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Product details
Title
Reflections Of Passion
Performer
Yanni
Genre
New Age
Sub Genre
Keyboard/Synthesizer
Release Date
02/1996
Original Release Year
1990
Label / Distributor
Private Music / Sony Music/Arvato Services
Engineer
Yanni; Jerry Steckling
Producer
Peter Baumann; Yanni
Pieces in Set
1
Studio / Live
Studio
Stereo
Stereo
Format
Performer
EAN
4007192606528
Catalogue Number
260652
SPAR code
DDD
Additional notes
Album 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).
Titles on disc 1
1.
After The Sunrise
2.
Mermaid
3.
Quiet Man
4.
Nostalgia
5.
Almost A Whisper
6.
Acrorali
7.
Rain Must Fall
8.
Swept Away
9.
Farewell
10.
Secret Vow
11.
Flight Of Fantasy
12.
Word In Private
13.
First Touch
14.
Reflections
15.
Reflections Of Passion
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31/12/2005
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