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Inspirato

Inspirato
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Studio album by Yanni
Released March 24, 2014
Genre Contemporary instrumental
Easy listening
Soft adult contemporary
Length 50:50
Label Sony Classical
Producer Yanni
Plácido Domingo
Ric Wake
Yanni chronology
Playlist: The Very Best of Yanni
(2013)Playlist: The Very Best of Yanni2013
Inspirato
(2014)
Sensuous Chill
(2016)Sensuous Chill2016
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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.

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.

The following individuals contributed to Inspirato (listed alphabetically).

Plácido Domingo

Plácido Domingo Jr.

Renée Fleming

Vittorio Grigolo

Lauren Jelencovich

Katherine Jenkins

Chloe Lowery

Micaëla Oeste

Nathan Pacheco

Rolando Villazón

Russell Watson

Yanni

Pretty Yende

Inspirato includes the following tracks.

Except for the adaptation Ode À L'Humanité (Aria), all songs were written and composed by Yanni.

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.


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