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Album Review: Reflections of Passion
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Reflections of Passion

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  • Artist: Yanni
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: May 15, 1990
  • Total Time: 286:36
  • Type: Compilation (best of), Instrumental
  • Genre: New Age

Review

The album that launched a thousand wind machines, Reflections of Passion established Yanni as the face of contemporary instrumental music. While 15 of its songs were culled from earlier releases, it was nevertheless the pianist and composer's popular breakthrough. It propelled him onto the world stage -- literally, since he performed concerts in such locales as the Taj Mahal and China's Forbidden City. The exotic places fit Yanni's sweeping compositions, which incorporated crashing percussion and fleets of surging synthesizers to approximate what a wind storm would sound like if it was made of melody. "Nostalgia," "True Nature," and "Farewell" all worked on simplistic, yet extremely powerful piano lines that ebbed and flowed with new age grace. Sure, things could get a bit too soft-focus; tracks like "First Touch" were like delicate menageries teetering on a high shelf. But Yanni's command of straightforward structure and melody helped mainstream Reflections immensely. ~ Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
After the Sunrise Yanni Yanni (4:38)
The Mermaid Yanni Yanni (3:47)
Quiet Man Yanni Yanni (4:33)
Nostalgia Yanni Yanni (4:29)
Almost a Whisper Yanni Yanni (3:08)
The Rain Must Fall Yanni Yanni (4:37)
Acroyali Yanni Yanni (5:05)
Farewell Yanni Yanni (2:46)
Swept Away Yanni Yanni (5:09)
True Nature Yanni Yanni (4:35)
Secret Vows Yanni Yanni (3:58)
Flight of Fantasy Yanni Yanni (5:41)
A Word in Private Yanni Yanni (3:45)
First Touch Yanni Yanni (3:00)
Reflections of Passion Yanni Yanni (4:35)

Credits

Yanni (Engineer), Yanni (Mixing), Peter Baumann (Producer), Yanni (Producer), Yanni (Piano), Jerry Steckling (Engineer)
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Reflections of Passion
Studio album by Yanni
Released 1990
Genre Contemporary instrumental
Easy listening
Soft adult contemporary
Label Private Music
Producer Yanni
Professional reviews
Yanni chronology
Niki Nana
(1989)		 Reflections of Passion
(1990)		 In Celebration of Life
(1991)

Reflections of Passion, is Yanni's sixth album, released on the Private Music label in 1990, (see 1990 in music), with a concert tour the same year and same title. Although it is categorized by the RIAA as a full album, all but three of the tracks on the album had been released at least once prior. Since the album sampled the most successful tracks from Yanni's previous albums, it can be seen as a Greatest Hits compilation. It peaked at #1 on "Billboard's "Top New Age Albums" chart, and at #29 on the "Billboard 200" chart in the same year.[1]

"This album represents my life's passions during the past ten years. It is an expression of love for the people in my life, as well as for some very special and inspiring places I can never forget".[2]

Contents

Album

Track listing

  1. "After The Sunrise"
  2. "The Mermaid"
  3. "Quiet Man"
  4. "Nostalgia"
  5. "Almost A Whisper"
  6. "The Rain Must Fall"
  7. "Acroyali"
  8. "Farewell"
  9. "Swept Away"
  10. "True Nature"
  11. "Secret Vows"
  12. "Flight Of Fantasy"
  13. "A Word In Private"
  14. "First Touch"
  15. "Reflections Of Passion"

Personnel

RIAA certification

Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum database entries:[3]

  • (G=Gold, P=Platinum, M=Multi-Platinum)
  • YANNI REFLECTIONS OF PASSION 04/19/91 PRIVATE MUSIC G ALBUM SOLO Std
  • YANNI REFLECTIONS OF PASSION 10/16/91 PRIVATE MUSIC P ALBUM SOLO Std
  • YANNI REFLECTIONS OF PASSION 09/08/95 PRIVATE MUSIC M (2) ALBUM SOLO Std

The Reflections of Passion concert tour

Media excerpts

Star Tribune (1990-07-05) Playing with the Minnesota Orchestra has been a dream of Yanni Chryssomallis, who came from Greece in 1973 to study psychology at the University of Minnesota, where his brother already was a student there. It's coincidental that he will perform with the orchestra at Northrop auditorium, where he attended his first "U" class, Psychology 101. Yanni, who moved to Los Angeles in 1987, has played twice with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra. A video of the second appearance is being prepared for television broadcast on PBS or a cable network. Yanni plans to use the tape to convince other orchestras to perform with his quartet which includes percussionist Charlie Adams, Yanni's former colleague in the Twin Cities rock band Chameleon, and Minneapolis keyboardist, Bradley Joseph. He expects that he will work with as many as 10 symphonies this year, and then record with the Prague Symphony.[4]

Dates

1990

Cities

Set list

Band

Tour production

References

  1. ^ "Chart history for Reflections of Passion". Allmusic. http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hpfyxqwgld0e~T3. Retrieved 2007-08-31. 
  2. ^ (1990) Album notes for Reflections of Passion by Yanni [CD liner]. Private Music (P2 2067).
  3. ^ "Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Gold and Platinum searchable database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH. Retrieved 2007-01-01. 
  4. ^ Bream, Jon (1990-07-05). "Yanni's music strikes a chord for Linda Evans; so does the man". Star Tribune. 

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