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A follow-up album, Piano Odyssey , was released in October In January , Wakeman performed a piano arrangement of " Life on Mars? Wakeman had played the piano on the original recording.
The single was released in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support. The positive response to video and single led to Wakeman receiving offers from several recording labels who suggested to record a solo piano album of rearranged songs in the same style. Among the offers received was one from Universal Music Group , which Wakeman chose as "they envisioned it exactly as I did — as a real mixture of music, not losing sight of what the original songs stood for but always working as piano pieces".
Among the scrapped tracks was a proposed suite for " Bohemian Rhapsody " by Queen , but after three days working on it, Wakeman could not develop an arrangement that worked. The album was recorded in July and August at The Old Granary, a restored 18th century barn and recording studio in Norfolk , [5] [6] with Erik Jordan as audio engineer. Wakeman's arrangement of " Help! Wakeman played it through and felt happy enough to include the second take. He liked the band but not the song as much, and encountered problems when it came to writing a theme to its chorus or bridge as neither his assistants or himself had an idea that worked.
So I played it through, and Erik said "You're almost there". I said it's a bit short, but he said "No, it's over three minutes. It does stand up". Wakeman decided to record a piano arrangement as it was one of the two tracks that were presented to him when he was asked to return to the group, which had "a great tune and some lovely lyrics" and represents happier times with the band.
Piano Portraits was released on CD and digital download on 13 January Credits are adapted from the CD liner notes. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
For the jazz album, see Piano Portraits by Phineas Newborn. Retrieved 2 February East Anglian Daily Times.
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Sebastian Bach is discernible in the harmonization. The rest, melody, form and instrumentation are all Mendelssohn.
Let us enjoy the fleeting, cheerful gift! It resembles one of those works thrown off by the older masters while recuperating from one of their great exertions. Our younger master will certainly not forget how the older ones would suddenly emerge with something magnificent - Mozart 's Concerto in D minor , Beethoven 's in G! Despite being overshadowed by other Romantic Piano Concertos including Schumann's own Concerto and the relative simplicity of the piano part, it is nonetheless frequently performed and recorded.
Kindle Price: inclusive of all taxes includes free wireless delivery via Amazon Whispernet. Sold by: Amazon Asia-Pacific Holdings Private Limited. Piano Portraits is a studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released on 13 A double vinyl followed on 3 February a real mixture of music, not losing sight of what the original songs stood for but always working as piano.
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