{"product_id":"wakeman-rick-melancholia-deluxe-music-cd-636551833479","title":"Wakeman,rick - Melancholia - Deluxe - Music CD","description":"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) \u0026amp; continued with 'Piano Odyssey' (2018) - both landmark albums that found him reaching new heights of popularity \u0026amp; critical esteem as a solo artist. But while those records looked outward, reinterpreting beloved melodies \u0026amp; exploring sweeping themes, 'Melancholia' turns inward, inviting us into the most personal, introspective \u0026amp; 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\" - \u0026amp; 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 \u0026amp; later shaped in collaboration with long-time producer \u0026amp; engineer Erik Jordan at The Granary Studio in Norfolk. Recorded on a beautiful Steinway Model D, the sound of 'Melancholia' is rich, resonant \u0026amp; stripped bare in the most delicate way.","brand":"AEC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42360819056715,"sku":"MAFI5183347.2","price":27.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/7223\/1499\/files\/4456942-3447340_d1be7e2c-10de-4d0d-94a6-b6a9b08e2af0.jpg?v=1776856594","url":"https:\/\/rockbandmerch.com\/products\/wakeman-rick-melancholia-deluxe-music-cd-636551833479","provider":"Rock Band Merch","version":"1.0","type":"link"}