''Yanni Voices'' (also released in Spanish as ''Yanni Voces'') is the twelfth studio album and fifth live

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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 Yanni/Wake label in 2009.

Background

This was Yanni's first studio release in six years. In collaboration with producer

Ric Wake Ric Wake is an American record producer who has won four Grammy Awards and two Oscar Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, Taylor ...

, Yanni showcased vocal artists singing to his classic songs, blending fresh interpretations of vintage Yanni tracks with newly written material. It also introduces the four new vocalists at the center of the project:

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, Chloe Lowery,

Nathan Pacheco Nathan Armand Pacheco is an American tenor singer and songwriter of Brazilian origin. He was a featured vocalist during the 2009 tour for "Yanni Voices", produced by Walt Disney Records and is currently signed to the Disney Pearl Series sub-label. ...

, and

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. Disney Pearl Imprint released ''Yanni Voices'' and its Buena Vista Concerts division produced an extensive tour that began in April 2009. The tour kicked off with a special concert filmed Live at the Forum (Mundo Imperial) in Acapulco Mexico. This concert is the subject of a television special that aired in March 2009 on

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. ''Yanni Voces'' features a collection of Spanish duets with Latin recording artists and the new vocalists of ''Yanni Voices''. Special guest performers included Lucero, Cristian Castro and José José.

Charts and sales

The album debuted on

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Top 200 and #1 on the

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chart. The

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version, ''Yanni Voces'', debuted at #2 on Billboard's New Age chart, #5 on the Latin Pop chart, and #13 on the Latin overall chart. ''Yanni Voices'' received a debut sales week figure of 26,000 units on the ''Billboard'' chart dated April 11, 2009, a figure that was not surpassed in the ''Billboard'' new age category through at least October 2014.

Track listing

English version

Spanish version

Personnel

;Vocals *

* Chloe Lowery *

2009 North America concert tour

Set list

#"Open/Santorini" (Orchestra) #"Unico Amore (Enchantment)" (Nathan) #"Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Mirror)" (Chloe & Nathan) #"Ritual De Amore (Desire)" (Ender) #"Before the Night Ends" (Leslie) #"Within Attraction" (Orchestra) #"Change" (Chloe) #"Bajo El Cielo De Noviembre (November Sky)" (Ender) #"Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until the Last Moment)" (Chloe & Ender) #"Vivi Il Tuo Sogno (Almost a Whisper)" (Nathan) #"Duet" (Sam & Jason) #"Theory of Everything" (Leslie) #"Omaggio (Tribute)" (Nathan & Chloe) #"Our Days" (Chloe & Leslie) #"Susurro's En la Oscuridad" (Ender) #"Kill Me with Your Love" (Chloe) #"Cello" (Sasha) #"Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C Minor)" (Nathan) #"The Keeper" (Leslie) #"Marching Season" (Charlie & Yanni) #"Quedate Conmigo" (Chloe & Ender) #"Niki Nana" (Chloe & Everyone) ;Encore #"Standing in Motion" (Orchestra) #"Nostalgia" (Orchestra) #"The Storm" (Orchestra)

Tour dates

Tour musicians

* Charlie Adams - drums * Benedikt Brydern - violin * Ann Marie Calhoun - violin *April Cap - oboe *Jason Carder - trumpet *Lauren Chipman - viola *Yoel Del Sol - percussion * Victor Espinola - Paraguayan harp * Ming Freeman - keyboard *Cesar Lemos - guitar *Ilona Geller - viola *Kerry Hughes - trumpet *James Mattos - French horn * Armen Movsessian - violin *Sarah O'Brien - cello *Sylvio Richetto - keyboard *Anna Stafford - violin *Dana Teboe - trombone *Gabriel Vivas - bass *Erika Walczak - violin * Samvel Yervinyan - violin *

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- cello

2009 "Yanni Live in Concert" (Mexico)

Tour dates

References

External links

Official Website
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