Piano Portraits

~ Release by Rick Wakeman (see all versions of this release, 3 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1Help
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Help! (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Australia Pty. Limited, Maclen Music, Inc. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs ltd, SBK Blackwood Music Inc. (1987-12-30–1989-07-14), Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP) and Unart Music Corp.
3:56
2Stairway to Heaven
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Stairway to Heaven (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
writer:
Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin)
publisher:
Superhype Music, Inc. (ended), Flames of Albion Music, Inc., Superhype Publishing, Warner Bros. (holding: File NO Releases) and Warner Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.)
sub-publisher:
Warner/Chappell Music Japan, Synch division (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division) (ended), Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc. (holding company – do not use as release label) (ended) and Neue Welt Musikverlag GmbH München
6:13
3Life on Mars
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Life on Mars? (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1971)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter) (in 1971)
publisher:
Chrysalis Music Ltd. (music publisher (affiliated with PRS)), EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), RZO Music Ltd, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Inc. (USA, affiliated with BMI) and Tintoretto Music
3:23
4I’m Not in Love
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
I’m Not in Love (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
writer:
Graham Gouldman and Eric Stewart
publisher:
EMI Blackwood Music Inc., EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Man-Ken Music Ltd. (, in 1975), Schubert Music Publishing, St. Anne's Music and St. Anne’s Music Ltd.
sub-publisher:
イーエムアイ音楽出版 ソニー事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan Ltd., Sony Division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
3:10
5Wonderous Stories
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Wonderous Stories (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
lyricist and composer:
Jon Anderson (Yes/Jon & Vangelis)
publisher:
Rondor Music (London) Ltd., Warner Bros. Music (publisher; do NOT use as release label), Warner Bros. Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner Chappell Music, Inc., Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09) and Topographic Music, Ltd. (in 1977)
4:24
6Berceuse
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recording of:
Berceuse, op. 16 (catch-all for arrangements) (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
composer:
Gabriel Fauré (French composer)
arrangement of:
Berceuse for Violin (or Cello) and Piano in D major, op. 16
4:28
7Amazing Grace
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Amazing Grace (popular hymn first published 1779, catch‐all) (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
publisher:
Alfred Music (publisher of sheet music for music education)
lyricist and writer:
John Newton (English poet) (in 1779)
additional composer:
Edwin Othello Excell
composer:
[anonymous] (special purpose artist) and [traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated), Patterdale Music Ltd., Rokstone Music Ltd., Universal Classics & Jazz (Japanese label division - read the annotation before using!), Universal Music Publishing Group Japan (UNIVERSAL MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, work publisher – do NOT use as a release label), イーエムアイ音楽出版 C・F事業部 (EMI Music Publishing Japan C.F. division) (until 2021-06-30) and ソニー・ミュージックパブリッシング EMI外国事業部 (sub‐publisher for foreign (non‐Japanese) works) (from 2021-07-01 to present)
part of:
Viisikielinen (Song book of "Viides herätysliike") (number: 94)
3:56
8Swan Lake
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
partial instrumental recording of:
Swan Lake, op. 20 (Лебединое озеро) (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
composer:
Пётр Ильич Чайковский (Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian romantic composer)
part of:
The Tchaikovsky Handbook (number: TH 12), Thematic and Bibliographical Catalogue of P. I. Čajkovskij's Works (number: ČW 12) and Works of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky by opus number (number: op. 20)
54:29
9Morning Has Broken
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Morning Has Broken (Rick Wakeman arrangement)
composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
publisher:
Imagem (Dutch music publisher, acquired by Concord Bicycle Music in June 2017)
arrangement of:
Morning Has Broken
3:42
10Summertime
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
Summertime (American songbook standard from 1935 opera Porgy and Bess) (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
lyricist:
Ira Gershwin (in 1934), Dorothy Heyward (playwright) (in 1934) and DuBose Heyward (in 1934)
composer:
George Gershwin (composer) (in 1934)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Chappell Music Ltd., Dubose and Dorothy Heyward Memorial Fund Publishing, George Gershwin Music, New Dawn Music, Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.), Warner/Chappell Music Holland BV, Warner/Chappell North America Limited (formerly incorporated as Marmalade Music Ltd., from 1968/09/19–1999/11/09), Ira Gershwin Music (in 1935), WB Music Corp. (1929–2019) (from 1935 until 2019-05-28) and WC Music Corp. (from 2019-05-28 to present)
version of:
Porgy and Bess: Act I, Scene I. “Summertime” (Clara)
4:07
11Space Oddity
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Space Oddity (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
lyricist and composer:
David Bowie (English singer‐songwriter)
publisher:
Onward Music Ltd., TRO Essex Music International, Inc., Tro-Cromwell Music, Inc. and Westminster Music Ltd.
4:47
12Dance of the Damselflies
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
Dance of the Damselflies (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
composer:
Rick Wakeman
3:33
13Clair de Lune
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
recording of:
Suite bergamasque : III. Clair de lune (catch-all for arrangements) (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
composer:
Claude Debussy (composer) (from 1890 until 1905)
arrangement of:
Suite bergamasque, L. 75, CD 82a : III. Clair de lune (for piano)
3:06
14I Vow to Thee My Country
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental recording of:
I Vow to Thee, My Country (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
lyricist:
Sir Cecil Spring-Rice (in 1918)
composer:
Gustav Holst (composer) (in 1921)
publisher:
EMI Music Publishing Ltd. (PRS‐affiliated) and Rive Droite Music Ltd.
part of:
A thematic catalogue of Gustav Holst’s music (number: H. 148)
52:57
15Eleanor Rigby
recorded in:
Norfolk, England, United Kingdom (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
engineer and mixer:
Erik Jordan (engineer)
producer:
Rick Wakeman
grand piano [Steinway Model D grand piano]:
Rick Wakeman (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
arranger:
Rick Wakeman
instrumental cover recording of:
Eleanor Rigby (from 2016-07 until 2016-08)
written in:
London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1965) and Weybridge, Surrey, England, United Kingdom (from 1965 until 1966)
writer:
John Lennon (The Beatles) and Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
publisher:
Blackwood Music Inc. (1953-02-07–1987-12-30), EMI Music Publishing (do not use as a release label!), Maclen Publishing Co. (U.S. based publisher for Lennon–McCartney), MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Music Corporation of America, Inc. (BMI‐affiliated music publisher of MCA Records, Inc.?), Northern Songs Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing, Sony/ATV Music Publishing (UK) Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC (1995–2020), Sony/ATV Songs LLC and Sony/ATV Tunes LLC (ASCAP)
written at:
Abbey Road Studios in St John's Wood, Westminster, London (Greater London), England, United Kingdom (in 1966)
45:05

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