- Fantasies & Delusions
Infobox Album |
Name = Fantasies & Delusions
Type =Album
Artist =Billy Joel
Released =September 28 ,2001
Recorded = June, 1999
Genre = Classical
Length = 76:17
Label =Sony
Producer = Steve Epstein
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8u6ompbj9foo~T1 link]
Last album = ""
(2000)
This album = "Fantasies & Delusions"
(2001)
Next album = "My Lives "
(2005)"Fantasies & Delusions" is the first album of
Billy Joel 's classical compositions, released in 2001. (see2001 in music ). The pieces were performed by Richard Joo. The album was originally recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, NY with help from long time production coordinator Bill Zampino and Richie Cannata. The album was re-recorded in Vienna, Austria for final release.Track listing
#Opus 3. Reverie ("Villa d'Este") – 9:31
#Opus 2. Waltz # 1 ("Nunley's Carousel") – 6:58
#Opus 7. Aria ("Grand Canal") – 11:08
#Opus 6. Invention in C Minor – 1:04
#Opus 1. Soliloquy ("On a Separation") – 11:26
#Opus 8. Suite for Piano ("Star-Crossed"): I. Innamorato – 7:46
#Opus 8. Suite for Piano ("Star-Crossed"): II. Sorbetto – 1:30
#Opus 8. Suite for Piano ("Star-Crossed"): III. Delusion – 3:37
#Opus 5. Waltz # 2 ("Steinway Hall") – 7:00
#Opus 9. Waltz # 3 ("For Lola") – 3:28
#Opus 4. Fantasy ("Film Noir") – 8:56
#Opus 10. Air ("Dublinesque") – 3:46ymphonic Fantasies
In 2003,
pianist Jeffrey Biegel approached Joel about a commission for apiano concerto . As an alternative, Joel suggested that Biegel create a piano concerto using pieces from "Fantasies and Delusions". Biegel did so, using four of the pieces: "Fantasy (Film Noir)", "Sorbetto", "Reverie (Villa d'Este)", and "Nunley's Carousel Waltz". After Biegel had written the piano part, Nashville composer Philip Keveren composed the orchestral parts. The work, titled "Symphonic Fantasies for Piano and Orchestra", premiered onJune 24 ,2006 inGreensboro, North Carolina . Biegel was the pianist, accompanied by the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra led by Stuart Malina.
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