Fantasies & Delusions 1033441 224614095 2008-07-09T17:40:49Z J Milburn Bot 7423137 All Music Guide has now been rebranded to Allmusic {{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums --> | Name = Fantasies & Delusions | Type = [[Album]] | Artist = [[Billy Joel]] | Cover = Billy_Joel_-_Fantasies_&_Delusions.jpg | Released = [[September 28]], [[2001]] | Recorded = June, 1999 | Genre = [[European classical music|Classical]] | Length = 76:17 | Label = [[Sony]] | Producer = Steve Epstein | Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating-5|3}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8u6ompbj9foo~T1 link] | Last album = ''[[2000 Years: The Millennium Concert]]'' <br /> (2000) | This album = '''''Fantasies & Delusions''''' <br /> (2001) | Next album = ''[[My Lives]]'' <br />(2005) }} '''''Fantasies & Delusions''''' is the first album of [[Billy Joel]]'s classical compositions, released in 2001. (see [[2001 in music]]). The pieces were performed by [[Richard Hyung-ki Joo|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") – 3:46 ==Symphonic Fantasies== In 2003, [[pianist]] Jeffrey Biegel approached Joel about a commission for a [[piano 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 on [[June 24]], [[2006]] in [[Greensboro, North Carolina]]. Biegel was the pianist, accompanied by the Eastern Philharmonic Orchestra led by Stuart Malina. {{Template:Billy Joel albums}} [[Category:2001 albums]] [[Category:Billy Joel albums]] [[es:Fantasies & Delusions]]