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Finally after many years of work together Gordon Giltrap and Rick Wakeman have recorded a collaborative album. 
The album entitled "From Brush And Stone", which was recorded late in 2007, finds both musicians in top form.
Both Gordon and Rick have worked together frequently although this will be the first time both have worked together on a full album. 
Initial copies of the album will also include a DVD of an Interview filmed in July 2007 and also live tracks. 

Gordon had this to say about the album...
"First of all the title. We wanted it to pretty much say on the tin what the music is all about. The theme running through the main bulk of the album apart from two tracks, Maddie Goes West and By Angle Tarn is music inspired by two art forms, painting and sculpture, and to that end I came up with the title of FROM BRUSH AND STONE. Rick's tracks relate to sculptural images, such as classics like The Kiss and Michelangelo's David, and my pieces are five movements from The Brotherhood suite, the pre-Raphaelite inspired composition dating back to 1987".

Keyboard and guitar virtuosos duet

Fourteen lovely piano/keyboard and acoustic guitar pieces from the sometime Yes ivory-master and the six-string maestro, including reworkings of some of Giltrap?s 1987 offerings inspired by great painters. Wakeman chips in with his own sculpture inspirations, and the amalgam makes for very pleasurable instrumental listening, with tender opener, The Savannah Bird, being typical of the light, sunny fare on offer. The pace quickens on Caesar Augustus, with galloping piano and some nifty picking, while there?s a relaxing pastoral vibe to The Kiss. The Thinker conjures movement and a stately, homely feel, while The Discus Thrower is more sombre, but Spring has just that in its step, and The Light Of The World is as grandiose as you could hope for. A marvellous marrying of styles, creating a fine new whole.

Tracklisting:

01. The Savannah Bird
02. Caesar Augustus
03. The Kiss
04. Hermes
05. The Thinker
06. David
07. The Discus Thrower
08. The Last of England
09. Spring
10. The Death of Chatterton
11. The Light of the World
12. Work
13. By Angle Tarn
14. Maddie Goes West


Gordon: Guitar
Rick: Piano/Synths


Thanks to original poster