Yanni Live! The Concert Event is the third live album by Yanni. It was recorded live at the Mandalay Bay Events Center, Las Vegas on November 6, 2004, and released in August 2006 as a CD and concert film on DVD. The album peaked at No. 1 on Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart; No. 6 on the "Top Independent Albums" chart; No. 84 on the "Billboard 200" chart; and at No. 84 on the "Top Internet Albums" chart, during the same year.
Critical reception
In a review by Richie Unterberger of AllMusic, "Recorded and filmed for DVD live at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas during Yanni's 2005 world tour, this 65-minute set delivers what you'd expect from a live Yanni album: an eclectic, cinematic fusion of world, new age, and mainstream contemporary pop styles. The 13 songs are, with one exception, drawn from releases dating back to the 1980s ("Keys to the Imagination" having been the title track of his 1986 album) all the way up to the most recent studio effort predating this recording, 2003's Ethnicity (from which three songs are presented)."
Track listing – Album "Rainmaker" – 5:20 "Keys to Imagination" – 5:22 "Enchantment" – 4:06 "Standing in Motion" – 1:38 "On Sacred Ground" – (McNeill, Yanni) – 7:56 "Playtime" – 7:08 "Until the Last Moment" – 6:36 "If I Could Tell You" – 4:19 "For All Seasons" – 8:14 "The Storm" – 5:07 (based on Antonio Vivaldi's 18th century violin concerto "Summer" from The Four Seasons) "Prelude" – 5:21 "Nostalgia" – 4:31
Track listing – Video "Standing in Motion" "Rainmaker" "Keys to Imagination" "Enchantment" "On Sacred Ground" "Playtime" "Until the Last Moment" "If I Could Tell You" "For All Seasons" "The Storm" "Prelude" "Nostalgia" "World Dance"
Personnel Yanni (Greece) – Piano, Keyboards
Band Charlie Adams (USA) – drums Victor Espinola (Paraguay) – harp, vocals Pedro Eustache (Venezuela) – flute, saxophone, duduk, whistle, bansuri Ramon Flores (Mexico) – trumpet Ming Freeman (Taiwan) – keyboards David Hudson (Australia) – didgeridoo Hussain Jiffry (Sri Lanka) – bass guitar Sayaka Katsuki (Japan) – violin Dan Landrum (USA) – hammered dulcimer Armen Movsessian (Armenia) – violin Walter Rodriguez (Puerto Rico) – percussion Samvel Yervinyan (Armenia) – violin
Vocalists Alfreda Gerald (USA) Michelle Amato (USA)
Orchestra Kristen Autry (USA) – violin April Cap (USA) – oboe Zachary Carrettin (USA) – violin Ilona Geller (Ukraine) – viola Kerry Hughes (USA) – trumpet Jim Mattos (USA) – French horn Eugene Mechtovich (USA) – viola Kristin Morrison (USA) – French horn Sarah O'Brien (England) – cello Dana Teboe (USA) – trombone Erika Walczak (USA) – violin Alexander Zhiroff (Russia) – cello
"Yanni Live!" tour dates Date City Country Venue North AmericaNovember 6, 2004Las VegasUnited StatesMandalay Bay Events CenterNovember 7, 2004PhoenixGlendale ArenaNovember 9, 2004TucsonTucson Convention CenterNovember 11, 2004SacramentoArrowhead PondNovember 12, 2004San JoseHP PavilionNovember 13, 2004SacramentoARCO ArenaNovember 14, 2004RenoLawlor Events CenterNovember 16, 2004FresnoSave Mart ArenaNovember 17, 2004BakersfieldCentennial ArenaNovember 19, 2004SpokaneSpokane ArenaNovember 20, 2004PortlandRose Garden ArenaNovember 21, 2004SeattleKeyArenaNovember 22, 2004VancouverCanadaPacific ColiseumNovember 24, 2004CalgarySaddledomeNovember 25, 2004EdmontonRexall PlaceNovember 27, 2004Salt Lake CityUnited StatesDelta CenterNovember 28, 2004DenverPepsi CenterNovember 29, 2004Colorado SpringsWorld ArenaDecember 1, 2004HoustonToyota CenterDecember 2, 2004DallasNextStageDecember 4, 2004MonterreyMexicoMonterrey ArenaDecember 7, 2004HidalgoUnited StatesDodge ArenaDecember 8, 2004LaredoEntertainment CenterDecember 10, 2004Mexico CityMexicoMexico Sports PalaceJanuary 19, 2005Wilkes-BarreUnited StatesWachovia Arena at Casey PlazaJanuary 21, 2005New York CityRadio City Music HallJanuary 22, 2005January 23, 2005UncasvilleMohegan SunJanuary 25, 2005AlbanyPepsi ArenaJanuary 27, 2005WorcesterCentrum CentresJanuary 28, 2005MontrealCanadaBell CentreJanuary 29, 2005ManchesterUnited StatesVerizon Wireless ArenaJanuary 30, 2005BuffaloHSBC ArenaFebruary 1, 2005LondonCanadaJohn Labatt CentreFebruary 2, 2005TorontoAir Canada CentreFebruary 3, 2005OttawaCorel CentreFebruary 5, 2005PittsburghUnited StatesMellon ArenaFebruary 8, 2005Saint PaulXcel Energy CenterFebruary 9, 2005MilwaukeeBradley CenterFebruary 11, 2005Auburn HillsThe Palace of Auburn HillsFebruary 12, 2005ClevelandGund ArenaFebruary 13, 2005Washington, D.C.MCI CenterFebruary 15, 2005Grand RapidsVan Andel ArenaFebruary 17, 2005ChicagoUnited CenterFebruary 18, 2005ColumbusJerome Schottenstein CenterFebruary 19, 2005PhiladelphiaWachovia CenterFebruary 20, 2005NorfolkScopes ArenaFebruary 22, 2005DuluthGwinnett CenterFebruary 24, 2005JacksonvilleJacksonville Veterans Memorial ArenaFebruary 25, 2005OrlandoTD Waterhouse ArenaFebruary 26, 2005TampaSt. Pete Times ForumFebruary 27, 2005SunriseOffice Depot Center
Production Executive producer: Yanni Directed by Jerry McReynolds & George Veras. Remote and Mobile Production Facilities PMTV
References
External links Official Website
Yanni Live! The Concert Event at AllMovie