Yanni - Keys to Imagination
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Artist: YanniEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1990-10-25
Music Label: Private Music
Soundtracks:
- The North Shore of Matsushima
- Looking Glass
- Nostalgia
- Santorini
- Port of Mystery
- Keys to Imagination
- Forgotten Yesterdays
- Forbidden Dreams
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Free Music Review: Unique, never-reproduced sound
Hit: 5 Stars
This was my first Yanni album and my first purchase in the New Age Genre. When I purchased it, I was imagining something quite different and therefore wasn't hooked. But as I lived with it, I found that this music is deep and poignant. Yanni created a sound on this album that he never reproduced. It it thoroughly New Age, much more developed and seamless than the sound of his previous album, and much less "Pop" than the sounds of his subsequent albums. I would consider this album one of his top three. The other two would be "In My Time" and "Tribute." In fact, these three albums represent the zenith of each of his three 'styles.' "Keys to Imagination" is excessively electronic and primarily extroverted. "In My Time" is very intimate and the music revovles around luscious piano melodies. "Tribute" marks the beginning of Yanni's decline, although it is a superb album. It is heavily orchestrated and members of Yanni's troupe are given leniency to improvise heavily on the tunes. Their artistry shines brighter than Yanni's melodies and rhythms at times. Yanni has never recovered his stature after his enormously successful concert at the Acropolis, which basically summed up his entire career up to that point. It is unfortunate for us that his career has taken a downturn. He could craft a melody as heartbreaking as Mozart could.
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Yanni's 1986 debut release for Private Music remains one of his most striking works. Created in the vinyl era and thus clocking in at a modest 39 minutes, Keys to Imagination nevertheless captures some of Yanni's most expansive, chest-thumping efforts. While some of the electronic voicings used here are beginning to sound faintly dated, Yanni brings his own brand of propulsive, classical-edged thunder to the familiar prog-rock tactic of tension followed by release. The slow-building, Middle Eastern-flavored title track, for instance, circles overhead like a mysterious raven while you explore a deep, narrow desert canyon. In a flash, a torrent of sound roars through the chasm and sweeps you away in a flood of sonic fury. It may not be a perfect record, but it is an entertaining one. --Terry WoodJazz Music CDs
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