Yanni – Live At The Acropolis (2009) [DVD5 NTSC]

Yanni – Live At The Acropolis (2009) [DVD5 NTSC]

Label: Sony Music
Format: DVD, DVD-Video, Album, NTSC
Released: 2000
Genre: Electronic
Style: New Age, Modern Classical, Ambient


"Yanni" was born November 14, 1954 in Kalamata, Greece, where he was a competitive swimmer with a national record. He earned a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Minnesota and then turned to music as a self-taught pianist who could not read music, but had perfect pitch. Without training, he began composing with his own shorthand, becoming a keyboardist and later a producer. Sometimes known as John Yanni Christopher

Yanni continues to use the musical shorthand that he developed as a child, blending jazz, classical, soft rock, and world music to create predominantly instrumental works. As this genre of music was not well suited for commercial pop radio and music television, Yanni achieved international recognition by producing concerts at historic monuments and by producing videos that were broadcast on public television. His breakthrough concert, Yanni Live at the Acropolis, yielded the second best-selling music video of all time. Additional historic sites for Yanni's concerts have included India's Taj Mahal, China's Forbidden City, the United Arab Emirates' Burj Khalifa, Russia's Kremlin, Puerto Rico's El Morro castle,[15] and Lebanon's ancient city of Byblos.

At least fourteen of Yanni's albums have peaked at No. 1 in Billboard's "Top New Age Album" category, and two albums (Dare to Dream and In My Time) received Grammy Award nominations. Through late 2011, Yanni had performed live in concert before more than two million people in more than 20 countries around the world, and has accumulated more than 35 platinum and gold albums globally, with sales totaling over 20 million copies. A longtime fundraiser for public television, Yanni's compositions have been used on commercial television programs, especially for sporting events. He has written film scores and the music for an award-winning British Airways television commercial.

Yanni has employed musicians of various nationalities and has incorporated a variety of exotic instruments to create music that has been called an eclectic fusion of ethnic sounds. Influenced by his encounters with cultures around the world, his music is said to reflect his “one world, one people” philosophy.


Tracklist:

1 Santorini 8:07
2 Keys To Imagination 7:18
3 Until The Last Moment 7:08
4 The Rain Must Fall 6:27
5 One Man's Dream 6:13
6 Within Attraction 8:10
7 Felitsa 3:39
8 Marching Season 6:52
9 Nostalgia 6:38
10 Acroyali/Standing In Motion (Medley) 9:28
11 Aria

Composed By [Original] – Léo Delibes

6:53
12 Swept Away 4:57
13 Reflections Of Passion 7:44
14 The End Of August 6:33
Companies etc

Recorded At – Herod Atticus Odeon