the best concert event release of 2006.
p.s. hopefully this disc gets released on SACD!
I'd highly recommend this disc to all Yanni or non Yanni fans and I can't wait for the DVD version to be released which will showcase probably the best concert event release of 2006.
p.s. hopefully this disc gets released on SACD!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Not Acropolis or Tribute
23 Aug 2006
Format:Audio CD
I first saw Yanni: Live at the Acropolis late one night after coming home from work. I've heard all the late night jokes about him but I found myself enjoying the show and tried to get everyone else I knew to watch it. Needless to say I got my hands on the album as soon as I could. A few years later, I saw Tribute in the store and bought it without seeing the live show till much later. I enjoyed both of these albums immensely so I was looking forward to his newest Live album. I gave it a four star rating for one reason and one reason only. I have the majority of these songs on both of the previous albums. At first I was appalled when I heard the techno beats driving the songs but it grew on me. You have to figure he can not always sound like Acropolis and he wants to take his music in different directions. It is his music after all. To all of the nay sayers to this album, you have to remember that he didn't have the Royal Philharmonic backing him in this one and that the album was recorded in Las Vegas. I loved hearing the audience member say,"That was great!!!", at the end of 'For All Seasons.' It is definitely a new sound to what I am used to but all in all I enjoyed the experience.
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