Yanni / If I Could Tell You – CD (Used)

Description

Author: Yanni

Release Date: 03-10-2000

Details: Amazon.ca Modest in both scale and sound, If I Could Tell You represents a less-elaborate, back-to-basics approach to music for an artist lately accustomed to staging Grand Statements (see Tribute). A straightforward, keyboard-based studio recording with minimal accompaniment, If I Could Tell You finds Yanni exploring a pleasant though largely unexceptional middle ground–less overtly romantic than his early 1990s bestsellers In My Time and Dare to Dream nor as boldly expressive as his rousing early releases. « Sacred Ground » opens the disc with a choir of electronically treated voices chanting ethereally over gentle rhythms and Native American flute, followed by the flamenco-tinged minor drama of « The Flame Within ». Yanni’s most interesting ideas arrive at mid-disc, starting with the harmonic tribal chanting on the rhythmic « Wishing Well », followed by a pair of agreeable romantic-dramatic forays on piano and keyboards (« A Walk in the Rain », « Highland »). Yet compared to Yanni at his expressive best, these selections and others that follow convey a surprising neutrality. Not that this music is objectionable. The stately romantic piano found on « In Your Eyes », for example, is graceful and appealing. Overall, though, the mood here is tame, reserved–and here’s that word again–modest. After a three-year wait following the globe-girdling Tribute, this approach is a bit of a surprise. –Terry Wood Product description If I Could Tell You

UPC: 724384989323

EAN: 0724384989323

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood