Juno to Jupiter
album by Vangelis
Juno to Jupiter is the last studio album by Greek musician and composer Vangelis, released on 24 September 2021 by Decca Records. It was his final studio album, prior to his death in 2022. After Mythodea (2001), it is his third album inspired by space missions, this time of the space probe Juno. It features soprano Angela Gheorghiu on three tracks.
Background
As the title suggests, Vangelis was inspired by NASA's space mission of Juno to Jupiter. It includes sounds from the same mission (#1, #17), and Angela Gheorghiu (#9, #13, #16). The mission and meaning of the album is "named so after Hera (in Roman Juno), who, according to Greek mythology, was the mother of Gods and humans and the wife of Zeus, in Roman Jupiter, who was the father of Gods and humans". According to Vangelis, he "put emphasis on the characteristics of Jupiter/Zeus and Hera/Juno that according to the Greek Theogony, had a special relationship. I felt that I should present Zeus/Jupiter only with sound, as the musical laws transform chaos into harmony, which moves everything and life itself. Unlike, for Hera / Juno, I felt the need for a voice.
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