Fantasies & Delusions

Fantasies & Delusions is the thirteenth and final studio album composed by American singer-songwriter Billy Joel, released in 2001. His only studio album to contain classical compositions, it features his longtime friend, the British-Korean pianist Richard Hyung-ki Joo, performing compositions written by Joel. It was Joel's 19th album to chart on the Billboard 200, reaching No. 83 in October 2001. The album debuted at No. 1 on Billboard′s Top Classical Albums chart.

Fantasies & Delusions was originally recorded at Cove City Sound Studios, Glen Cove, New York, with help from veteran production coordinator Bill Zampino and Richie Cannata; later, the album was re-recorded in Vienna, Austria, for final release. "Opus 1. Soliloquy (On a Separation)" and "Opus 3. Reverie (Villa d'Este)" had first been heard in public on October 4, 1997, when they were played by Yuliya Gorenman at the Seiji Ozawa Hall in Lenox, Massachusetts. A recording of her performance of the second piece was broadcast nine days later on WNYC-FM and WSHU-FM.

The cover design is based on the covers of the Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics sheet music books.