{"product_id":"brad-mehldau-fantasy-reveries","title":"Brad Mehldau - Fantasy \u0026 Reveries","description":"\u003cp\u003e‘[\u003cem\u003eFourteen Reveries\u003c\/em\u003e] is manifestly a very personal and special statement from one of the very great musicians of our time.’\u003cbr\u003e– \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eUK Jazz News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Brad Mehldau is a jazz pianist enamored of many kinds of music, as his recent albums make clear.’ – \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Brad Mehldau is a jazz icon who has never done things the usual way.’\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e– \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eFantasy \u0026amp; Reveries\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is\u003cstrong\u003e Brad Mehldau\u003c\/strong\u003e’s recording of his solo compositions \u003cem\u003eFantasy for Piano \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eFourteen Reveries\u003c\/em\u003e. Originally commissioned by Jeremy Denk, \u003cem\u003eFantasy for Piano \u003c\/em\u003ewas written in the same period as Mehldau’s \u003cem\u003eThree Pieces after Bach. Fourteen Reveries\u003c\/em\u003e, similarly to the composer’s \u003cem\u003eSuite: April 2020\u003c\/em\u003e, comprises a collection of shorter pieces.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eFantasy for Piano\u003c\/em\u003e... shares similar obsessions with \u003cem\u003eThree Pieces After Bach\u003c\/em\u003e: long, extended pedal-points, sharp juxtapositions between triadic consonance and extreme dissonance, and a freely subdivided 7\/4 meter,” Mehldau says in his liner note. “It is written very densely, and the challenge is often to convey the melodic storyline within a very thick texture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e“In \u003cem\u003eFourteen Reveries\u003c\/em\u003e, I’ve eschewed larger-scale development, opting for brevity. Each piece is more like a distillation of emotion,” he continues. “As the ‘reverie’ description suggests, the music might accompany those moments during waking hours, when we withdraw from our exterior environment. Reverie can be welcome, perhaps as a diversion from the banality of one’s surroundings. At other times, it is an involuntary flight into melancholy. In all cases, it is an interior experience, exclusive to our own consciousness, independent from others. The music accordingly expresses solitude – at turns enraptured, placid, nervous, lonely or ecstatic.”\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrad Mehldau’s Nonesuch debut was the 2004 solo disc \u003cem\u003eLive in Tokyo\u003c\/em\u003e. His subsequent 22 releases on the label include six records with his trio as well as collaborative and solo albums. His most recent release was \u003cem\u003eRide into the Sun \u003c\/em\u003e– a songbook record of music by the late singer, songwriter, and guitarist Elliott Smith – in August 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOther recent recordings for the label include \u003cem\u003eAfter Bach II\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAprès Fauré\u003c\/em\u003e (2024), which both feature compositions by their namesake composers as well as music Mehldau wrote that was inspired by them; a solo album Mehldau recorded during COVID-19 lockdown, \u003cem\u003eSuite: April 2020; Jacob’s Ladder (2022)\u003c\/em\u003e, which featured music that reflects on scripture and the search for God through music and was inspired by the prog rock Mehldau loved as a young adolescent; and \u003cem\u003eYour Mother Should Know: Brad Mehldau Plays The Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e (2023), a live solo album featuring his interpretations of nine songs by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and one by George Harrison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMehldau’s memoir, \u003cem\u003eFormation: Building a Personal Canon, Part I\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in 2023, offering a rare look inside the mind of an artist at the top of his field, in his own words.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"NONESUCH","offers":[{"title":"CD Softpak","offer_id":54934714679623,"sku":"TRI-78768","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0931\/9779\/5655\/files\/WMG_20260908_1616_152023_562_p_Fantasy_Reveries_001.jpg?v=1788880992","url":"https:\/\/towerrecords.ie\/products\/brad-mehldau-fantasy-reveries","provider":"Tower Records Dublin Ireland","version":"1.0","type":"link"}