Rick Wakeman: Melancholia - Deluxe - COMPACT DISCS

Rick Wakeman: Melancholia - Deluxe - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Melancholia - Deluxe

Artist:

Rick Wakeman

Label:

Madfish Records Imp

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

636551833479

Genre:

Classical Artists

Release Date:

2025-10-17

Number of Discs:

2

Additional Details:

UNITED KINGDOM - IMPORT, WITH DVD, NTSC REGION 0

CD + DVD edition. 2025 release features 12-tracks of instrumental piano mastery from the legendary yes keysman. With 'Melancholia', Rick Wakeman completes a remarkable trilogy of solo piano works that began with 'Piano Portraits' (2017) & continued with 'Piano Odyssey' (2018) - both landmark albums that found him reaching new heights of popularity & critical esteem as a solo artist. But while those records looked outward, reinterpreting beloved melodies & exploring sweeping themes, 'Melancholia' turns inward, inviting us into the most personal, introspective & perhaps profound music of Wakeman's storied career. The album began, as so much of Wakeman's finest work has, with a quiet moment at the piano. One afternoon, his wife Rachel overheard him playing a contemplative piece - what would later become "Garo" - & was struck by it's quiet emotional power. And because she knew well that he often turned to the piano in times of sadness or inner turbulence, using music as a kind of emotional compass, she encouraged him to share it. What followed was not a conceptual record in the traditional sense, but a deeply cohesive suite, written intuitively at first & later shaped in collaboration with long-time producer & engineer Erik Jordan at The Granary Studio in Norfolk. Recorded on a beautiful Steinway Model D, the sound of 'Melancholia' is rich, resonant & stripped bare in the most delicate way.

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