Heaven and Hell (1975 album) - Definition

Heaven and Hell is a 1975 is the second solo album of the Greek artist Vangelis. It has classical overtones, but branches into ethnic themes occasionally. One of the album's themes was used as the theme tune of the television documentary series Cosmos (by Carl Sagan), which also included some other music by Vangelis among others.

Tracks

"Heaven and Hell" has two tracks:

• Heaven and Hell (part one) - 21:58 (including the 4:58 So Long Ago, So Clear)
• Heaven and Hell (part two) - 21:16

Older pressings of the LP version have a more elaborate track listing:

• Part One:
  • Bacchanale — 4:40
  • Symphony to the Powers B — 8:18
  • Movement 3 — 4:03
  • So Long Ago, So Clear — 5:00
• Part Two:
  • Intestinal Bat — 3:18
  • Needles and Bones — 3:22
  • 12 O'Clock — 8:48
  • Aries — 2:05
  • A Way — 3:45

Artists

Vangelis plays synthesizers, grand piano (Bösendorfer), percussion and several other instruments.

The choirs are by the English Chamber Choir, conducted by Guy Protheroe. Lead vocals on "12 O'Clock" are by Vana Veroutis.

Jon Anderson contributes lead vocals to "So Long Ago, So Clear". This was to be the first product of a collaboration (spanning 20 years) between the two artists, sometimes as Jon & Vangelis.

Music

As stated, this was a more classical effort by Vangelis, contrasting with the progressive rock on Earth and Albedo 0.39, which was released less than a year later. He would later return to classically-styled work on Mask.

External links

• Elsewhere (http://elsew.com/data/albums3.htm) (fan site)
• Review (http://www.progreviews.com/reviews/display.php?rev=van-hah) from progressive rock view