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With the release of Yanni Voices, I have been reintroduced to an artist I only knew of vaguely, but also introduced to four intriguing artists who joined Yanni in this album.
The album has many songs that are new favorites on my Zune. No, not all of the songs will be my favorites, but I recognize the high quality of both the music and the voice in every track.
This album has such musical variety to it -- there is a strong male ballad, for example, followed by a soft, female pop song. Although I love many types of music, if I'm in a somber mood for a ballad, I do not want to next be jumping up and dancing to a pop song. And vice versa. For this reason, I would have preferred that the four new singers be introduced separately - perhaps in a four-CD set? - so that I could listen to each artist's music separately.
This little preference is easily remedied by downloading the CD onto my computer and separating the tracks into playlists, so I still give the Yanni Voices project 5 stars and a high recommendation.
What's great about it: The music is pure and beautifully composed
What's not so great: I wish each artist were on a different CD