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The 500 Essential House/Club/Electro Albums
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It's easy to forget the sheer freight of Vangelis's 1975 recording, Heaven and Hell. Released five years before his infamous score for the film Chariots of Fire, Heaven and Hell is a symphonic suite for orchestra and chorus; only the orchestra is all Vangelis, playing an array of electronic keyboards and percussion, joined by the English Chamber Choir. It's a magnificent work, both bombastic and serene, part Carl Orff, part Bach, but rich with that indefinable, spatial moodiness that's trademark Vangelis. The choir calls out to the heavens, synthesizers spin in counterpoint to tuned percussion, and timpani and cymbals crash on
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Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records
Release date: 29 April 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0019341123224 UPC: 019341123224
Release date: 29 April 1997
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0019341123224 UPC: 019341123224
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