The Piano Album

Nocturne: The Piano Album is a studio album by Greek musician and composer Vangelis, released on 25 January 2019 on Decca Records.

It is a solo piano album of 11 new tracks plus arrangements of various songs from his solo career.

Nocturne: The Piano Album
The Piano Album
Studio album by
Released25 January 2019
Recorded2018
GenreClassical
Length75:59
LabelDecca
ProducerVangelis
Vangelis chronology
Rosetta
(2016)
Nocturne: The Piano Album
(2019)
Juno to Jupiter
(2021)

Background

As the title suggests, Vangelis was inspired to record music of a night time theme. Music from the album was made available by people taking photographs of the moon and submitting them to the album's dedicated website.

"Nocturnal Promenade" is the album's first single.

Track listing

All tracks written and arranged by Vangelis.

No.TitleLength
1."Nocturnal Promenade"5:51
2."To the Unknown Man" (From Spiral)5:14
3."Movement 9, Mythodea" (From Mythodea)3:48
4."Moonlight Reflections"3:10
5."Through the Night Mist"5:12
6."Early Years"3:32
7."Love Theme, Blade Runner" (From Blade Runner)6:05
8."Sweet Nostalgia"3:38
9."Intermezzo"3:45
10."To a Friend"5:23
11."La Petite Fille de la Mer" (From L'Apocalypse des animaux)4:45
12."Longing"3:45
13."Chariots of Fire" (From Chariots of Fire)5:26
14."Unfulfilled Desire"4:24
15."Lonesome"5:50
16."1492: Conquest of Paradise" (From 1492: Conquest of Paradise)4:51
17."Pour Melia"1:11

Note: The track "Longing" is not based on the song of the same name from the Blade Runner Trilogy: 25th Anniversary set.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the CD liner notes.

Music

  • Vangelis – piano, keyboards
  • Irina Valentinova-Karpouchina – guest piano on "Movement 9, Mythodea"

Production

  • Vangelis – production
  • Phillipe Colonna – engineer
  • Giorgios Dermentzis – photography
  • Jack Crossing – art direction, design

Charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 120
French Albums (SNEP) 141
Polish Albums (ZPAV) 25
Scottish Albums (OCC) 61
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) 83
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 33
US New Age Albums (Billboard) 2

References

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