Yanni Live at the Acropolis, is the name of both an album and video by contemporary instrumental musician Yanni, recorded live at the Herodes Atticus Theatre, Athens, Greece, on September 25, 1993, and released in 1994. (see 1994 in music and 1994 in film). This album peaked at #1 on Billboard s Top New Age Albums chart and at #5 on the Billboard 200 chart in the same year. The film spent 229 weeks on Billboard s Top Music Video charts and Top VHS sales charts, and received an Emmy nomination in 1994 for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Lighting Direction (Electronic) for a Drama Series, Variety Series, Miniseries or a Special .

In a three-year television deal with PBS, the live television special was one of the top fundraising subjects for PBS, raising $13 million, with more than 750,000 home videos and more than 7 million albums sold worldwide. It has been seen in 65 countries by half a billion people, has almost continuously remained on the charts since its release, and is the second best-selling music video of all time, (behind Michael Jackson s video for Thriller with nine million units).

The composition, Acroyali/Standing in Motion, from this album, was determined to have the Mozart Effect , by the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine because it was similar to Mozart s K 448 in tempo, structure, melodic and harmonic consonance and predictability.)

The corresponding concert tour of the year was Yanni Live, The Symphony Concerts 1994 .

Disc 1
01. Tango to Evora - Loreena McKennitt
02. Dancing with the Lion - Andreas Vollenweider
03. Ariel - October Project
04. Pulstar - Vangelis
05. Angel - Sarah McLachlan
06. When I m with U/Everything I Ever Needed - Ottmar Liebert, Luna Negra
07. Moorlough Shore - Caroline LaVelle
08. Oxygene, Pt. 4 - Jean-Michel Jarre
09. World of Wonders - Freud
10. Theme from Silk Road - Kitaro
11. Salva Me - Libera
12. Escape from the Atmosphere - Mannheim Steamroller
13. Moments in Love - The Art of Noise
14. Behind the Waterfall - David Lanz, Paul Speer
15. Mono - Life In Mono

Disc 2
01. Barcelona Night - Ottmar Liebert, Luna Negra
02. Deliver Me - Sarah Brightman
03. Rendez Vous IV - Jean-Michel Jarre
04. Aria - Yanni
05. Toccata - Mannheim Steamroller
06. The Mummer s Dance - Loreena McKennitt
07. Sara s Band - Mannheim Steamroller
08. Theme from Harry s Game - Clannad
09. Eternal - Freud
10. Behind the Gardens-Behind the Wall-Under the Tree - Andreas Vollenweider
11. Turning Ground - Caroline LaVelle
12. Rain Forest - David Lanz, Paul Speer
13. Beyond Imagination From a Midsummer Nights Dream - Opera Babies
14. Return to Me - October Project
15. Oxygene 10 - Jean-Michel Jarre

Disc 3
01. Acroyali/Standing in Motion - Yanni
02. Adiemus - Adiemus
03. Ocean Blvd/Miami - Ottmar Liebert
04. Habanera - Filippa Giordano
05. Voices - Vangelis
06. Black Elk - Pete Bardens
07. In the Beginning - Beautiful World
08. Life in a Northern Town - The Dream Academy
09. Moon Dance - Andreas Vollenweider
10. All I Have - Caroline LaVelle
11. Four Rows of Jacks - Chip Davis, Mannheim Steamroller
12. The Journey Begins: Kyla s Ride - David Arkenstone
13. Oxygene, Pt. 2 - Jean-Michel Jarre
14. Erotica - Roberto Perera
15. Join Me - Gregorian
16. Show Me - Ofra Haza