''Mexicanisimo'' is the thirteenth studio album by

keyboardist A keyboardist or keyboard player is a musician who plays keyboard instruments. Until the early 1960s musicians who played keyboards were generally classified as either pianists or organists. Since the mid-1960s, a plethora of new musical inst ...

Yanni Yiannis Chryssomallis ( el, Γιάννης Χρυσομάλλης; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek-American composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer. Yanni continues to use the musical shorthan ...

, released on Venemusic label in 2010. The album peaked at #15 on

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"Regional Mexican Albums" chart, at #2 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart and at #31 on "Billboard's "Top Latin Albums" chart in the same year.

Background

The album is a musical tribute to

Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...

during its period of bicentennial celebrations. Yanni has collaborated with Mexican producer Manuel Cázares to interpret many Mexican songs that embrace the country's heritage. The album features performances by guest stars Lucero ("Mi Ciudad") and

Pepe Aguilar José Antonio Aguilar Jiménez (born August 7, 1968), better known as Pepe Aguilar, is an American singer. - Accessed on June 17, 2011. From a young age, Aguilar accompanied his parents, Mexican singer-actors Antonio Aguilar and Flor Silvestr ...

("Silverio Peréz").

Track listing

Credits

*José Luis Aguilar - Harp *Alfredo Nava -

Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

*Amador Bedolla -

Cello The cello ( ; plural ''celli'' or ''cellos'') or violoncello ( ; ) is a bowed (sometimes plucked and occasionally hit) string instrument of the violin family. Its four strings are usually tuned in perfect fifths: from low to high, C2, G ...

*Rubén Bedolla -

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*Luis René Cárdenas (Boro) - Recording and mixing *Javier Carrillo -

Arrangements In music, an arrangement is a musical adaptation of an existing composition. Differences from the original composition may include reharmonization, melodic paraphrasing, orchestration, or formal development. Arranging differs from orchestr ...

*Iris Alejandrina Cázares - Copyist *Manuel Cazares - Arrangements *Isabel Frenk - Cello *Patricia Hernández - Viola *Jorge Jimarez - Vocals *José Manuel Jiménez -

Vihuela The vihuela () is a 15th-century fretted plucked Spanish string instrument, shaped like a guitar (figure-of-eight form offering strength and portability) but tuned like a lute. It was used in 15th- and 16th-century Spain as the equivalent of t ...

*Julio Lizarraga - Arrangements *Luz María - Cello *Mariachi Águilas De México - Vocals *Angel Ramos - Sax (Soprano) *David Rivera -

Guitarrón Guitarrón or guitarron is a common name for a number of stringed instruments found in Latin America and may refer to: * Guitarrón argentino, a six-stringed musical instrument from Argentina * Guitarrón chileno, a 25-stringed, plucked instrument ...

*Cristobal Rodales - Harp *Alfredo Solis - Vocals *Yanni -

Piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

production Production may refer to: Economics and business * Production (economics) * Production, the act of manufacturing goods * Production, in the outline of industrial organization, the act of making products (goods and services) * Production as a stati ...

*Manuel Cázares - Executive producer

References

External links

Official Website
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