Mr. Wakeman gets us started with “Awaken” here. From there we are taken on a musical stroll through various pieces of Yes music delivered entirely on piano. There are so many songs that get touched upon throughout the 20-plus minute epic. It all flows well, and we get differing flavors. It’s a beautiful piece of music. Technically speaking this goes into Anderson, Bruford, Wakeman and Howe territory for “The Meeting,” but that was only “not Yes” in name. You are likely to have different favorite parts than I will based on what tracks are your personal favorites. The “South Side of the Sky” stuff really stands tall for me, but that’s my favorite Yes song. He revisits some things here and there, including “Awaken.” I have to tell you this track does not feel like it’s 20-minutes long. It seems like it’s over long before it should be. I guess that’s a good thing, really.

Here Wakeman gives us piano-only arrangements of music and themes from his King Arthur… album. There is some amazing work here. In some ways I think this might be more dynamic than the other piece. That said, many of the melodies on that one have more meat than the music here. That could, again, be because of my own biases and familiarities with the works. I have listened to the Wakeman solo album many times, but not as many as I have the Yes music. Either way, this is another magical piece of piano work that is packed with feeling and instrumental prowess.