Yanni - Live at the Acropolis
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Artist: YanniPerformer: Charlie Adams
Performer: Bradley Joseph
Performer: Karen Briggs
Performer: Michael "Kalani" Bruno
Performer: Ric Fierabracci
Performer: Julie Homi
Performer: Shardad Rohani
Edition: Music CD
Format: Live
CD Release Date: 1994-03-01
Music Label: Private Music
Soundtracks:
- Santorini
- Keys to Imagination
- Until the Last Moment
- The Rain Must Fall
- Acroyali/Standing in Motion
- One Man's Dream
- Within Attraction
- Nostalgia
- Swept Away
- Reflections of Passion
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Free Music Review: Why the excitement?
Hit: 2 Stars
Yanni doesn't make very good music. People on this site are comparing him to Beethoven and Chopin, seriously. There's simply no comparison between "Reflections of Passion" and say "Pr?lude ? l'apr?s-midi d'un faune" by Claude Debussy or George Bizet's "Carmen." So no thanks Yanni, I'll take the real classics.
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Yanni can be likened to 1970s rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer. There are several basic parallels, especially in this orchestra-enhanced concert reworking of his more propulsive, anthemic compositions. Yanni, who in concert sometimes strikes the rapturous two-keyboard "iron-cross" pose that served as one of Keith Emerson's trademarks, uses, as ELP did, classical and world-music influences to elevate pop-inclined compositions to more sophisticated levels. He then turbocharges the whole concoction with bold strokes of prog-rock bravura to give his finest pieces a dramatic, chest-swelling, larger-than-life impact. A key difference between the two acts, of course, is Yanni possesses a much stronger romantic streak, plus he refrains from attacking his keyboards with sharp objects. At his best, Yanni strikes incendiary sparks with the driving, celebratory quality of his music, and this production, culling some of the best audio moments from his much-televised 1993 concert performance in Athens, is a most appealing showcase. Yanni can sometimes strike the sonic hammer as forcefully as a Greek god ("Santorini," "Keys to Imagination") and, on this album at least, gives even overtly romantic pieces ("One Man's Dream," "Swept Away") a warmly masculine flair. Beautifully arranged and recorded; a pleasure to experience. --Terry WoodNew Age Music CDs
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