I really enjoyed this cd. Yanni has kept to a similar grasp on composing, but with a different sound. Yanni, is a blessed musician in the fact that he has been very successful at keeping to his extremely vast span of creativity. I gave it 4 stars because I really do prefer his old sound, which brings me to another topic...

Others have recommended an artist named Mehdi as being similiar to Yanni. I found very little similarity but fell in love with the music. I picked up his new CD and it's awesome...Samples are at SoothingMusic.Com. Recommended !

Absolutely a truely WONDERFUL CD.

I am very, very *pleased* with this YANNI CD. I have MANY, MANY of YANNI's CDs. But this one is near the top of all of the ones that I do have.

YANNI is a wonderful musician and performer.

I just had the wonderful opportunity to see him in a live concert in Atlanta, GA March 11, 2003.

If you are a true YANNI fan and lover, as I am, this is one CD that is a MUST for your YANNI's musical CD collection.

I do not believe you will be disappointed in any way :-)

Thank you for letting me share my views on this with you.

This new release by Yanni is a masterpiece.....the vocals used are perfect and take you into another world....almost every song has vocals which is different from a lot of his earlier work....this album is very cohesive and each track molds and flows easily into the next.....it uses a lot of world sounds....celtic....new age and is a tour de force of an album! This cd is for anyone and everyone who loves easy listening!

This album was slightly better than "If I could tell You" but still, I find myself craving for something similar to Yanni's Live at the Acropolis. I first became a Yanni diehard fan with LATA because of the orchestration, his originality, and the contemporary feel to his songs. I had purchased many of his CDs and went to his Tribute tour so I can listen to him perform his oginial, and mesmerizing, songs. Yet, in this CD (and the last one), Yanni produced the same kind of unexceptional music throughout, where song A can easily be interchanged with song C. Then, his orchestration is plaqued with too much vocals. I don't mind a song with lyrics, but the past three albums have demonstrated that vocals and orchestration don't mix well. Given the dissapointment of these past three albums, I was not sure if I wanted to go to the ethnicity tour. I bought the tickets anyway, just to figure out what he is up to, and to decide if I want to buy more of his CDs in the future. I went there thinking I was going to be dissapointed. However, the ethnicity concert was a lot better than I thought, where orchestration, original compositions, and unique performers saved the day. The question is then, what is Yanni's next album gong to be like. I might not purchase more of his CDs if the next one turns out to be a carbon copy of "If I could tell you" or "ethnicity".

I was never really into Yanni before but my mother is a huge fan of his music. One night while this CD was playing in the kitchen, I just happened to walk into the room when "Almost A Whisper" was on and I just totally fell in love with the song!! I love everything about the song, musically, lyrically, vocally!! The woman who did the singing sounds kind of like operatic and she has such a beautiful voice!!

After I fell in love with the song, and until I was able to buy my own copy, I borrowed this CD and listened to it in my room from beginning to end but my all time favorite track will always be Almost A Whisper!! I love it so much that many times since that first listen, I have put that one song on repeat because it's one of those songs that just totally flows flawlessly and you can hear it over and over again without getting bored!! I love that part that goes "Please Don't Give Up, Please Don't You Give Up, I Still Believe, I Still Believe, I Still Believe In Us." It's really romantic which is a definite plus since I am a total hopeless romantic!! That song alone just makes this CD a must have!! I have heard the original version of Almost A Whisper also and it's nice and I will be getting that CD with that version too but I just love this vocal version so much more!! The only problem I have is the song is not long enough because when you love a song so much, it's just over way too soon!!!

If you like Yanni or New Age at all, get this CD!!!