Yanni Voices


Yanni Voices is the fourteenth studio album and fifth live DVD by Yanni, released on Yanni/Wake label in 2009.

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. 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 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.
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

Track listing (Target Exclusive Edition)

Track listing (Spanish Version - Voces)

Personnel

;Vocals

Set list

  1. "Open/Santorini"
  2. "Unico Amore "
  3. "Nei Tuoi Occhi "
  4. "Ritual De Amore "
  5. "Before the Night Ends"
  6. "Within Attraction"
  7. "Change"
  8. "Bajo El Cielo De Noviembre "
  9. "Mi Todo Eres Tu "
  10. "Vivi Il Tuo Sogno "
  11. "Duet"
  12. "Theory of Everything"
  13. "Omaggio "
  14. "Our Days"
  15. "Susurro's En la Oscuridad"
  16. "Kill Me with Your Love"
  17. "Cello"
  18. "Amare Di Nuovo "
  19. "The Keeper"
  20. "Marching Season"
  21. "Quedate Conmigo"
  22. "Niki Nana"
;Encore
  1. "Standing in Motion"
  2. "Nostalgia"
  3. "The Storm"

    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