Yanni Voices

Yanni Voices
Yanni Voices
Studio album and concert film by Yanni
Released	March 24, 2009
Genre	Opera Opera-Pop Classical Crossover
Length	60:28
Label	Yanni Wake/Disney Pearl Series
Producer	Yanni; Ric Wake
Yanni chronology
Alternative Cover
	Spanish version

Yanni Voices (also released in Spanish as Yanni Voces) is the twelfth studio album and fifth live DVD by Yanni, released on Yanni/Wake label in 2009.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Background

This was Yanni's first studio release in six years. In collaboration with producer Ric Wake, Yanni showcased vocal artists singing to his classic songs, blending fresh interpretations of vintage Yanni tracks with newly written material.^[2] It also introduces the four new vocalists at the center of the project: Leslie Mills, Chloe Lowery, Nathan Pacheco, and Ender Thomas.^[2]

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 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 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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Track listing

English version

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Omaggio (Tribute)"	4:36
2.	"The Keeper"	3:28
3.	"Our Days"	4:28
4.	"Never Leave the Sun"	3:56
5.	"Before the Night Ends (To Take... To Hold)"	3:55
6.	"1001"	3:52
7.	"Mas Allá"	3:30
8.	"Unico Amore (Enchantment)"	4:06
9.	"Vivi Il Tuo Sogno (Almost a Whisper)"	3:38
10.	"Orchid"	4:14
11.	"Set Me Free"	3:23
12.	"Kill Me with Your Love"	3:33
13.	"Mi Todo Eres Tú (Until the Last Moment)"	3:24
14.	"Ritual De Amor (Desire)"	4:13
15.	"Moments Without Time"	3:51
16.	"Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Mirror)"	3:58
17.	"Amare di Nuovo (Adagio in C Minor)"	6:23

Target exclusive edition
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Love Take Me" (Bonus track)	3:32
14.	"Mi Todo Eres Tú (Until the Last Moment)"	3:24
15.	"Ritual De Amor (Desire)"	4:13
16.	"Moments Without Time"	3:51
17.	"I'm So" (Bonus track)	4:55
18.	"Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Mirror)"	3:58
19.	"Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C Minor)"	6:23

Spanish version

No.	Title	Featured artists	Length
1.	"Ritual De Amor (Desire)"	Ender Thomas	4:10
2.	"Llama De Amor (The Flame Within)"	Olga Tañón	3:56
3.	"Y Te Vas (Based on the prelude to Keys to Imagination)"	Andy Vargas	4:23
4.	"Ni La Fuerza Del Destino (With an Orchid)"	Cristian Castro	4:00
5.	"Unico Amore (Enchantment)"	Nathan Pacheco	4:06
6.	"No Ha Dejado De Llover (The Rain Must Fall)"	José Feliciano	4:23
7.	"Quédate Conmigo"	Ender Thomas, Chloe	3:16
8.	"Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Mirror)"	Nathan Pacheco, Chloe	3:57
9.	"Eterno Es Este Amor"	Lucero	4:05
10.	"Volver (Someday)"	Willy Chirino, Arturo Sandoval, Ender Thomas	4:08
11.	"Mi Todo Eres Tú (Until the Last Moment)"	Ender Thomas, Chloe	3:24
12.	"Yanni & Arturo"	Arturo Sandoval	5:54
13.	"Viviré Por Ti (If I Could Tell You)"	Olga Tanon, Nathan Pacheco	3:07
14.	"En Silencio (Whispers in the Dark)"	Ender Thomas	3:53
15.	"Que Te Vaya Bien (Farewell)"	Chloe	3:22
16.	"Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C minor)"	Nathan Pacheco	3:50
17.	"Volver A Creer (Reflections of Passion)"	José José	3:04

Personnel

Vocals

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

Date	City	Country	Venue
United States and Canada Leg 1
April 10, 2009	Sunrise	United States	BB&T Center
April 11, 2009	Tampa		Amalie Arena
April 13, 2009	Gainesville		O'Connell Center
April 14, 2009	Orlando		Amway Arena
April 15, 2009	Estero		Germain Arena
April 17, 2009	Jacksonville		Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 18, 2009	Duluth		Infinite Energy Center
April 19, 2009	North Charleston		North Charleston Coliseum
April 21, 2009	Greenville		Bi-Lo Center
April 22, 2009	Nashville		Bridgestone Arena
April 24, 2009	Raleigh		PNC Arena
April 25, 2009	Baltimore		1st Mariner Arena
	Reading
	Wilkes-Barre
	Norfolk
	New York City
	New York City
	Boston
	Bridgeport
	Manchester
	Quebec City	Canada
	Montreal
	Toronto
	Pittsburgh	United States
	Rochester
	Albany
	Atlantic City
	Mashantucket
	Minneapolis
	Chicago
	St. Louis
	Omaha
	Dayton
	Cleveland
	Detroit		Palace of Auburn Hills
	Grand Rapids
	Columbus
	Kansas City
	Wichita
	Austin
	Houston

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

Date	City	Country	Venue
Mexico
October 11, 2009	Puebla	Mexico	Auditorio Siglo XXI
October 13, 2009	Monterrey		Arena Monterrey
October 15, 2009	León, Guanajuato		Poliforum
October 16, 2009	Guadalajara		Auditorio Telmex
October 17, 2009	Guadalajara		Auditorio Telmex
October 19, 2009	Mexico City		Auditorio Nacional
October 20, 2009	Mexico City		Auditorio Nacional
October 21, 2009	Mexico City		Auditorio Nacional

References

^ AllMusic
^ ^a ^b Cohen, Jonathan (2008-11-14). "Yanni Brings Voices to Disney". Billboard Magazine (billboard.com). Retrieved 2008-11-16.
^ "Chart history for Yanni Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-19.
^ Caulfield, Keith (October 17, 2014). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Piano Guys, Jackson Browne Hit High Notes". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014.

External links

[1] AllMusic

[Billboard/Disney-2] Cohen, Jonathan (2008-11-14). "Yanni Brings Voices to Disney". Billboard Magazine (billboard.com). Retrieved 2008-11-16.

[3] "Chart history for Yanni Voices". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-05-19.

[Billboard20141017-4] Caulfield, Keith (October 17, 2014). "Billboard 200 Chart Moves: Piano Guys, Jackson Browne Hit High Notes". Billboard. Archived from the original on October 20, 2014.

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