''Yanni Voices'' (also released in Spanish as ''Yanni Voces'') is the twelfth studio album and fifth live
DVD
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by
Yanni
Yiannis Chryssomallis (; born November 14, 1954), known professionally as Yanni ( ), is a Greek composer, keyboardist, pianist, and music producer.
Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, clas ...
, 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 Anglo-American record producer who has won two Grammy Awards. During his tenure as staff producer with Sony Music Entertainment, he has worked with vocalists such as Celine Dion, Whitney Houston, Lucero, CoCo Lee, Taylor D ...
, 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:
Leslie Mills,
Chloe Lowery,
Nathan Pacheco, and
Ender Thomas.
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
PBS.
''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
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and
José José.
Charts and sales
The album peaked at No. 20 on
Billboard's Top 200 chart and reached No. 1 on its
New Age
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albums chart. The
Spanish 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
*
Leslie Mills
*
Chloe Lowery
*
Nathan Pacheco
*
Ender Thomas
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
*
Alexander Zhiroff - cello
2009 "Yanni Live in Concert" (Mexico)
Tour dates
References
External links
Official Website*
{{Authority control
Albums produced by Ric Wake
Yanni albums
2009 albums