Biography
Billy Joel was born in 1949 in the Bronx, New York, and studied classical piano from an early age before becoming one of the best-selling pop and rock musicians of the twentieth century. Although best known for songs such as Piano Man and The Stranger, Joel maintained a lifelong connection to the classical tradition. Fantasies & Delusions (2001), his sole classical album, collects ten solo piano works composed over several years and performed by pianist Richard Hyung-ki Joo. The pieces reflect the influence of Schumann and Chopin and mark Joel's most sustained engagement with through-composed instrumental music.
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Works (12)
Fantasies & Delusions, Op. 1–10
- Soliloquy (On a Separation), Op. 1 Op. 1 Difficulty
- Waltz No. 1 (Nunley's Carousel), Op. 2 Op. 2 Difficulty
- Reverie (Villa d'Este), Op. 3 Op. 3 Difficulty
- Fantasy (Film Noir), Op. 4 Op. 4 Difficulty
- Waltz No. 2 (Steinway Hall), Op. 5 Op. 5 Difficulty
- Invention No. 1 in C minor, Op. 6 Op. 6 Key C minor Difficulty
- Aria (Grand Canal), Op. 7 Op. 7 Difficulty
- Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed), Op. 8: I. Innamorato Op. 8, I Difficulty
- Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed), Op. 8: II. Sorbetto Op. 8, II Difficulty
- Suite for Piano (Star-Crossed), Op. 8: III. Delusion Op. 8, III Difficulty
- Waltz No. 3 (For Lola), Op. 9 Op. 9 Difficulty
- Air (Dublinesque), Op. 10 Op. 10 Difficulty