Foros Timis Ston Greco
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| Foros Timis Ston Greco | ||
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| Studio album by Vangelis | ||
| Released | 1995 | |
| Recorded | 1995 | |
| Genre | Classical music | |
| Length | 58m53s | |
| Label | Warner Music | |
| Producer(s) | Vangelis | |
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| Vangelis chronology | ||
| Voices (Vangelis album) (1995) |
Foros Timis Ston Greco (1995) |
Portraits (So Long Ago, So Clear) (1996) |
Φόρος Τιμής Στον Γκρέκο (Foros Timis Ston Greco, lit. A Tribute to El Greco) is a classical album by Greek electronic composer and artist Vangelis (as Βαγγέλης Παπαθανασίου, Vangelis Papathanassiou). The title is an allusion to the man who inspired the composition, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Dominikos Theotokópoulos, 1541 – 1614), the Cretan-born painter and sculptor better known as El Greco.
The album was published as a limited edition of 3,000 CDs and sold exclusively at the National Art Gallery and Alexandros Soutzos Museum in Athens, Greece, which was raising funds to buy El Greco's painting "St. Peter". The luxurious packaging, in a dark-blue velvet box, included a 128-page coffee-table book, about El Greco's paintings, dedicated to Vangelis, and a digipack containing the CD. Each CD carried Vangelis' personal signature and a unique serial number. For such a special edition, the price was 30,000 drachmas (about US $150 at the time).
Vangelis composed and arranged the album, and performed all the instruments, accompanied by a choir conducted by Ivan Cassar. The music is in a Byzantine style yet sounding contemporary due to his use of synthesizers. Soprano Montserrat Caballé and tenor Konstantinos Paliatsaras make guest appearances on one movement each.
A regular edition of the album was released worldwide in 1998, with three new tracks and a new title: El Greco.
[edit] Track listing
- Μέρος/Movement I
- Μέρος/Movement II
- Μέρος/Movement III
- Μέρος/Movement IV
- Μέρος/Movement V
- Μέρος/Movement VI
- Μέρος/Movement VII
Movements III and V were included in Vangelis' compilation Reprise 1990-1999 (2000).
