Released March 24, 2014 Label Sony Classical | Length 50:50 Inspirato
(2014) Sensuous Chill
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Genre Contemporary instrumental
Easy listening
Soft adult contemporary Producer Yanni
Plácido Domingo
Ric Wake | ||
Inspirato is the seventeenth studio album by Yanni, released in 2014. To create the album, Yanni collaborated with opera tenor Plácido Domingo and producer Ric Wake to select distinguished vocalists to perform songs that Yanni had previously released over his career.
Contents
Content and production
The album's tracks are based on selected songs from throughout Yanni's career, but have newly created lyrics sung by distinguished vocalists having opera backgrounds. The dominant language of the album's lyrics is Italian. The album, with its lyrical and classical elements, was characterized as reflecting a radical change in Yanni's style. Despite the album's use of opera singers, Yanni emphasized the album was "not opera."
Yanni collaborated with tenor Plácido Domingo and producer Ric Wake to match Yanni’s songs to the respective vocalists. In part because of the distinguished vocalists' schedules, the project is said to have required four years to complete.
Contributors to album
The following individuals contributed to Inspirato (listed alphabetically).
Track listing
Inspirato includes the following tracks.
Except for the adaptation Ode À L'Humanité (Aria), all songs were written and composed by Yanni.
Production
Reception
Inspirato peaked at #1 in Billboard's Top New Age Album category for 2014 and 2015, and was Billboard's No. 11 selling New Age album of 2014.
In March 2015, Inspirato received the Best Album of the Year award from Reviews New Age (Spain). The album's extension of Yanni's style into the lyrical and classical was characterized by Reviews New Age's Alejandro Clavijo as being an overwhelming success.