Yanni - If I Could Tell You
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Artist: YanniEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2000-10-03
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- On Sacred Ground
- The Flame Within
- Midnight Hymn
- November Sky
- With an Orchid
- Wishing Well
- A Walk in the Rain
- Highland
- If I Could Tell You
- In Your Eyes
- Reason for Rainbows
Free Music Notes for If I Could Tell You
Free Music Review: An Invocation of Gratitude
Hit: 5 Stars
For those who know me, I am true to my love of all things metal. Metal music, that is. It's no surprise to find home-made CDs in my car of old Metallica, Slayer, Slipknot, Sepultura and Static-X, to name a few. Fast, hard and loud, blistering guitar riffs, deafening double-bass drum beats and bass rhythms, vocals over words that emulate the rage, passion, pain and triumph of the human spirit...truly spectacular in its own way. Metal is a musical force to be reckoned with.
So, where, you ask, does Yanni fit in to all of this? Music covers all ranges, styles, genres and invokes an infinite array of emotions, feelings, memories, wishes, passions and presence. In transcending certain lifestyle patterns, behavior and beliefs in my own life and opening up to new experiences, I found that Yanni is a most gifted pianist and artist. As I watched his video, Yanni, The Concert Event, I sat there mesmerized and inspired by his performance. He brings to his work the influence of his upbringing, his love for beauty, serenity and spirit. His album, If I Could Tell You, is a musical testimony to that uplift of spirit, transcendence of pain and difficult periods in his life. The songs are invocations of gratitude and love of life. Yanni acknowledges the blessings of his talent and also of his experiences which brought him to the place where he was able to write and record this album. His music allows me to get lost in the rhapsody of his perfectly choreographed instrumentals. It also allows me to truly feel the transcendence of my own life, lessons learned, prayers answered and dreams brought to life. From peaceful whispers of the keyboard as he plays With An Orchid, building with passion on Reason For Rainbows, to the serenity and content feelings touched on in A Walk in the Rain. The songs have added fullness with synthesizers and Oriental flavorings, both notation and instrument gently placed by Yanni's own hand. Of course, Highland and If I Could Tell You are the high points of this album. Both songs are glorious expressions of coming to a better place in Yanni's life. If I Could Tell You is a gift of emotion, hope and dreams that are attainable. Yanni gives these prayers and wishes to us in the hopes that we, too, will come to a better place.
If I Could Tell You Poster
Modest in both scale and sound, If I Could Tell You represents a less elaborate, more 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 '90s bestsellers In My Time and Dare to Dream, nor as boldly expressive as his rousing early releases. "On 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 and 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 WoodNew Age Music CDs
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