Rick Wakeman- Melancholia - Deluxe
SKU: 636551833479
The Stunning New Piano Opus From Rick Wakeman 12-Tracks Of Instrumental Piano Mastery From The Legendary Yes Keysman. Special Artist Edition 2-Disc CD+DVD Including High Resolution Audio & Inside Melancholia Short Film. 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.
Track List
- Sitting at the Window (03:24)
- Reflection (03:41)
- Pathos (04:13)
- Dance of the Ghosts (03:57)
- Alone (04:46)
- The Morning Light (03:28)
- Garo (03:50)
- All in the Mind (05:01)
- Sea of Tranquility (02:59)
- Missing (03:39)
- Watching Life (03:50)
- Melancholia (03:39)
- Inside Melancholia (Short Film) (21:42)
- Melancholia (Music Video)
- Interview (Video)
UPC > 636551833479
Format > New CD
Label > Madfish Records Imp
Release Date > Release Date: 10.17.25
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The Stunning New Piano Opus From Rick Wakeman 12-Tracks Of Instrumental Piano Mastery From The Legendary Yes Keysman. Special Artist Edition 2-Disc CD+DVD Including High Resolution Audio & Inside Melancholia Short Film. 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.
Track List
- Sitting at the Window (03:24)
- Reflection (03:41)
- Pathos (04:13)
- Dance of the Ghosts (03:57)
- Alone (04:46)
- The Morning Light (03:28)
- Garo (03:50)
- All in the Mind (05:01)
- Sea of Tranquility (02:59)
- Missing (03:39)
- Watching Life (03:50)
- Melancholia (03:39)
- Inside Melancholia (Short Film) (21:42)
- Melancholia (Music Video)
- Interview (Video)
UPC > 636551833479
Format > New CD
Label > Madfish Records Imp
Release Date > Release Date: 10.17.25
Shop online at Darkside Records.
Follow us on Instagram.