Yanni - Tribute
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Movie Reviews of Yanni - Tribute
Movie Review: Yanni - again!
Summary: 5 Stars
Never tire of his great arrangements. So vibrant and cohesive. Another winner.Movie Review: A Musical Fairytale on DVD
Summary: 4 Stars
Already owning the CD and the video, I was glad I could buy the DVD version of Tribute. Deliverance is without a doubt the best track on this DVD, combining great rhythms, string orchestra, chants by the female vocalists and marvellous melodies and native instruments into a beautiful composition. This track alone is more than worth the price of the DVD.Adagio In G Minor is a very soundtrack-like piece with piano and string orchestra. Renegade is sort of a soprano saxophone/violin duet.
Dance With A Stranger is a piece where various instruments play a short solo. A very relaxed and laid-back piece. Tribute is another highlight with vocals in the intro, followed by some beautiful violin playing accompanied by a choir. Very classical oriented.
Prelude a short piece with native instruments. After a couple of minutes this piece goes into Love is All, which is one of the two only tracks with lyrics on the album. Accompanied by Spanish guitar this is a rather radio-friendly tune with great soulful vocals and the full choir.Southern Exposure starts another laid back tune with female backing vocals, saxophone and violin. Later on in the song things get more rhythmic and swinging with nice interplay between the violins and female vocalists. Next in line is Waltz In 7/8 then. Great piece of work with flutes, latin influences and a keyboard solo. Nightingale is probably one of the quietest songs on the DVD.It features some bird like flute-playing with a slight Japanese feeling. Of course the big string orchestra is present as well.
Niki Nana (We're One) starts with the native sounds of a didgeridoo. After about half a minute the electric band picks up, a flute plays and the vocalists start. Marvellous song. In addition to the CD version the DVD and video version end with the track Santorini, from the Live at the Acropolis album, which equals the track Deliverance for me in giving me goose bumps all over my body. The DVD as well as the video contains also "the making of" and this part is really well worth watching because it shows more of the ecstatic reactions of the audience itself and gives you insight in Yannis life. The whole show itself is a pleasure to watch. The fun the members of the band have in performing their music is great to see and gets you in a good mood as well.The only thing I see as a disappointment is the fact that the DVD was not released in the Dolby 5.1 surround mode. That could have lifted up the experience in seeing, hearing and feeling this music to the ultimate top.
Movie Review: Why oh why not widescreen?
Summary: 4 Stars
What a wonderful concert video set in two magical places in the world and, if you are a fan of New Age music, the tunes and the playing do not get much better than this. It was great to see audiences very different from those we always see react to beautiful music and superb entertainment. How about David Hudson, eh?; what a guy!!! The sound of the 'duduk' will always haunt me... Yanni, please use this instrument more in your music! Having been so effusive in praise of this DVD's content why am I giving it only 4 stars? That is just to tell the dumb marketing person who decided to release the pan and scan version, instead of a widescreen and anamorphic version, what a wonderful opportunity was missed by trying to save a few dollars. Actually, both P&S and widescreen versions could have been released on the same disc! Imagine viewing the Taj Mahal and the Forbidden City in a widescreen vista!! How nicely that would have set off Yanni's orchestra! The original video quality would have been excellent (I own the VHS version also) so making an anamorphic version should have been a cinch. May I remind the marketing person, too, that the demographic of those who might watch this video would include lots of more mature people with a good deal of money and the financial power to buy widescreen TVs. Lastly, I have no complaints about the DD 5.1 sound mix.
Movie Review: Yanni - always great to listen to and watch
Summary: 4 Stars
The first time I saw and heard Yanni was on the PBS broadcast of Live at the Acropolis, and I was hooked. My wife insisted I get the CD. It is still her favorite CD.
Lost touch for some years, and didn't know that Yanni's concert at the Taj Mahal was available.
Finally got the Concert Event on DVD and the whole magic of his music was back again. Pedro Eustache (Duduk, flutes.. is there anything this guy cannot do?) and Samvel Yervinyan (violin) are the super talented musicians who helped Yanni create probably his best music concert. I only wish I could have seen the actual concert.
On Amazon, I finally checked out and got Yanni's Tribute DVD. This is terrific.... I simply love Nightingale. Having all three of Yanni;s DVDs, I think his Concert Event is the best.
I agree with another reviewer, however, that the Concert Event and other DVDs are most enjoyable on the DVD, but if you just want to LISTEN, then Yanni's CDs like Reflections of Passions, etc are the way to go. The DVDs have more showmanship and the individual musicians are a joy to watch when they play their magic. Love Yanni for bringing us this great music.
Movie Review: Great content, bad production
Summary: 4 Stars
I had this concert on VHS and was looking forward to the DVD version. The concert itself is great. The settings in China and India are wonderful and the tracks are magnificent. Yanni has brought together a very talented group of musicians and his creative writing is at it's best. Unfortunately I was very disappointed in the production quality. You'll have to turn down your sub-woofer on this one as the base is way over cooked. There is also a spot that actually freezes for a second on one track. Overall the content is great. Hopefully next time Yanni will take advantage of the latest technology. But then "Hell Freezes Over" by the Eagles sets a very high standard.