{"product_id":"melancholia-1","title":"Melancholia","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith Melancholia, Rick Wakeman c\u003c\/span\u003eompletes a remarkable trilogy of solo piano works that began with \u003cem\u003ePiano Portraits\u003c\/em\u003e (2017) and continued with \u003cem\u003ePiano Odyssey \u003c\/em\u003e(2018) - both landmark albums that found him reaching new heights of popularity and critical esteem as a solo artist. But while those records looked outward, reinterpreting beloved melodies and exploring sweeping themes, \u003cem\u003eMelancholia\u003c\/em\u003e turns inward, inviting us into the most personal, introspective, and perhaps profound music of Wakeman’s storied career.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eThe 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” - and was struck by its 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.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eWhat followed was not a conceptual record in the traditional sense, but a deeply cohesive suite, written intuitively at first and later shaped in collaboration with long-time producer and engineer Erik Jordan at The Granary Studio in Norfolk. Recorded on a beautiful Steinway Model D, the sound of Melancholia is rich, resonant, and stripped bare in the most delicate way.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Madfish","offers":[{"title":"CD and DVD","offer_id":53323152589131,"sku":"R9945-9015","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":53323152621899,"sku":"R9945-3333","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Black","offer_id":53323152654667,"sku":"R9945-1429","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP - Silver","offer_id":53323152687435,"sku":"R9945-7481","price":29.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/61586d9a-b884-16b2-69bf-6f230ee925c1.jpg?v=1757086632","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/products\/melancholia-1","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}