Reflections Of Passion

Performer: Yanni
Engineer: Jerry Steckling; Yanni
Producer: Peter Baumann; Yanni
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: REFLECTIONS OF PASSION contains songs from Yanni's 5 previous albums plus 3 newly recorded songs from 1990. REFLECTIONS OF PASSION is also available as part of the boxed set YANNI: THE PRIVATE YEARS with the CDs IN MY TIME, IN CELEBRATION OF LIFE, DARE TO DREAM and CD and DVD versions of LIVE AT THE ACROPOLIS. Personnel: Yanni (keyboards, synthesizers); Charlie Adams (drums, electronic drums, percussion). Personnel: Yanni (piano). Audio Mixer: Yanni. Recording information: Yanni's Private Studio (09/25/1993). 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

One of modern instrumental music's most distinctive and popular composers, Yanni popularized the combination of synthesizers and full-scale symphony orchestra. The Greek performer combined his musical abilities with a flair for flamboyant visuals, coming across like a more dignified, New Age version of Liberace. His mix of music and spectacle made him a star in the 1990s.

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