Yanni Tribute Full Concert Video |
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1 Deliverance
2 Adagio in C Minor (8:47) 3 Renegade (14:10) 4 Waltz in 7/8 (23:00) 5 Tribute (30:00) 6 Dance with a Stranger (36:55) 7 Nightingale (45:28) 8 Southern Exposure (51:27) 9 Prelude (1:00:44) 10 Love Is All (1:03:03) 11 Niki Nana (We're One) (1:09:52) 12 Santorini (1:19:07) Tribute DVD chronicles Yanni's two very special complete concert events with his full band and a 27-piece orchestra live at the Taj Mahal, India (March 1997) and Imperial Ancestral Temple, The Forbidden City, China (May 1997). The Yanni songs from 1997's platinum "Tribute" CD are featured. DVD review: Exotic locales and famous monuments! Adagios and waltzes! Spectacle and bombast! A didgeridoo and an orchestra too! Yanni's amazing hair!! All this and much more make Tribute a feast sure to be eagerly devoured by the Greek composer/piano player's legions of fans--and it's not hard to understand why, as it is an impressive achievement. The new-age DVD chronicles Yanni's 1997 concerts at India's Taj Mahal (the first concert staged there) and Beijing's Forbidden City (the first-ever performance there by a Western artist), and these splendid settings are certainly shown to good effect throughout this well-directed, great-sounding program. As for the music, well, that's all a matter of taste; what might be schlocky to one person will be beautiful and majestic to another. But regardless of one's musical leanings, no one can dispute that the 90-minute concert, combining numbers from both locations, provides a healthy and representative dose of Yanni's New Age-cum-classical-cum-world music sounds, and they are well played by the international cast of nearly 50 musicians and singers (violinist Karen Briggs and guitarist Pedro Eustache acquit themselves especially well among the soloists). --Sam Graham Band musicians: Yanni – keyboards, Karen Briggs – violin, the chorus on "Niki Nana (We're One)", Daniel de los Reyes – percussion, Pedro Eustache – flute, soprano saxophone, bamboo saxophone, duduk, quena, Chinese flute, ney, bass flute; Ric Fierabracci – bass guitar; Ming Freeman – keyboards; David Hudson – didgeridoo; Ramon Stagnaro – guitar, charango; Joel Taylor – drums; Alfreda Gerald – vocals, lead vocals on "Niki Nana (We're One)"; Vann Johnson – vocals, lead vocals on "Love Is All"; Jeanette Clinger – vocals; Catte Adams – vocals. The orchestra personnel is Armen Anassian – conductor, violin on "Tribute", Clif Foster – first violin, concertmaster; Beth Folsom – violin, Julian Hallmark – violin, Sayuri Kawada – violin, Neal Laite – violin, Ann Lasley – violin, Will Logan – violin, Julie Metz – violin, Pam Moore – violin, Cheryl Ongaro – violin, Delia Park – violin, Irina Voloshina – violin, Corinne Chapelle – violin, German Markosian – viola, Eugene Mechtovich – viola, Cathy Paynter – viola, John Krovoza – cello, Sarah O'Brien – cello Lisa Pribanic – cello, Alexander Zhiroff – cello, Gary Lasley – contrabass, April Aoki – harp, Cheryl Foster – oboe, Matt Reynolds – French horn, James Mattos – French horn, Paul Klintworth – French horn, Doug Lyons – French horn, Luis Aquino – trumpet, Kerry Hughes – trumpet, Rich Berkeley – trombone, and Dana Hughes – trombone/bass trombone. |