According to several sources, Vangelis is releasing a solo piano album at beginning of new year. Could be interesting. Or really bad. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/20...elis-nocturne/
According to several sources, Vangelis is releasing a solo piano album at beginning of new year. Could be interesting. Or really bad. http://www.synthtopia.com/content/20...elis-nocturne/
Vangelis is in some kind of a roll, great music he's been doing but not released.
The mysterious Algerian/French film has some amazing music, it can only be seen seldom and by special screening, one trailer has been removed, this one is an indicator of the score.
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The thread - theater - looks like a great score too.
http://thethread.eu
Tribute to Stephen Hawking CD
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/science-...-to-black-hole
https://www.stephenhawkinginterment.com/thecd/
And there is more...
Let's hope this is happening. I'd certainly buy a copy. In the meantime I am enjoying Benny Andersson's 'Piano' album. It is made up of 24 pieces, half a dozen or so of them the beautiful piano melodies which Bjorn Ulvaeus added lyrics to and which became Abba songs. Very relaxing album at any time of day.
I'm hoping this could be good, thanks for the info.
Count me in. I'm a sucker for Vangelis, and a sucker for solo piano music. Put the two together, well, fill in the blank ___________________.
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I'm not familiar with his solo piano work, so I'm intrigued.
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25 Jan. No covers a la Rick. Looking forward to it.
Listened to it 4x now. Exactly what I expected: tranquil, relaxing, his well-known melodies sounding lovelier than ever. Without re-interpretations of pop classics it's probably unlikely it'll sell as well as Rick's first one.
I've now heard the Vangelis Nocturne album. Wretched. It sounds like some cheesy new age cover of Vangelis with horrible electric piano sound and sappy string pads. Honestly, I don't believe this is actually Vangelis. He's done some shlocky music but never with such a lack of taste, nuance and touch.
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Hurtleturtled Out of Heaven - an electronic music composition, on CD and vinyl
https://michaelpdawson.bandcamp.com
http://www.waysidemusic.com/Music-Pr...MCD-spc-7.aspx
'Patrick Moraz' was actually a gas fitter from Stoke Newington called Jim Spriggs who repaired Jon's central heating boiler one day. Vangelis is notoriously reticent to appear in public and Jon thought that Jim had the looks of a rock star, so he hired him to mime the keyboard parts while Vangelis's actual keyboards were relayed down a telephone line from his underground bunker in Athens. Unfortunately Spriggs let the fame go to his head and signed up with the Moody Blues, who were furious when they found out and excised him from the band's official records.
Nocturne at #75 in the UK midweek album chart.
Henry
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Karl Jenkins has a new release out next week called, er, Piano Album. Rick's certainly started something ....................
Not sure how I feel about this one - the original is such a work of art.
I've heard the whole thing a few times now. It's not bad at all for what it is; in fact, it's quite a pleasant listen. While I would not go as far as to call it 'wretched,' side-by-side I still much prefer the original versions of this song and the few others he's rearranged for this release.
Perhaps we should also keep in mind the Vangelis will be 76 years old soon, so it's probably not reasonable to expect Blade Runner / Chariots of Fire / Heaven & Hell / Spiral / Direct, etc. at this point. One wonders, however, at what hidden gems lurk within the vast amounts of music he must have stashed away in his own personal archive. He's said on a number of occasions that if he were to put out all the music that he creates, he'd release 40 albums per year. I do hope the world eventually gets to hear some of that!
That "To The Unknown Man" rework is very nice, actually. I can't imagine this album being anywhere near as bad as John says it is, but I thought it was 100% original. Guess not.
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As far as the latest flurry of piano albums is concerned, Robert John Godfrey got in before Rick. His Art of Melody album came out in 2013. He is said to be working on another one.
I love these piano albums. I'll be buying Karl Jenkins' album for sure.
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