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Piano Portraits is a studio album by English keyboardist Rick Wakeman, released on 13 January 2017 on Universal Music Group. The album was made following the positive reception to Wakeman's live radio performance of his piano arrangement of "Life on Mars?" by David Bowie following the singer's death in January 2016, and a subsequent single of the track released in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support released in 2016. After Wakeman received offers from several music labels to produce an album of piano arrangements, he chose Universal and chose songs that were his favourites: songs he had played on as a session musician, as a member of Yes, classical music pieces, and one original composition.


All tracks recorded on a Steinway Model D concert grand piano at The Granary in Norfolk during July and August 2016.
Package includes an 8-page booklet including front cover, liner notes, credits and photographs.
The tray liner is a plain white panel visible under a transparent CD tray.

Rick Wakeman – Piano Portraits

Rick Wakeman - Piano Portraits album cover

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Label:UMC – 5723627, UMC – 00602557236279
Format:
CD, Album
Country:Europe
Released:13 Jan 2017
Genre:Classical
Style:Contemporary, Classical

Tracklist

1Help
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney
3:56
2Stairway To Heaven
Written-By – Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
6:13
3Life On Mars
Written-By – David Bowie
3:23
4I'm Not In Love
Written-By – Eric Stewart, Graham Goldman
3:10
5Wonderous Stories
Written-By – Jon Anderson
4:24
6Berceuse
Arranged By [Traditional Arrangement By] – Rick Wakeman
Written-By – Fauré*
4:28
7Amazing Grace
Arranged By [Traditional Arrangement By] – Rick Wakeman
3:56
8Swan Lake
Arranged By [Traditional Arrangement By] – Rick Wakeman
Composed By – Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky*
4:29
9Morning Has Broken
Arranged By [Traditional Arrangement By] – Rick Wakeman
3:42
10Summertime
Written-By – George Gershwin
4:07
11Space Oddity
Written-By – David Bowie
4:47
12Dance Of The Damselflies
Written-By – Rick Wakeman
3:33
13Clair De Lune
Arranged By [Traditional Arrangement By] – Rick Wakeman
Written-By – Claude Debussy
3:06
14I Vow To Thee My Country
Arranged By [Traditional Arrangement By] – Rick Wakeman
2:57
15Eleanor Rigby
Written-By – Lennon-McCartney