Hiromi - Out There - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

CD + DVD edition. 2025 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) & continued with 'Piano Odyssey' (2018) - both landmark albums that found him reaching new heights of popularity & critical esteem as a solo artist. But while those records looked outward, reinterpreting beloved melodies & exploring sweeping themes, 'Melancholia' turns inward, inviting us into the most personal, introspective & 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" - & 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 & later shaped in collaboration with long-time producer & engineer Erik Jordan at The Granary Studio in Norfolk. Recorded on a beautiful Steinway Model D, the sound of 'Melancholia' is rich, resonant & stripped bare in the most delicate way. Album Tracks 1. Sitting at the Window (03 24) 2. Reflection (03 41) 3. Pathos (04 13) 4. Dance of the Ghosts (03 57) 5. Alone (04 46) 6. The Morning Light (03 28) 7. Garo (03 50) 8. All in the Mind (05 01) 9. Sea of Tranquility (02 59) 10. Missing (03 39) 11. Watching Life (03 50) 12. Melancholia (03 39) 13. Inside Melancholia (Short Film) (21 42) 14. Melancholia (Music Video) 15. Interview (Video)

Never For Ever was Kate's first no. 1 album. It was also the first ever album by a British female solo artist to top the UK album chart, as well as being the first album by any female solo artist to enter the chart at no. 1. It has since been certified Gold by the British Phonographic Industry. Kate co-produced the album with Jon Kelly. 2023 CD re -issue on Fish people records. Ecopak in resealable poly-sleeve with sticker, 12 pp booklet. Album Tracks 1. Babooshka 2. Delius 3. Blow Away 4. All We Ever Look for 5. Egypt 6. The Wedding List 7. Violin 8. The Infant Kiss 9. Night Scented Stock 10. Army Dreamers 11. Breathing