Within the same period of the first releases of Voices Vangelis surprised the fans with this remarkable album. Only 3000 copies were made. Vangelis personally signed all of them. A book (A4 sized with many pictures) - dedicated to Vangelis - about Greek/Spanish painter El Greco accompanied the CD. All is kept in a nice blue box imprinted with Greek letters.
The package was sold at only one place in Greece. A museum in Athens. The money it made has been put into restoration and maintenance of paintings in Greek museums, and followed a fundraising project initiated by Vangelis to purchase El Greco's paintings and bring them to Greece.
The music itself is a slow but gentle and serious ode to El Greco. The synthesizer sounds are all reminiscent of classical instruments but only suggest their origin. The music sounds very Byzantine, but in a contemporary way. A paradox indeed.
Vangelis is joined by two opera voices, each on one of the seven movements: soprano Montserrat Caballé and tenor Konstantinos Paliatsaras.
All of this would have cost you about $150 US dollars if you would have bought it directly in Athens, where it was often told to have been sold out, reappearing there later on. The Albedo fanclub offers to help get it at the museum for 100 Pound Sterling.
A bootleg surfaced very early on, when the original was still for sale at the museum. Its price varied. Note that it does NOT include the book and original autograph by Vangelis.
In 1998 a new version of the album was compiled, with 3 addition tracks, being released commercially and unlimited, with new artwork but no book, box or autograph.