The 2012 studio recording of Rick Wakeman's musical interpretation and orchestration of Jules Verne's Journey to the center of the Earth, with corrections and music segments added to the original version that was recorded in live performance on January 18, 1974

Music, narrative and lyrics by Rick Wakeman

Title from disc label

Lyrics, program and liner notes included in booklet bound in container

Produced by Rick Wakeman and Erik Jordan ; transcription from the original score: Guy Protheroe and Ann Manly

Rick Wakeman, keyboards ; Tony Fernandez, drums ; Ashley Holt, vocals ; Hayley Sanderson, vocals ; Dave Colquhoun, guitars ; Lee Pomeroy, bass ; narrator, Peter Egan ; The Orion Symphony Orchestra ; The English Chamber Choir, conductor, Guy Protheroe

Chiefly recorded in 2012

Preface to a journey (1:11) -- Journey overture (2:25) -- Journey's dawn (3:38) -- Crystals (0:33) -- Gothic cathedral (1:07) -- A quest for water (1:18) -- Hansbach (2:54) -- Fervent prayer (0:41) -- Recollection (2:32) -- Lost & found (0:43) -- Echoes (3:49) -- 4 miles (0:18) -- Reunion (2:40) -- A new vista (0:50) -- A world within a world (2:13) -- Raft (1:06) -- Battle (5:55) -- Cumulus clouds (0:38) -- Storm (2:01) -- Cemetery (1:28) -- Quaternary man (4:49) -- Mastodons (0:55) -- Forest (2:30) -- Ages of man (1:55) -- Tunnel (1:53) -- Hall of the Mountain King (0:52) -- Mount Etna (3:12)