{"product_id":"yanni-live-at-the-acropolis-3","title":"Yanni Live At The Acropolis","description":"Product Description\n\n* Expanded package includes new photos and new liner notes. * The DVD features the most dramatic footage filmed of Yanni live in concert. * The DVD contains backstage interviews and exclusive behind-the-scenes footage of the making of the video.\nOn the night of September 25, 1993, beneath the golden glow of the Parthenon, a standing-room-only crowd assembled to witness a stunning spectacle of sight and sound. The majestic stone arches of the 2,000 year-old Herod Atticus Theatre became the setting for a performance of a lifetime. The passionate crowd warmly embraced its native son, internationally known composer and performer, Yanni, who was returning home after two decades in America.\n\nAmazon.com\n\nYanni can be likened to 1970s rock group Emerson, Lake and Palmer. There are several basic parallels, especially in this orchestra-enhanced concert reworking of his more propulsive, anthemic compositions. Yanni, who in concert sometimes strikes the rapturous two-keyboard \"iron-cross\" pose that served as one of Keith Emerson's trademarks, uses, as ELP did, classical and world-music influences to elevate pop-inclined compositions to more sophisticated levels. He then turbocharges the whole concoction with bold strokes of prog-rock bravura to give his finest pieces a dramatic, chest-swelling, larger-than-life impact. A key difference between the two acts, of course, is Yanni possesses a much stronger romantic streak, plus he refrains from attacking his keyboards with sharp objects. At his best, Yanni strikes incendiary sparks with the driving, celebratory quality of his music, and this production, culling some of the best audio moments from his much-televised 1993 concert performance in Athens, is a most appealing showcase. Yanni can sometimes strike the sonic hammer as forcefully as a Greek god (\"Santorini,\" \"Keys to Imagination\") and, on this album at least, gives even overtly romantic pieces (\"One Man's Dream,\" \"Swept Away\") a warmly masculine flair. Beautifully arranged and recorded; a pleasure to experience. --Terry Wood\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000B7QCKO\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000B7QCKO.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Bradley Joseph|Yanni|Ric Fierabracci|Michael \"Kalani\" Bruno|Shardad Rohani|Charlie Adams|Julie Homi|Karen Briggs\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41448625176634,"sku":"DBV.B000B7QCKO.G","price":6.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000B7QCKO-0.jpg?v=1780860477","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/yanni-live-at-the-acropolis-3","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}