Vangelis: Juno to Jupiter 2LP

Vangelis presents his new album in 2021: On "Juno To Jupiter," the Greek composer and electronic music pioneer devotes himself to the mission of Juno. In a total of 14 tracks, he takes his listeners on a multidimensional musical journey. He is supported by the Romanian soprano Angela Gheorghiu. "Juno To Jupiter" was inspired by the mission of NASA's Juno spacecraft to explore Jupiter. The music combines acoustic symphonic music with electronic sounds and sounds from the Juno launch on Earth, the probe and the subsequent journey of Juno sent back to Earth by the probe. Juno owes her name to Roman mythology. The Roman god Jupiter, who corresponds to the Greek "sky father" Zeus, put a veil of clouds around himself to hide his mischief. His wife Juno (the Greek Hera), however, could see through the clouds and thus reveal her husband's true nature. Compared to this, the Juno spacecraft looks through the clouds to reveal the planet Jupiter and its secrets. Vangelis explained: "I wanted to emphasize the characteristics of Jupiter/Zeus and Juno/Hera, which according to the Greek theogony had a special relationship. I felt that I should represent Zeus/Jupiter only with sound, as the laws of music transform chaos into harmony, which moves everything and life itself. Unlike Hera/Juno, I felt the need for a voice. Angela Gheorghiu stunningly portrays Hera/Juno in this historical account of the mission to the planet Jupiter."