{"product_id":"rick-wakeman-melancholia-140gm-silver-vinyl","title":"Rick Wakeman - Melancholia - 140gm Silver Vinyl","description":"Limited silver colored vinyl LP pressing. 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":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51078904021307,"sku":"636551833110","price":38.84,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0840\/1597\/2667\/files\/4456941-3447339.jpg?v=1774746056","url":"https:\/\/store.loudwire.com\/products\/rick-wakeman-melancholia-140gm-silver-vinyl","provider":"Loudwire","version":"1.0","type":"link"}