Reviewing for AllMusic, Jonathan Widran writes, "It's no surprise that Yanni is most identified with this amazingly powerful experience (also presented as one of PBS's most popular concerts ever), because it seems like the musical project he was most destined to make.
Conversely, Robert Christgau gave the soundtrack album a "D+" grade in his consumer guide for The Village Voice, and called the performance "Affluent spirituality cum cornball romanticism from a florid New Age keyboard maestro" with little to say [REF].