Yanni Voices

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Yanni Voices
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Studio album and concert filmby
ReleasedMarch 24, 2009
Genre Opera Opera-Pop Classical Crossover
Length60:28
Label Yanni Wake/Disney Pearl Series
Producer Yanni
Ric Wake
Yanni chronology
Collections
(2008)
Yanni Voices
(2009)
The Essential Yanni
(2010)
Alternative Cover
Yannivocescover.jpg
Spanish version
Professional ratings
Review scores
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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.

Contents

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 debuted on Billboard's Top 200 and #1 on the New Age 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.TitleLength
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 Amore (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.TitleLength
13."Love Take Me" (Bonus track)3:32
14."Mi Todo Eres Tú (Until the Last Moment)"3:24
15."Ritual De Amore (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.TitleFeatured artistsLength
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 Vargas4:23
4."Ni La Fuerza Del Destino (With an Orchid)"Cristian Castro4:00
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, Chloe3:57
9."Eterno Es Este Amor" Lucero 4:05
10."Volver (Someday)" Willy Chirino, Arturo Sandoval, Ender Thomas4:08
11."Mi Todo Eres Tú (Until the Last Moment)"Ender Thomas, Chloe3:24
12."Yanni & Arturo"Arturo Sandoval5:54
13."Viviré Por Ti (If I Could Tell You)"Olga Tanon, Nathan Pacheco3:07
14."En Silencio (Whispers in the Dark)"Ender Thomas3:53
15."Que Te Vaya Bien (Farewell)"Chloe3:22
16."Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C minor)"Nathan Pacheco3:50
17."Volver A Creer (Reflections of Passion)" José José 3:04

Personnel

Vocals

2009 North America concert tour

Set list

  1. "Open/Santorini" (Orchestra)
  2. "Unico Amore (Enchantment)" (Nathan)
  3. "Nei Tuoi Occhi (In the Mirror)" (Chloe & Nathan)
  4. "Ritual De Amore (Desire)" (Ender)
  5. "Before the Night Ends" (Leslie)
  6. "Within Attraction" (Orchestra)
  7. "Change" (Chloe)
  8. "Bajo El Cielo De Noviembre (November Sky)" (Ender)
  9. "Mi Todo Eres Tu (Until the Last Moment)" (Chloe & Ender)
  10. "Vivi Il Tuo Sogno (Almost a Whisper)" (Nathan)
  11. "Duet" (Sam & Jason)
  12. "Theory of Everything" (Leslie)
  13. "Omaggio (Tribute)" (Nathan & Chloe)
  14. "Our Days" (Chloe & Leslie)
  15. "Susurro's En la Oscuridad" (Ender)
  16. "Kill Me with Your Love" (Chloe)
  17. "Cello" (Sasha)
  18. "Amare Di Nuovo (Adagio in C Minor)" (Nathan)
  19. "The Keeper" (Leslie)
  20. "Marching Season" (Charlie & Yanni)
  21. "Quedate Conmigo" (Chloe & Ender)
  22. "Niki Nana" (Chloe & Everyone)
Encore
  1. "Standing in Motion" (Orchestra)
  2. "Nostalgia" (Orchestra)
  3. "The Storm" (Orchestra)

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
United States and Canada Leg 1
April 10, 2009SunriseUnited States BB&T Center
April 11, 2009Tampa Amalie Arena
April 13, 2009Gainesville O'Connell Center
April 14, 2009Orlando Amway Arena
April 15, 2009Estero Germain Arena
April 17, 2009Jacksonville Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena
April 18, 2009Duluth Infinite Energy Center
April 19, 2009North Charleston North Charleston Coliseum
April 21, 2009Greenville Bi-Lo Center
April 22, 2009Nashville Bridgestone Arena
April 24, 2009Raleigh PNC Arena
April 25, 2009Baltimore 1st Mariner Arena
Reading
Wilkes-Barre
Norfolk
New York City
Boston
Bridgeport
Manchester
Quebec CityCanada
Montreal
Toronto
PittsburghUnited 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

2009 "Yanni Live in Concert" (Mexico)

Tour dates

DateCityCountryVenue
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, 2009GuadalajaraAuditorio Telmex
October 19, 2009 Mexico City Auditorio Nacional
October 20, 2009Mexico CityAuditorio Nacional
October 21, 2009Mexico CityAuditorio Nacional

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